Viva
Find your voice
Overview
Jesús, a young hairdresser, works at a Havana nightclub for drag performers and dreams of being a performer himself. Encouraged by his mentor, Mama, Jesús finally gets his chance to take the stage. But when Angel, his estranged father recently released from a 15-year stint in prison, abruptly reenters his life, his world is quickly turned upside down. The macho Angel tries to squash his son’s ambition to perform in drag. Father and son clash over their opposing expectations of each other, struggling to understand one another and reconcile as a family. Shot in a gritty neighborhood far from the Havana most tourists know, Viva is a heartrending story of music, performance, and survival.
Cast
Héctor Medina
Jesus
Jorge Perugorría
Angel
Luis Alberto García
Mama
Renata Maikel Machin Blanco
Pamela
Luis Manuel Alvarez
Cindy
Laura Aleman
Cecilia
Paula Ali
Nita
Jorge Martínez
Celeste
Luis Angel Batista Bruzón
Don
Luis Daniel Ventura Garbendia
Kali
Maikol Villa Puey
William
Oscar Ibarra Napoles
Javier
