| Sin La Habana | |
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| Directed by | Kaveh Nabatian |
| Written by | Kaveh Nabatian |
| Produced by | Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette Ménaïc Raoul |
| Starring | Yonah Acosta Evelyn O’Farrill Aki Yaghoubi |
| Cinematography | Juan Pablo Ramírez |
| Edited by | Sophie Leblond |
| Music by | Kaveh Nabatian |
Production company | Voyelles Films |
| Distributed by | Maison 4:3 |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Countries | Canada, Cuba |
| Languages | Spanish English Persian |
Sin La Habana is a Canadian-Cuban drama film, directed by Kaveh Nabatian and released in 2020.[1]
The film stars Yonah Acosta as Leonardo, a ballet dancer in Cuba who feels stifled and in need of emigration to another country to advance his career. He and his girlfriend Sara (Evelyn O’Farrill) devise a plan for the duo to get out of Cuba by having Leonardo seduce Nasim (Aki Yaghoubi), a tourist from Montreal, so that she will take him back to Canada with her and then he can send for Sara once he's settled in; however, both Leonardo and Sara are secretly also looking for ways to break off their relationship.[2]
The film premiered at the 2020 Festival du nouveau cinéma,[3] before going into commercial release in September 2021.[4]
Sin la Habana received positive reviews from film critics. It holds a 91% rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes[5] and was a New York Times Critic's Pick.[6]