The Cuban

The Cuban
Film poster
Directed bySergio Navarretta
Written byAlessandra Piccione
Produced by
  • Alessandra Piccione
  • Sergio Navarretta
  • Taras Koltun
  • Ana Golja
Starring
CinematographyCeliana Cárdenas
Edited byJane MacRae
Music byHilario Durán
Production
company
S.N.A.P. Films Inc.
Distributed byA71 Entertainment Brainstorm Media
Release date
  • December 7, 2019 (2019-12-07) (Whistler)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The Cuban is a 2019 Canadian drama film, directed by Sergio Navarretta and written by Alessandra Piccione.[1] The film stars Ana Golja as Mina, a young woman working at a nursing home managed by her aunt Bano (Shohreh Aghdashloo) while preparing for medical school, whose outlook on life is profoundly changed when she meets and befriends Luis Garcia (Louis Gossett Jr.), a former Cuban jazz musician who has been living in the home since being diagnosed with dementia.[2]