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THE TRAVEL AGENT
(PEQUEÑAS MENTIRAS PIADOSAS)
The emblematic story of Lourdes, a close look at the condition
of the Cubans and their hopes in a time of great change
Synopsis
Havana, Cuba. 54th year of embargo.
From her tiny office overlooking the US
Interests
Section,
Lourdes
counsels
thousands seeking a travel visa for the US.
She fine tunes her customers’ stories, so
they have better chances to succeed.
But despite helping others to travel, she has
never been able to visit her mother, son and
all family in Florida. “I quench the thirst of
others every day, yet there’s not a drop of
water for me” she states.
After a long wait, Lourdes time has finally
come: her interview is set. Her dream to visit
her dying mother was never so close.
Will she able to travel and finally overturn
her destiny of forced separation?
Will she forced to leave behind Enit, her
beloved lesbian partner?
TechNICAL INFO AND Cast
DIRECTION Niccolò Bruna
PRODUCTION Progetto Cataclisma and
15-L. Films
GENRE Social documental, drama
COUNTRY, YEAR Italy/ Spain, 2015
LANGUAGE, DURATION Spanish, 88'
VIDEO FORMAT HD 16:9 color
AUDIO FORMAT Dolby Stereo
SCREENING FORMAT DCP, Blu-ray
SUBTITLES English, Spanish, French, Italian
WITH Lourdes Gonzales Rosabal
Enit Abreu Gomez
MUSIC Plus
PRODUCER Paola Ciocca, Enrico Bona
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Carlota Coloma,
Adrià Lahuerta
CINEMATOGRAPHY Erik Delgado Ordoqui
SOUND Pedro Pulido Brizuela
EDITING Enrico Giovannone, Niccolò Bruna
DIRECTOR'S BIO
Niccolò Bruna, born in Turin, Italy, in 1974 is
an independent filmmaker and producer.
He has been experimenting the expressive
tools of documentary filmmaking since he
attended in the EICTV school in Cuba in 1999.
For the past 15 years he has striven to carry
out quality film productions with human
interest while offering a fresh glance on
powerful social issues.
He won several awards with Dust, the great
asbestos trial (2011) among it the best film in
Baghdad, Rio de Janeiro and nominated for
the David of Donatello, the Italian Oscar.
His Magicarena (2014) has been theatrical
released in Taiwan and in China, first time for
a foreign documentary.
In 2015 he completed A closed mouth
catches no flies (Le ragazze di Wuchale) on
women condition in Ethiopia and Pequeñas
mentiras piadosas (The travel agent) his 6
feature documentary,
ContactS
notes on film
The travel agent is the intimate story of the life of
Lourdes, an ordinary but extraordinary woman. At
the same time is an universal story: the one
which is made of isolation and separation that is
common to many Cubans and to anyone in the
world who is forced by events to be separated
from the loved ones.
The film is a tribute to the dignity of the Cuban
people, always ready to face the storm with a
smile. I have told about their heroic everyday life
without any folklore nor filters, using the same
alive and kicking material of their own desperate
existence.
It is a documentary shot in the last period of the
freezing relations between Cuba and the United
States, during the 54th year of “bloqueo”, the
economic embargo, and this is also why it is a
unique document which unveils the human
consequences of political choices.
The travel agent carries on my personal and
human exploration of the female universe and
the extraordinary resilience of women.
CONTATTI DISTRIBUZIONE ITALIANA
Cinemadocumentario.it
Paola Ciocca (Progetto Cataclisma)
Adrià Lahuerta (15-L. Films, S.L.)
www.cinemadocumentario.it
Via Reggio 3, 10153 Torino (Italy)
Llibreteria, 15, 2º, 08002 Barcelona (Spain)
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