Sinopsis
The story centers on sisters Caridad Amaran and Georgina Wong Guitiérrez, two girls who learned the art of Cantonese Opera in Havana, in 1930, from their father, a Chinese immigrant whose family forbade him from performing. During the 1940s, the sisters toured throughout Cuba performing as divas, before Fidel Castro's revolution changed their lives.
S. Louisa Wei's award-winning film, Golden Gate Girls (2014), was well-received by international media such as The Hollywood Reporter and China Daily. His first feature film, Storm under the Sun (2009), and his most recent television documentary, Wang Shiwei: The Buried Writer (2016), were praised for reflecting the lives of Chinese intellectuals. Her documentary Havana Divas (2019) has been screened in Hong Kong and has been selected for film festivals such as CAAMFest36 (San Francisco). She is currently editing a documentary about Cui Jian with the working title Red Rock, in collaboration with Cui Jian.
Programmed in collaboration with Baturu International Cultural Festival / China Women’s Film Festival
Sala Plató. Cineteca Madrid
Chinese and Swedish directors
Year of production: 2018
Duration: 96'
Country: China
Language: Cantonese, Spanish, English. Original version subtitled in Spanish
Director: S. Louisa Wei
Cast: Caridad Amaran, Georgina Wong Guitierrez, Franco Yuen, Franco Yuen
Production: Law Kar, Helen Wong
Cinematographer: Eugene Cheung
Production companies: Blue Queen Cultural Communication Ltd.
International Sales: Blue Queen Cultural Communication Ltd.
Selected at the Shanghai Film Festival, the China Woman's Film Festival, the China International Documentary Film Festival and the Beijing International Film Festival
Premiere in Spain
