DEFIANT SOULS
by Laura Cazador, Fernando Pérez
synopsis
1810. Enrique Faber, a Swiss surgeon, lands in Cuba in search for his son. After a few weeks of investigation, he is told that his son was burnt alive in the attack on a plantation led by a slave revolt. Enrique Faber does not believe this. He settles in Baracoa and carries on with his research. His success as a doctor and his marriage to Juana, a young strange and attractive pariah from the area soon create jealousies. Malicious rumours immediately spread about his high-pitched voice and his fragile appearance. One night, he comes across four men sent by a slave trader. They undress him and discover that Enrique is a woman... Enrique is thrown into jail. Soon begins the most scandalous trial of Cuban colonial history.
international title: | Defiant Souls |
original title: | Insumisas |
country: | Switzerland, Cuba |
year: | 2018 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Laura Cazador, Fernando Pérez |
film run: | 94' |
release date: | ES 31/01/2020 |
screenplay: | Laura Cazador, Fernando Pérez |
cast: | Sylvie Testud, Yeni Soria, Antonio Buil, Giselle González Alpízar, Héctor Noas, Mario Guerra |
cinematography by: | Raúl Pérez Ureta |
art director: | Alexis Álvarez |
costumes designer: | Samantha Chijona |
music: | Philippe Héritier |
producer: | Danilo León, André Martin, Ramon Samada |
production: | Bohemian Films sàrl, Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos (ICAIC) (CU) |
distributor: | Reverso Films |