Cuba submits `Los Dioses Rotos’ for Oscar
October 17th, 2009 - 12:47 pm ICT by IANSHavana, Oct 17 (EFE) “Los Dioses Rotos” (Broken Gods) by director Ernesto Daranas is Cuba’s submission for the Best Foreign Film Oscar, an official said.
The film is a social drama that revisits the story of a famous procurer in Havana at the beginning of the 20th century, about whom a professor does research for a university thesis that purports to show the character’s relevance today.
A print of the film has been sent to the organisers of the prestigious Hollywood prizes, Rosa Maria Rovira, an international relations official at the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry, told EFE.
The first work by Daranas, who also wrote the script, premiered at the 30th New Latin American Film Festival in Havana last December, where it won prizes from the public and film critics.
Starring in the movie are Silvia Aguila, Ana Bu, Carlos Ever Fonseca, Hector Noas and Isabel Santos.
“Los Dioses Rotos” was chosen by the Cuban Film Press Association as Best Cuban Film of 2008 and has won prizes at several festivals.
- NY film festival honours `Maria My Love', `El regreso' - Aug 23, 2011
- `Ticket to Paradise' takes top prize at Havana Film Fest New York - Apr 17, 2011
- Andy Garcia lines up financing for Hemingway film - May 17, 2012
- Cuban zombie film to premiere at Toronto film fest - Aug 04, 2011
- Cinema helps one understand life, reality: Spanish filmmaker - Mar 04, 2011
- Puerto Rican band to kick off European tour in June - May 24, 2011
- Cuba to host hip hop symposium - Aug 01, 2011
- International sales of Cuban cigars go up - Feb 28, 2012
- Cuban singer to go on US tour in June - May 25, 2011
- New `Che' comic inspired by his most famous portrait - Apr 18, 2012
- Chavez back in Cuba for more surgery - Feb 26, 2012
- Cuba scraps rave festival - Aug 08, 2011
- Cuban singer-songwriter dies - Feb 03, 2012
- Mexican wrestler blocks film's release over nudity - Mar 31, 2011
- Reggaeton duo film documentary in Cuba - Jan 31, 2012
Tags: american film festival, best foreign film, efe, ernesto, film critics, film oscar, havana, hector noas, international relations, isabel, latin american film, latin american film festival, los dioses, new latin, organisers, prizes, rosa maria, rotos, social drama, university thesis