Suite Habana

Today I watched a truly amazing film. It's a documentary called Suite Habana by Fernando Perez. Basically, it follows a day in the life of ten ordinary citizens of Habana with practically no dialogue. Rather, their stories are told simply by watching what it is that they do each day and then night. What was so extraordinary was how the director was able to demonstrate the dichotomy between the lives of quiet desperation that we live and the multiplicity of our dreams. Even more, it was nice that there was a documentary about Cuba that was completely apolitical. The synopsis on the back of the dvd pretty much sums it up...cuba is a mystery to some and a dream filled with contradictions and contrasts for those who love it or criticze it. But Habana is not only a space, a sound, a light. Habana is its people...So if you're in to the documentary type movie I highly recomend Suite Habana, it truly is an inspired film. Just a note, I'm not actually sure where you can get it...I don't think they have it at Blockbusters, I borrowed it from a professor. Maybe the Stone Center has it?