72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Una tradición centenaria

Miguel Secades , Rudis Reyes , Rafael Torrens
Cuba      12 m.
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On 3rd May, in a country home in Santa Fé, a small town in the heart of Camajauní, Cuba, the Fusté family, descendents of Cimarron slaves, celebrates the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in a unique religious ritual combining Yoruba, Christian and spiritualist elements. The ritual exorcises the dead and invites them to possess the bodies of the living in order to invoke rain and harvests.

Director
Miguel Secades (Cuba), Rudis Reyes (Cuba), Rafael Torrens (Cuba)
Production
CineClub Cubanacán (Cuba)
CineClub Cubanacán
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Archivistas Salvajes Collective (Cuba)
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
Running Time
12 m.
Original language of the film
Spanish
Country
Cuba
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