El Acompañante

Cuba 1988. The Castro regime has established "Los Cocos," a sanatorium in Havana's suburbs where HIV patients are confined under military watch and assigned a "companion." Horacio, a former Olympic boxing champion involved in a doping scandal, must earn his redemption by serving as companion to Daniel, one of Los Cocos' most defiant patients. A strained relationship between these fallen heroes gradually materializes into one of solidarity and friendship. (PIFF40)