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The Companion (2016)
Directed by Pavel Giroud
“In the 80's, when fear spread faster than HIV, Cuba confined the epidemic behind a wall”
Drama · 1h 44m
At the height of the 1980s AIDS epidemic, Cuban boxing champion Horacio's punishment for failing a drug test is to watch over the brash, combative Daniel, a patient in a sanatorium where HIV patients are compulsorily confined. The two collide as Daniel yearns for freedom while Horacio dreams of returning to the ring.
Cast
Yotuel Romero
Horacio Romero
A
Armando Miguel Gómez
Daniel Guerrero
Camila Arteche
Lisandra
Jazz Vilá
Boris
Y
Yailene Sierra
Doctora
Y
Yerlín Pérez López
Chely
I
Iván Colas
Padre de Daniel
Jorge Molina
El Yiky
M
Michel Pentón
Preso de remplazo
B
Broselianda Hernández
La Madre
M
Modesto Agüero
Comentarista deportivo
H
Héctor Vinent
Campeón Olímpico de Boxeo
Crew
- Director
- Pavel Giroud
- Writer
- Pavel Giroud
- Director of Photography
- Ernesto Calzado Yanes
- Original Music Composer
- Ulises Hernández, Sergio Valdes
- Editor
- Jacques Comets
- Producer
- Daniel Díaz Ravelo
Details
- Original title
- El acompañante
- Release date
- 2016-03-11
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- ES
- Spoken languages
- Spanish
- Countries
- Panama, Cuba, Venezuela