I didn't even realize that not only will Twilight stars Kristen Stewart (On the Road) and Robert Pattinson (Cosmopolis) be heading to the south of France for the Cannes Film Festival this year, but another star of a recent teen sensation feature, The Hunger Games, will as well. Josh Hutcherson is at the center of the first chapter in 7 Days in Havana, the ensemble directorial effort from Benicio del Toro, Gaspar Noe, Elia Suleiman, Julio Medem, Laurent Cantet, Juan Carlos Tabio and Pablo Trapero. Featuring Hutcherson along with Emir Kursturica, Daniel Bruhl, Vladimir Cruz, Daisy Granados, Othello Renzoli and Elia Suleiman, the pic tells a series of seven stories taking course over seven days in Havana, Cuba. Day one (directed by Benicio del Toro) centers on Teddy Atkins (Hutcherson), a young American tourist who travels to Havana for the first time. His driver, a middle-aged Cuban cab driver who has...
- 4/20/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
#50. 7 días en La Habana Director: Laurent Cantet. Julio Medem, Benicio Del Toro, Gaspar Noé, Elia Suleiman, Juan Carlos Tabío, Pablo TraperoWriter: Leonardo PaduraProducers: Laurent Baudens, Didar Domehri, Alvaro Longoria, Gael Nouaille, Fabien PisaniDistributor: Rights Available (Wild Bunch) The Gist: The film is presented as a mosaic of seven stories that take place in Havana over the course of one week. The purpose of the movie is to provide a snapshot of modern Havana in all its complexity. (more) Cast: Josh Hutcherson, Vladimir Cruz, Mirta Ibarra, Jorge Perugorria, Melvis Santa Estevez, Beatriz Dorta, Othello Rensoli, Daniel Brühl, Elia Suleiman, Emir Kusturica List Worthy Reasons...: Typically, I'm not a fan of the omnibus, but I consider myself a fan to various degrees of the seven attached names in this pack. The untouched utilized backdrop of Havana is such a rich and rarely shot locale and a seven day Monday to Sunday...
- 1/6/2012
- IONCINEMA.com
Helmers Laurent Cantet, Gaspar Noe, Pablo Trapero, Elia Suleiman, Julio Medem, Cuba's Juan Carlos Tabio and Benicio del Toro are joining perhaps one of the rare omnibus projects worth mentioning. Finally a short film collage that is a bit more organic, 7 Days in Havana is said to be an inside "view of Cuba, introducing audiences to an eclectic young Havana and its music scene." The project will be produced by Morena Films' Alvaro Longoria, Fabien Pisani, Domehri, and Full House's Gael Nouaille and Laurent Baudens. Variety reports that "Cuban novelist Leonardo Padura will coordinate screenplays, co-writing Medem's and Tabio's films. Cuban thesps Ana de Armas, Mirta Ibarra, Vladimir Cruz and Jorge Perugorria play linking characters." Gist: Del Toro will helm a sometimes fictionalized docu on a U.S. tourist's first 24 hours in Cuba; Medem portrays a love triangle; Trapero tracks an actor who arrives in Havana to receive...
- 12/9/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
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