Viva

An aspiring drag star in Havana struggles to find his identity and reconnect with a long-absent father.

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A breakout at last year’s Telluride Film Festival, this lovely Cuban import stars Héctor Medina as Jesus, a shy young hairdresser who takes a job grooming wigs for drag queens at a dank nightclub.

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An aspiring drag star in Havana struggles to find his identity and reconnect with a long-absent father.

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It infuses a too-familiar story with so much heart that you surrender to its charm and forgive it for being unabashedly formulaic.

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Executive produced by Benicio Del Toro and Ireland’s shortlisted entry for the Oscar, Viva has the pedigree to connect with its audience as an effective crowd-pleaser, even if it doesn’t saying anything remarkably new about finding one’s identity.

2897d ago

Executive produced by Benicio Del Toro and Ireland’s shortlisted entry for the Oscar, Viva has the pedigree to connect with its audience as an effective crowd-pleaser, even if it doesn’t saying anything remarkably new about finding one’s identity.

2897d ago

It infuses a too-familiar story with so much heart that you surrender to its charm and forgive it for being unabashedly formulaic.

2897d ago

Executive produced by Benicio Del Toro and Ireland’s shortlisted entry for the Oscar, Viva has the pedigree to connect with its audience as an effective crowd-pleaser, even if it doesn’t saying anything remarkably new about finding one’s identity.

2897d ago

It infuses a too-familiar story with so much heart that you surrender to its charm and forgive it for being unabashedly formulaic.

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The drag in the film rejects the U.S.-centric obsession with “realness” and the acrobatics that come with it.

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Viva is more sensitive PSA on drag culture than satisfying drama.

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Viva is more sensitive PSA on drag culture than satisfying drama.

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The drag in the film rejects the U.S.-centric obsession with “realness” and the acrobatics that come with it.

2897d ago

Viva is more sensitive PSA on drag culture than satisfying drama.

2897d ago

The drag in the film rejects the U.S.-centric obsession with “realness” and the acrobatics that come with it.

2897d ago

Irish helmer Paddy Breathnach's Oscar-shortlisted fable from the Havana drag scene is sanitized but gets emotional results.

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Irish helmer Paddy Breathnach's Oscar-shortlisted fable from the Havana drag scene is sanitized but gets emotional results.

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Irish director Paddy Breathnach scrutinizes the world of drag nightclub performers in Havana in this Telluride crowdpleaser.

2897d ago

Irish director Paddy Breathnach scrutinizes the world of drag nightclub performers in Havana in this Telluride crowdpleaser.

2897d ago

Irish director Paddy Breathnach scrutinizes the world of drag nightclub performers in Havana in this Telluride crowdpleaser.

2897d ago

Irish helmer Paddy Breathnach's Oscar-shortlisted fable from the Havana drag scene is sanitized but gets emotional results.

2897d ago

The story is slightly melodramatic, but director Paddy Breathnach finds ways to make it surprisingly moving at times, in the same way that he makes the Havana slums look paradoxically beautiful.

2897d ago

The story is slightly melodramatic, but director Paddy Breathnach finds ways to make it surprisingly moving at times, in the same way that he makes the Havana slums look paradoxically beautiful.

2897d ago

The story is slightly melodramatic, but director Paddy Breathnach finds ways to make it surprisingly moving at times, in the same way that he makes the Havana slums look paradoxically beautiful.

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North American moviegoers don’t get to see contemporary Havana on screen all that much, and the views of that city and some corners of its culture are among the best reasons to check out “Viva.”

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North American moviegoers don’t get to see contemporary Havana on screen all that much, and the views of that city and some corners of its culture are among the best reasons to check out “Viva.”

2897d ago

North American moviegoers don’t get to see contemporary Havana on screen all that much, and the views of that city and some corners of its culture are among the best reasons to check out “Viva.”

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An Irish film with Spanish dialogue – a nifty juxtaposition in the international world of cinema, if ever there was one!

2897d ago

An Irish film with Spanish dialogue – a nifty juxtaposition in the international world of cinema, if ever there was one!

2897d ago

The lure of everything Cuba is strong. It’s in the news, at the top of everyone’s travel list, and in our movie theaters. But the recent films about Cuba aren’t exports from the still embargoed country.

2897d ago

The lure of everything Cuba is strong. It’s in the news, at the top of everyone’s travel list, and in our movie theaters. But the recent films about Cuba aren’t exports from the still embargoed country.

2897d ago

The lure of everything Cuba is strong. It’s in the news, at the top of everyone’s travel list, and in our movie theaters. But the recent films about Cuba aren’t exports from the still embargoed country.

2897d ago

An Irish film with Spanish dialogue – a nifty juxtaposition in the international world of cinema, if ever there was one!

2897d ago