"Since the victory of the Cuban Revolution in 1959," "Fidel Castro has governed the island and survived assassination attempts." "The irreconcilable politics between Cuba and the USA has caused the Cuban exodus to Florida." "Over 250,000 islanders have tried to cross and shipwrecked at sea." "This film is dedicated to them:" "the Rafters." "GOD OR DEMON I Love Miami" "Emilia Santiesteban." "The Mojito." "I have three employees" "You speak Spanish, right?" "." "We are in Miami." "Malena Gimenez." "Alejandro?" "." "He's an old man." "HAVANA, CUBA Three weeks before" " How are you?" "." " Commander!" "." "What a pleasure!" "." " Great!" " Do you remember the captain?" "." "Of course!" "This little boat is better than the Granma." "Not so fast." "The Mexican people have always been supportive but, now, they're dominated by the Americans." "But, Fidel, the Yankees know Bush is an imbecile." "He has every reason to envy you:" "the love of your people, their respect, international recognition" " Everything!" " Everything, man." "Except for my salary, of course." "Torres?" "." "Mom!" "Mom!" "I told you I don't want to talk about that any more!" "They're just asking us to be more flexible about human rights." "The Congress" "No fucking American Congress is gonna tell me what to do." "And if the Spanish are afraid of that law" "They'd better leave!" "They'd better leave with their money!" "Not only the Spanish." "Look at the numbers." "This month, over 350 million left." "Commander, you have to do something before it is too late." "The people can't stand it any more." "Cuba is fed up with so much sacrifice." "I'm tired of repeating the same old thing!" "The Revolution needs sacrifice, and nobody or anything is above the Revolution." "Yes, Commander." "Nobody or anything is above the Revolution." "I'll be waiting for news." "We'll be in touch." "Repeat." "We have communication problems." "I repeat:. we lost our escort." "Die, Castro, die!" "Free Cuba!" "Die, Castro, die!" "Free Cuba!" "Die, Castro, die!" "Free Cuba!" "Die, Castro, die!" "Free Cuba!" "Lost?" "." "No way!" "Man, do you have to" "You're in Key Largo, brother, near Miami." "Come on, man, tell me, when did you leave Cuba?" "." "How did you get here?" "." "What's your name?" "." "Alejandro" "Alejandro Sanchez." "Die, Castro, die!" "Free Cuba!" "My heart beats for salsa and justice!" "." ""My hear beats for salsa and justice."" "I come from the Caribbean" "With salsa and justice" "Long live Cuba!" "Free Cuba!" "That's it." "You won't solve anything by mistreating her." "She's so old!" "Let her rest, man." "Your newspaper, your coffee." "I've just heard something great." "I've been told than Adam and Eve were Cuban." "Are you listening?" "." "They were Cuban!" "Hey, they were naked, not allowed to eat apples and, to top it off, they were told they were in Heaven." "Man!" "It's a joke." ""CUBAN COFFEE 2X1 "" "Cuban coffee, my ass!" "Let's get to work." "Instead of looking that way, look this way." "This way!" "This way!" "You're here." "You're there." "And you're there," "And you're there." "We're going backwards." "Another day!" " Giselle." " What?" "." "What, man?" "." "Come here." "Why are you doing this to me?" "." "Let's go to bed, baby." "Asshole!" "Son of a bitch!" "There come the seashells!" "And?" "." "Could you talk?" "." "Some time ago, you could get thru after trying five or six times more, but Fidel has enforced some kind of tax." "He just wants to mess things up." "The Yankees are messing things up." "The Yankees?" "." "Our homeland or death!" "That was good, Godmother!" "Throw him the seashells." "My treat." "Come, come, come." "Let's go, let's go." "You never know, you never know." "Come on!" "You'll be lucky!" "You look so good, man!" "Come on!" "Change that face!" "You'll start a new life, a different life." "Come on, come on!" "You put it on inside out." "It takes less than two hours to get there." "It's fun." "You'll see women and everything." "Hey, look, take this in case you're hungry." "And this" "It's not much but it might come handy." "Look, if you can't find your family go for a walk." "Come on!" "Hurry up or the truck will leave without you." "Hurry up!" "Come on!" "Go!" "I'm tired of living in debt" "Of suffering for every cent" "Let's leave it all and go to Miami" "I'll go to what I want, to be famous" "To live an artist's life, to live on songs" "To sell illusions that break a thousand hearts" "Just want sing on the radio to win my first million" "To buy a big house for you to shelter your heart" "I just want people to sing this song everywhere" "From San Juan to Barranuilla, from Seville to New York" "Sing it again!" "Your stew for table 4." "Chicken and rice for" "Again?" "." "She only has inhabitant number 500,000 in her belly!" "I'm positive!" ""CONSULATE OF VENEZUELA"" "That door, by any chance, isn't called Billy?" "." "No." "It's fucking hot." "Fucking hot!" "Are they here already?" "." "Are they here already?" "." "We'll have to-- We'll have to cancel this." "We'll have to cancel this!" "Go see if they're ready." "Isn't it too son?" "." "No, they have confirmed already." "What?" "." "They found him." "We have to make it public little by little and prepare for the worst." " Have they found his body?" "." " Part of it." "No, no, no, no, no." "There must be a mistake." "Unfortunately, it's been confirmed." "We can't do anything about it." "Look, Raul, nothing will change our decision." "Now, more that ever, we have to go on and calm things down." "Think of what he would have said." "Nobody or anything is above the Revolution." "General, they're ready." "Concentrate on that." "Leave me alone." "Leave me alone!" "Spanish?" "." "Doña Emi?" "." "I'm talking to you, on behalf of the Cuban people, on behalf of our Commander-in-Chief:" "Fidel Castro." "For some time, the American government has been accusing Cuba of violating human rights." "However, they keep relations with Korea whose cruel acts are very well known." "Miami's terrorist mafia favors those accusations by calling upon humanitarian reasons where there's only political interests." "Because never, ever, in more than four decades have we resorted to violence against the Cuban people." "Martii said, "The first law of our Republic is that the Cubans worship human dignity."" "Today, Cuba ratifies those words and invites international observers to come and visit us and make a report of the flawless criticism." "And, at the same time, we adhere to all international agreements on human rights." "With this goodwill agreement, we demand the USA to lift the brutal embargo they've imposed on Cuba, violating daily, violating daily the human rights" "Fuck it!" "...of over 1 1 million Cubans." "Socialism or death." " This is for you." " Go fuck yourself, man." "The Commander has not been feeling well but he'll soon be with us." "Long live Fidel!" "You've heard him, and the question's still in the air." "It's closed." "It's closed, old man." " Emilia, please." " Help me." " What's this!" " Help me!" "A chair!" "Are you okay?" "." "Leave that!" "We'll take him to the room at the back." "Come on!" "No, no, leave him alone." "Listen, doesn't he look like Fidel?" "." " lsn't he Fidel Castro?" "." " Come on, girl, no" "He's about to kick the bucket." "Oh, no!" "Isn't that so?" "." "He's an old sick man who needs help." "Son, Andianos said he has ischemia." "And, when he comes around, he'll be crazy, out of his mind." "Look, let him stay." "When he comes around, if he's crazy, we'll take him to the hospital, or we'll ask him to leave." "Otherwise, he'll go to jail." "Like Valdimar, the drunk at the corner, remember?" "." "You shut up, man!" "Alberto?" "." "Alberto, come here." "Let's talk." "Why are you still in touch with those persons?" "." "They are forever thinking about Fidel." "Day and night, always the same old thing!" "Ok, I respect you, son." "Look, Albertico, I respect you but" "Mom, I don't like it when you call me Albertico." " Okay, Albertico" " Fuck!" "Sorry, my love." "Look, they're just thinking about hatred and shit." "And you, why, honey?" "." "You don't have to think like an old man." "You're handsome, honey." "You have everything." "You have your business, your girlfriend" "You have your present, honey." "Alberto, mind your own business." "Let the Cubans deal with Fidel." "And you, you-- the future, my son" "Okay, Mom, Okay." "My name's Tony." "Don't worry." "Baseball players can keep secrets." "What should I do now?" "." "Motherfucker!" "And that bullshit" "Dead!" "How many?" "." "80-something, more or less." "What were your friends called?" "." " My friends?" "." " Yes, your friends." "Camilo..." "Ernesto..." "Celia..." "Huber" "I can't remember." " Were you surrounded?" "." " Yes, completely." " Were they many?" "." " Thousands." "And-- Were they big or small?" "." "They were sharks!" "I don't know their ages!" "Sharks are sharks!" "Relax." "Go, bring me more, bring me more." "Who else?" "." "Andrew and three other more, but the others have changed their votes." "At last we've fucked those fucking worms." "Make public that Fidel's health is getting worse." " Off the record." " Yes, General." "Do you think it's wise?" "." "I need to talk to South America." "Torres." "It was you?" "." "Me?" "." "Everybody." "Himself." "Who cares?" "." "And remind that motherfucker he owes me big." " Shall we put more tomato?" "." " No, that's enough." "I'll steal your recipe." "It has a great flavor!" "I've always liked cooking." "Have you always liked cooking?" "." "No!" "Not at all!" "When I was young, I liked writing." "Poetry." " But you see now" " You surrendered to the American dream." "Why did you leave Cuba." "My husband was killed." "By whom?" "." "Who do you think?" "." "At the beginning, I always thought about Cuba." "Have you ever considered going back?" "." "I can't go back to the Cuba I miss." "But Cuba is still there." "Not the Cuba we dreamed of when we were young." "the Cuba my husband fought for." "That Cuba only exists in one place:" "my imagination." "Let's say I have my own Fantasy Island." "Don't you feel you're Cuban?" "." "Man, I'm Cuban on all four sides!" "But, above all, on this one." "Maybe that's why I've devoted myself to cooking." "And maybe because of its food, I keep on dreaming in Cuban language." "And you, old man, what are your dreams?" "." "I think I've already lost my dreams." "You don't lose your dreams." "They just fall asleep" "So, one day, we wake up and find another face." "Tonight we have in our studio a very special guest." "He was the leader of the Cuban Revolution in 1 959 together with Castro," "Camilo and Che Guevara." "Because he demanded elections, we was tried and sentenced to 20 years in jail by the Castrista regime." "Today, four decades after that what's your opinion about Fidel Castro," "Commander Huber Matos?" "." ""HUBER MATOS" "Commander"" "The damage Castro's done to the Cuban people, to the Cuban nation the treason to so many young and valuable people that died under Castro's orders to restore its rights the Cuban people" "Well, he's done so much harm to Cuba, that Castro for the average, normal citizen for somebody that respects himself is impossible to think of Fidel Castro as" "I refuse to go out like this!" "We're going shopping!" "You don't have an idea of the things that man had to endure in that place." " My God!" " He must have done something." "Improper Conduct." "Look, man, to put it clear:" "he was born gay." "And move, man, because we have to leave." "We're late." "Hey, Giselle, Tony." "I'm listening." "Who's calling?" "." "Who's calling?" "." "I'm coming!" "I'm coming!" "Are you done, old man?" "." "Hello?" "." "Your mother!" "Any news about your cousin?" "." "Carlitos, Malena, we're here, we're here." "How are you?" "." "I got you the ingredients-- A stewed meat for table 4." "A stewed meat for table 4, and chicken and rice for table 3." "Hey, you!" "Don't you have to be in Migrations?" "." "I told Tony I'd pick him up from school." "Ok, move, move!" "Fuck!" "Alejandro!" "Alejandro!" "I've drawn a map so you don't get lost." "Since you don't know the place, you know?" "." "Hey, papi, really, thanks a lot." "I have to go to Migrations." "You know what this like is." "Hey, papu, really, thanks a lot." "Long live the Revolution!" "Ildefonso!" "What do you think he's doing?" "." "Hello?" "." "You hear me?" "." "Hello?" "." "You hear me?" "." "Borrego!" "How many heads have you cut today?" "." "Oso?" "." "Damn it, Oso!" "Oso!" "Brothers, let's pray for the freedom of Cuba!" "Mambisa Virgin, we present before you the punishment the snake has inflected on us, exhaustive and destructive for our nation." "We beg you intercede before our Lord." "Amen." "You may go in peace." "Ramon's speech was garbage." "Yes." "What happened to the others?" "." "They were too many." "Don't tell anybody." "We already have two secrets." "Let me in." "I have to shave him." "Let him in." "What's that black man's name?" "." "He doesn't trust anybody, I would like to find another one." "This smells of mothballs" "What's up?" "." "What kind of face is that?" "." "Please, bring me a chair, my brother, will you?" "." " A chair?" "." " Yes, bring me a chair." "I think he needs a bath." "Look, motherfucker, you'd better" "How are you, Father?" "." "Rogelio." "I've just talked to our friend." "You know, don't you?" "." "Remember?" "." "I called him Oso." "He'll come." "Sends his regards and he says he's okay." "He wants a meeting, here, as usual." "When?" "." "Well, no, he won't say." "He likes surprises." "But when?" "." "What do you mean, when?" "." "What kind of surprise is that?" "." "He'll get in touch with me." " You know where we will meet?" "." " Where?" "." " In Lola's place" " Lola's place?" "." "Yes, the big one-- Carlota's sister." "Yes, yes, yes, Lola, I know." "Change that face, man!" "You look drunk!" " Yes, yes, of course." " Laugh, laugh!" "She'll go to bed with anybody for nothing." "But, please, prostitution is everywhere." "You just need to go to Las Vegas." "No, I haven't ordered any rice." "No, you can't compare." "Cuba lives in horizontal position." "Everyone can do whatever they like, but in Cuba, medicine is great." "There are six doctors every one thousand inhabitants." "But what's the use of so many doctors" " if you don't have medicines or hospitals?" "." " Right!" "There's six times more hospital beds in the island than in all Latin America." " That rice is not for me, either." " But this one stays here!" " There's no illiteracy." " That's a lie." "They'd rather the people know how to read and starve and that the poor guys live terrified because they know they'll be killed if they talk?" "." "Yes, that's right!" "Though that son of a bitch of Fidel bullshits and says it's wonderful" "Hey!" "It's cold!" "Besides, literally, he's a son of a bitch." "Did you know that his mother was a servant and got fucked by her employer?" "." "That's how those two little bastards were born" "You, punk!" "You burned me, punk!" " Fool!" " The soup is cold." "What soup, man!" "Mexicans!" "Ignorant!" "Worse than worms!" "Are you listening to me?" "." "You have to cover your ears." "Leave that, child." "It's okay." " Does it hurt?" "." " No, it's okay, it's okay." "Do you want to practice with me?" "." "It's not far." "It's near Miami River." "Really?" "." "Near the fishermen's boats?" "." "Are you good?" "." " I hardly play." " So what?" "." "Tommy says I'll never play with the Mets." "He who says something is impossible is a jerk." "Never pay attention to jerks." "I had a friend with asthma who was the best in everything." "You know why?" "." "Because his strength did not come from his lungs." "It came from here." "We haven't arrived yet." "I have." "What was your friend's name?" "." "We called him Che." "Understand?" "." "Motherfucker." "I know you have other reasons and" "That money is not important." "But, could we come to an agreement?" "." "We're at your service, Oso." "We'll appoint you a good buddy and all." "Listen" "No, it's not to you." "It's for an animal I have here with me." "Well, take care." "Your family is worried for you." "See you." "You have visitors?" "." "Yes, an old friend of mine, from school." "Be careful with that razor." "I'll shave you without foam." "No foam or soap?" "." "No, nothing Hasn't anyone shaved you before?" "." "No, and let alone without foam." "Really?" "." "You should have told me." "Look how nervous I am!" "Yes, take your pill so you don't shake that much." "It's a big responsibility." "Are you afraid?" "." "No, my jugular is afraid." "Punk" "So, the secret is a low heat." "I've learned something today." "I owe you one, old man." "Is there anything you'd like to learn?" "." "I don't know." "Something you've never done in your life?" "." "2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2." "I can't do this." "This is not for me." "Let's try again." "Come on!" "1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2." "And it's over." "Albertico, son, how are you, honey?" "." "This is Alejandro." "He's Albertico, my son." " Nice to meet you." " Nice to meet you too." "How pretty!" "Let's party!" "Don't you dare look at me." "Hey, what's wrong, man?" "." "I can't deal with this man." "We give him food, shelter and, on top of that, he wants money." ""revive A DEAD MAN"" "Fidel's family is still in a stalemate?" "." "Yes, sir." "How are they being watched?" "." "Don't take your eyes off them." "Is Raul still locked up in his house?" "." "Yes." "Has he seen or talked to anybody?" "." "No, nobody." "Well, only his barber, a hell of a motherfucker." "That jerk almost cut my head off." "The barber" "This is Joe DiMaggio." "And this-- This is Williams." "I need Babe Ruth." "Tommy sells it but it's very expensive." "Can I tell you a secret?" "." "I've almost saved enough to go to New York." "To see the Mets." "Really?" "." "How much do you have?" "." "Almost $300." "I won!" "Australia's capital city is Canberra" "Isn't that so?" "." "Bum!" ""CUBA To the Martyrs of The Striker Brigade"" "If you can't fight them, confuse them." "Make them believe you'll give them what they want." "But you just think about your game." "Shout!" "Strike!" "Do whatever you want!" "But never give up." "Are you going to give up now?" "." "You're a girl." "What are you going to do?" "." "Break your face!" "Learn to do it!" "Learn!" "Are you going to tell my coach?" "." "Yes or no?" "." "Tell me!" "Jesus, take care of my mom." "Please, make her win the lottery so that I can go live in New York and play with the Mets." "Please, also help Fidel so that everything goes okay." "You don't need to thank me." "More than you can imagine." "I promise I'll reward you." "The only thing you should promise, old man, is that when you arrive in Tampa, you'll see a doctor for a check-up." "Don't you hate the people who killed your husband?" "." "No." "Not anymore." "You're too good." "Not at all!" "It took me a long time to understand that my hatred was destroying only one person:" "myself." "If you had taken revenge, you wouldn't think that." "Revenge is treacherous." "It makes you slave of your own executioner." "You are always watching what he says, what he's done" "I've seen many people get consumed in that kind of thing." "Forgiving makes you weak." "There's no need to forgive." "You can understand." "Some say forgiveness leads to understanding." "In the end, you realize you have understood so much that you have nothing else to forgive." "It's very important" "What did he say?" "." "You'll go in today." "I have to go." "You won't cheat, right?" "." "You're going home, aren't you?" "." "Here." "This will protect you from the sharks." "Thanks." "Do you play baseball in Cuba?" "." "In Cuba, we play the best baseball of the world." "Take it out!" "Alejandro!" "Your tooth!" "Alejandro, you forgot your tooth." "Come on, come on, go home." "Motherfucker!" "Thief!" "Son of a bitch!" "Worm!" "Hey, what's going on?" "." "You're talking to me." "What's the matter?" "." "We're back with Alina, Fidel Castro's daughter." "What do you think is going to happen?" "." "What I fear the most is what the Americans are planning to do eventually." "Because, far from that, we, the Cubans will solve our own problems." "What do you think of the Revolution?" "." "I think a revolution is justified when its aim is to achieve an important social evolution and, unfortunately, that's not the case with Cuba." "And when Fidel Castro steps down?" "." "I think we'll purify as a country." "We're 3 million people in exile that can contribute with our experiences, our language." "I think we'll try to reconstruct the Cuban civil society." "It'll be a long process, but it's gonna be interesting and beautiful." "Alina Fernandez, who's that woman?" "." "I think you are as people see you." "You never judge yourself seriously and justly, right?" "." "But I think I'm invisible, too." "I'll tell you some words, and as I tell each word, you'll tell me the first thing that comes to your mind." " Peace." " Love." " Cuba." " Cuba is love, too." "Future." "Future: truth, reconstruction." " USA" " Ask Iraq." " Democracy." " Has to be created." " Fidel Castro." " Dictator." "Do you have any happy memories of your father?" "." "I have many" "If I have to tell one, I don't know" "Once, he wrote a song for me about a girl in the water." "Strange." "They told me you were outside all the night." "Where were you?" "." "I had to go out." "And you?" "." "I was told you met the people of the party." "I'm glad you're ready to go back to work." "If there's anything I can do to help, just let me know." "Secrets can be dangerous." "You haven't left, old man?" "." "What happened?" "." "I don't know what to say?" "." "Do you need help?" "." "Why did you stay?" "." "I'll tell you later." "Did you go to work?" "." "I could use some help right now." "They were getting ready to govern the island but they had no idea they'd stay in power." "And everything got fucked up." "When Fidel talked to the Cuban people in January 1 960, a white dove perched on Castro's shoulder as a symbol of who he is:" "for some people, a god, for others, the devil himself." "How are you, Amador?" "." "Very well." "No, he's not here." "I opened it by mistake." "But the idiot that plotted the route has no idea of today's Cuba." "That's not my problem." "I know a safe route." "You should listen to me for a few seconds." "I have a better idea to end that once and for all." "Barking dogs never bite." " Careful." " Thank you very much for everything." "Be careful, as the Yuma say." "Stop with your women, man!" "You have to talk." "Tell me, who is Lola?" "." "Didn't you get off last night, man?" "." "Albertico, son, come to the Mojito." "Right now." "Yes, Mom, okay, okay." "I'll go right now!" "Go on, go on." "I'll be right back." "... the Cuban people listened to their leader again:" "Fidel Castro, a man who gives his speeches on the radio" "To all the dead people lying at the bottom of the sea." "We owe it all to Fidel Castro, that murderer, that killer." "Those are our Nation's heroes!" "Those are the ones who deserve a monument, too and we have to acknowledge them, to remember them and to present the UN a report with all those dead people." "Let's see how you are, Commander." "You look so good!" "Wonderful!" "Not even a scar left!" "That's enough!" "I can't waste more time." "I'm all right." "I want to be a dolphin." "Send this letter from some place in Tampa, Florida." "Tell everybody to be here at 5:00." "Perfect." "Boy" "Change that face, man." "You're going to become a father." "Congratulations." "Dear Emilia, I'm writing to you because I can't get your words off my mind." "I've always believed my dreams became true just by wishing them." "Today, I don't know." "It's not easy to dream when your destiny is behind." " We're ready, Fidel." " I'm coming." "One part of me was born again at the Mojito." "The part I believed dead." ""THE TEAM ENDS UP winning SECRETS." "ALEJANDRO"" "Maybe it's too late." "I can't change when I'm near my tomb, and I can't swim among sharks and serve them as bait." "I know you'd tell me there are other ways but maybe..." "I'm not strong enough to walk them." "Years ago, I was entrusted with a mission." "Today" "Today I just want to finish it the best way I can." "You again?" "." "Oh, my God!" "iframe align='top' width='234'"