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EL ACOMPAÑANTE (THE COMPANION)
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Completed - SPANISH - Drama - 104 minutes

Log Line

In the 80's, when fear spread faster than HIV, CUBA confined the epidemic behind a wall.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2015 (Premiere)
  • Ventana Sur 2015 (Line up)
  • Cannes 2016 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2015

Director(s) : Pavel GIROUD
Writer(s) : Pavel GIROUD
Cast : Yotuel ROMERO, Armando Miguel GOMEZ, Camila ARTECHE, Yailene SIERRA, Jazz VILA, Jorge MOLINA

Producer(s) : Lia RODRIGUEZ (Areté Audiovisual S.A), Antonio LOPEZ (Areté Audiovisual S.A), Edgard TENEMBAUM (Tu Vas Voir), Gustavo PAZMIN PEREA (IGOLAI PRODUCCIONES), Delfina CATALÁ (Nativa Pro Cinematográfica), Alexandra SOLÓRZANO (Nativa Pro Cinematográfica)

Synopsis

EL ACOMPAÑANTE is set in 1988 Cuba as the government dispatched HIV patients to AIDS centers under military rule. It narrates the friendship between Horacio Romero, a Cuban boxing champion that fails a drug test and must serve as a “companion” (an euphemism for warden) of Daniel, a conflictive patient.

Production

Country(ies) : CUBA, FRANCE, PANAMA, VENEZUELA, COLOMBIA

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Festivals and Awards

Ventana Sur 2015
Busan - BIFF/APM 2015 (World Cinema)
Chicago IFF 2015 (World Cinema)
Miami IFF 2016 (Audience Award)
Malaga 2016 (Audience Award. Latin American Territory Section)
Toulouse (ARCALT) 2016 (Audience Award)
Havana FF in NY 2016 (Best Screenplay)


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