Viva
Find your voice
100 mins
Jesús, a young hairdresser, works at a Havana nightclub for drag performers and dreams of being a performer himself. Encouraged by his mentor, Mama, Jesús finally gets his chance to take the stage. But when Angel, his estranged father recently released from a 15-year stint in prison, abruptly reenters his life, his world is quickly turned upside down. The macho Angel tries to squash his son’s ambition to perform in drag. Father and son clash over their opposing expectations of each other, struggling to understand one another and reconcile as a family. Shot in a gritty neighborhood far from the Havana most tourists know, Viva is a heartrending story of music, performance, and survival.
Luis Manuel Alvarez
Cindy
Jorge Martínez
Celeste
Maikol Villa Puey
William
Oscar Ibarra Napoles
Javier
Libia Batista
Lazara
Tomás Cao
Trainer Nestor
Rayma Pérez
Hooker
Niruka Castellón
Older Nurse
Carlos Calero Díaz
Tourist
Karla M. Venereo
Doctor Karla
Anyeli Constanten
Young Nurse
Josie Breathnach
Bebita
Cathleen Dore
Producer
Claire McCaughley
Co-Producer
Rebecca O'Flanagan
Producer
Robert Walpole
Producer
Cathal Watters
Director of Photography
Paki Smith
Production Design
Edwing Ramírez
Hairstylist