Juan Carlos Tabío

This anthology film captures the vibrant spirit of the Cuban capital through seven short stories, each directed by a different international filmmaker. From an American tourist's first night in the city to a singer torn between love and career, the vignettes weave together a contemporary portrait of Havana, exploring its music, culture, and the daily struggles and joys of its people.

In a small village in Cuba news spreads that all those with a certain lat name are eligible for a mysterious inheritance.

A desperate group of people wait at a rundown Cuban transit station for the next bus to arrive. The problem is, it never shows up. (imdb)

It is a satire about life in Cuba. The members of a funeral procession and some truckdrivers who have to take the same route begin to talk about god and the world ending up in discovering that life for both groups has many similarities as well as a lot of differences depending on the point of view. (imdb)

After two years in jail, El Isleño returns to the island of La Fe, ruled by the dictator Francisco Gavilán. He arrives with a cinematograph and exhibits "Robin Hood" to the people. The next day the bridge that communicates La Fe to the mainland has been destroyed, and the people plan to overthrow Gavilán. (Edgar Soberon-Torchia)

Diego, a cultivated, homosexual and skeptical young man, falls in love with a young heterosexual communist full of prejudices and doctrinary ideas. First come rejection and suspicion, but also fascination. Fresa y chocolate is the story of a great friendship, that is, a great love between two men, which overcomes incomprehension and intolerance.

When Concha's son marries Clarita, strange things start to happen. Concha's house is being attacked by a mysterious person throwing eggs in order to scare her. Who is this person and what does he want from superstitious Concha?