Defiant Souls
- Original title
- Insumisas
- Year
- 2018
- Running time
- 94 min.
- Country
- Cuba
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production Cuba-Switzerland;
- Genre
- Drama
- Synopsis
- 1819. 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. Based on a true story
- Awards
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2020: Platino Awards: Nominated for Best Art Direction2019: Málaga Spanish Film Festival: Official Selection2019: Swiss Film Festival: Nominated for Best Performance in a Supp. Role (Buil)2018: Havana Film Festival: Special Jury Prize2018: Havana Film Festival: Special Jury Prize.
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