| Director: | Ana A. Alpizar |
|---|---|
| Production: | FILA20 (Madeline Rose Finkel, Ana A. Alpizar, Juan Pablo Daranas Molina) |
| Running Time: | 12’ |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Country: | Cuba, USA |
| Year: | 2025 |
| Main Cast: | Yaité Ruiz, Paula Massó Varela, Darianis Palenzuela, Kiriam Gutiérrez |
| Screenplay: | Ana A. Alpizar |
| Cinematographer: | Yuqian Zhang |
| Editor: | Ana A. Alpizar |
| Production Designer: | Juan Carlos Tavio |
| Costume Designer: | Ana A. Alpizar |
| Sound: | Ana A. Alpizar |
| Visual Effects: | Yuqian Zhang, Nick Daukas
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Cinema
Norheimsund
Orizzonti
Synopsis
A girl’s long-distance romance with an older Norwegian man promises to pull her and her mother from their austere life in Cuba, but her dreams are shaken when she realizes he is not as idyllic as he seems.
Director’s Statement
I grew up listening to stories of sixty-year-old Europeans who had essentially “bought” themselves beautiful Cuban girlfriends with the promise of a better life. These women were the Cinderellas of post-Soviet Cuba, perceived as superheroes for escaping and supporting their families from abroad. Sadly, those stories are not just distant memories — they reflect the painful, everyday reality of thousands of Cuban women today.
Norheimsund is precisely an invitation into that bittersweet world, opening the doors to a place where the brutality of circumstance can humanise even the unredeemable.
This story was born from the desire to tell an intimate tale of mutual sacrifice between a mother and daughter who carry the weight of each other’s expectations and broken dreams, trapped in a country where hope had long since disappeared.
Production/distribution
PRODUCTION:
FILA20 - Madeline Rose Finkel, Ana Alpizar, Juan Pablo Daranas Molina
448 W 37th St 10A
10018 New York, United States of America
Tel: +1 786 366 3654
E-mail: info@fila20.com
Web: http://www.fila20.com
Social Media: fila20films – Instagram, FILA20 films - Facebook
WORLD SALES:
LIGHTS On
Flavio Armone
Via Juvarra 16
10122 Torino (TO), Italy
Tel. (+39) 366-1812097
E-mail: lightson@lightsonfilm.org
PRESS OFFICE:
Ana Alpizar - FILA20
81 Granite St. Apt 1
11207 Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
Tel: +1 7867319104
E-mail: aaa10198@nyu.edu
