Hello Hemingway
Hello Hemingway is a 1990 Cuban drama film directed by Fernando Pérez and starring Laura de la Uz. The plot, set in Havana in 1956, near the end of Fulgencio Batista's dictatorship, follows a young girl whose aspirations to obtain a scholarship in America, against the odds, are paralleled with her reading of Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea. The film was selected as the Cuban entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Academy Awards, but was not designated a nominee.
Plot
In 1956, sixteen-year-old Larita lives with her mother and her aunt's family in a ramshackle house outside Havana. From their garden they can see Ernest Hemingway's white mansion. At home, she adorns her walls with pictures of Elvis Presley and Tony Curtis, while at school she excels in her English class. Larita is delighted when her teacher suggests that she enter a competition for a scholarship to attend university in the United States. Larita also happily dates a classmate, Victor, who is trying to establish a student association.
More details
author | Mayda Royero |
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contentLocation | Cuba |
director | Fernando Pérez |
editor | Jorge Abello |
genre | drama |
keywords | arrest coffee bar draw earring elvis presley english english class english language ernest hemingway ernest hemingway\'s white mansion even finca vigía havana near east nothing old man school uniform sew student protest the old man and the sea tony curtis |
musicBy | Edesio Alejandro |
producer | Ricardo Ávila |
productionCompany | ICAIC |