Jazz Vilá – MRQE

The Mick and the Trick

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A captivating neo-noir film set in the gritty urban landscape of 1990s New York City. The story revolves around an unlikely partnership between Pat, an aging hitman betrayed by his gang, and Sugar, a drag queen sex worker mourning the loss of a friend to the same gang. Both characters find themselves with a common enemy and must rely on each other for survival.

Hotel Coppelia

Sun, 14 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

1965, Dominican Republic. At a seaside brothel, the lives of a group of prostitutes take a dramatic turn when freedom fighters stage a revolutionary coup, making them realise they can have a better life and perhaps find love. But everything changes when the US army supresses the revolution and takes the brothel as a military base: the girls will have to face the dilemma of either sleeping with the enemy or protecting their dignity at all costs.

Rey de La Habana, El

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Recently escaped from reformatory, Reinaldo struggles to get by in the streets of Havana in the late 90s, one of the worst decades for Cuban society. Hopes, disillusionment, rum, good humor and above all hunger, accompany him in his wanderings, until he meets Magda and Yunisleidy, survivors like himself. In one or the other’s arms, he will try to escape the material and moral misery surrounding him, living love, passion, tenderness and uninhibited sex to the limit.

Venecia

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A rare independent film from Cuba, this charming and tender portrait of female friendship follows three hair-salon employees as they hit the town looking for excitement in those parts of Havana that tourists rarely see.

Juan de los Muertos

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

While Havana is full of zombies hungry for human flesh, official media reported that the disturbances are caused by dissidents paid by the United States. Panic seizes all until Juan comes to the rescue: he discovers he can kill the undead destroying his brain, and decides to start a small business under the slogan “We kill your loved ones.”