Sergio and Sergei

Sergio and Sergei

2018 · 90 min · ES · 6.0 (28 votes)
Dir. Ernesto Daranas · Starring Tomás Cao, Héctor Noas, Ron Perlman, Yuliet Cruz, Mario Guerra, Ana Gloria Buduén · Music Tom Linden
Drama

In 1991, the USSR is falling apart and Cuba enters its hardest economic crisis. Sergio, a professor of Marxism who can't provide for his family, and Sergei, a Soviet cosmonaut stranded in the Mir space station, share a common passion: amateur radio. Through this hobby, both men will be able to help each other in facing the dramatic changes of their countries.

VIBE

A quiet, poignant exploration of human connection across vast distances and ideological divides. It feels like a whispered conversation against the backdrop of collapsing empires, finding solace in shared humanity.

melancholichopefulcontemplativenostalgicslow-burncharacter-driven dramahistorical fictionarthouseisolationconnectionfatherhoodpolitical upheavalresilience
marxismcubasoviet unionstrandedspace stationradio operatoreconomic crisiscosmonautamateur radiofather daughter relationship
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