Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Lista de Espera (Cuba, 2000)

Several people are waiting at the bus depot, but the bus never comes. Many of them are from out of town, so they wind up spending the night at the station, & possibly longer.

This was a cute story. Some of the "surprises" were obvious long before they were revealed, but who cares. This movie was pleasant, light-hearted entertainment. The social commentary on life in Cuba is merely the setting for the story rather than the main focus.

It's interesting to see that the actor that plays the male protagonist has a Russian name, Vladimir. Many Cubans born in the 1960's have Russian names, an homage to communism.

Lista de Espera on IMDb

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