Due to its plastic beauty and charm, one might think that Havana is easy to portray. It is not. If one wants to abandon the endless cliches, beyond the aesthetics of old American cars, the bewitching mulatto and buildings on the verge of collapse, briefly capturing the essence of this very special city and its inhabitants, the challenge is size.
September filmmakers come from very different backgrounds yoke them, not without a certain giddiness, turning Siete días en La Habana [Seven days in Havana]: Benicio del Toro - who goes first to the realization - the French Laurent Cantet, Spaniard Julio Medem, Argentinean Pablo Trapero, the Palestinian director Elia Suleiman, the French-Argentinian Gaspar Noe and Cuban Juan Carlos Tabío only local producer invited to participate.
These seven stories of Havana, one for each day of the week, based on three scenarios written by the Cuban novelist Leonardo Padura, coordinator of all stories. Music, with Descemer Bueno and Kelvis Ochoa front line, part of the attractions of this co-production between Spain and French (Morena Films and Film House), whose planning began there a year or two and had to overcome many obstacles.
Indeed, logistical difficulties were added to political problems. Because of the embargo, American Benicio del Toro can make a "documentary" and not a short film to avoid any monetary transaction. It is precisely in Del Toro, who visited the island a dozen times, had the honor of opening the ball.
Its history, El Yuma ["alien" in Cuban slang], based on a scenario Padura. Filming began March 4 in the lively neighborhood of El Vedado. Of course, passersby could not believe their eyes when they saw this guy who gesticulated, screamed and ran the film was none other than famous actor of Puerto Rican origin [and has also played Che Guevara in the film Steven Sodebergh released in 2008].
"I could not pick a better place to spend behind the camera," he said upon his arrival in Havana. And, according to the actors he directs the staging succeeds him. El Yuma tells the story of an American tourist (Josh Hutcherson) who arrives in Havana and went down to the Hotel Nacional.
A taxi driver (Vladimir Cruz [one of Cuba's most famous actors]) shows him a Havana for a day which is not official, until both end up in the morning a review transvestites before falling into madness. The shooting of the second short film, Jam Session, a scenario Trapero, began March 11, with Emir Kusturica in the lead role.
"He embodies his own character," says Pablo Trapero. His story is about a filmmaker who comes to receive an award at the Film Festival in Havana, he went through a bad time emotionally, and his taxi driver becomes his confidant. In the end, he discovers that the driver is a musician of incredible talent and they end up together in a descarga [sort of jam session].
" It's "show the city's least known, the B side of Havana, and able to do that for several different viewpoints, but keeping a balance between the picturesque and the depth that has not a postcard printing. Juan Carlos Tabío tells the story of a psychologist who makes candy to survive, Cantet narrates the preparations for the celebration of a girl Ochún [goddess of femininity].
They will try to complete the project safely Seven days in Havana. 
September filmmakers come from very different backgrounds yoke them, not without a certain giddiness, turning Siete días en La Habana [Seven days in Havana]: Benicio del Toro - who goes first to the realization - the French Laurent Cantet, Spaniard Julio Medem, Argentinean Pablo Trapero, the Palestinian director Elia Suleiman, the French-Argentinian Gaspar Noe and Cuban Juan Carlos Tabío only local producer invited to participate.
These seven stories of Havana, one for each day of the week, based on three scenarios written by the Cuban novelist Leonardo Padura, coordinator of all stories. Music, with Descemer Bueno and Kelvis Ochoa front line, part of the attractions of this co-production between Spain and French (Morena Films and Film House), whose planning began there a year or two and had to overcome many obstacles.
Indeed, logistical difficulties were added to political problems. Because of the embargo, American Benicio del Toro can make a "documentary" and not a short film to avoid any monetary transaction. It is precisely in Del Toro, who visited the island a dozen times, had the honor of opening the ball.
Its history, El Yuma ["alien" in Cuban slang], based on a scenario Padura. Filming began March 4 in the lively neighborhood of El Vedado. Of course, passersby could not believe their eyes when they saw this guy who gesticulated, screamed and ran the film was none other than famous actor of Puerto Rican origin [and has also played Che Guevara in the film Steven Sodebergh released in 2008].
"I could not pick a better place to spend behind the camera," he said upon his arrival in Havana. And, according to the actors he directs the staging succeeds him. El Yuma tells the story of an American tourist (Josh Hutcherson) who arrives in Havana and went down to the Hotel Nacional.
A taxi driver (Vladimir Cruz [one of Cuba's most famous actors]) shows him a Havana for a day which is not official, until both end up in the morning a review transvestites before falling into madness. The shooting of the second short film, Jam Session, a scenario Trapero, began March 11, with Emir Kusturica in the lead role.
"He embodies his own character," says Pablo Trapero. His story is about a filmmaker who comes to receive an award at the Film Festival in Havana, he went through a bad time emotionally, and his taxi driver becomes his confidant. In the end, he discovers that the driver is a musician of incredible talent and they end up together in a descarga [sort of jam session].
" It's "show the city's least known, the B side of Havana, and able to do that for several different viewpoints, but keeping a balance between the picturesque and the depth that has not a postcard printing. Juan Carlos Tabío tells the story of a psychologist who makes candy to survive, Cantet narrates the preparations for the celebration of a girl Ochún [goddess of femininity].
They will try to complete the project safely Seven days in Havana.
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