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Viva Cuba is a 2005, Spanish film from Cuba, directed by Juan Carlos Cremata and Iraida Malberti Cabrera, and written by Juan Carlos Cremata and Manolito Rodriguez. It became, the first ever Cuban film to be awarded, ‘Grand Prix E'crans Juniors’ for children’s cinema at 2005 Cannes Film Festival [1] In Viva Cuba, a road movie fairy tale [2], Juan Carlos Cremata tackles localized Cuban problems, this time from the literal point of view of the country’s children. He lowers the camera to the eye level of the film’s protagonists, the darling Malu' (Malu' Tarrau Broche) and Jorgito (Jorgito Milo' A'vila).
[edit] BackgroundViva Cuba is a Cuban Independent film that explores emigration and the effects it can have on children who have to leave friends and extended families behind. Often youngsters are uprooted without being consulted and then must contend with their new surroundings. In a poignant moment, Malu' and Jorgito discuss when they might reunite. The best they can hope for is to forget one another as their lives change and they face new pleasures and challenges. The viewer knows they are unlikely to ever see each other again, unless Malu'’s mother can be granted re-entry, since Cuban law places restrictions on emigrants to return.[citation needed] Migrants must request authorization from the government to leave the country, and if they declare to do so permanently, all their remaining properties are confiscated - unless its a shared house, and the goods on it.[citation needed] To keep their property, the Cuban citizens must enter a system by which the person could stay eleven months of a year abroad but must spend a month in Cuba; also paying a fine of 50 USA dollars per month abroad to be granted re-entry.[citation needed] If the migrant chooses to reside permanently abroad -Cuban law does not recognizes Cuban citizens acquiring another citizenry, nor accepts double citizenry-, the restrictions are more strict.[citation needed] Thus, Cuban migratory law makes less likely that Malu's mother returns.[citation needed] [edit] PlotThe friendship between two children is threatened by their parents’ differences. Malu' is from a family that was upper-class before the Revolution and remains well-to-do through remittances from relatives overseas, and her single mother (Larisa Vega Alamar) does not want her to play with Jorgito, as she thinks his background coarse and commonplace. Jorgito’s mother (Luisa Mari'a Jime'nez Rodri'guez), lower class and very loyal to the Revolution, places similar restrictions on her son, due to opposite sign prejudices. What neither woman recognizes is the immense strength of the bond between Malu' and Jorgito. When the children learn that Malu'’s mother is planning to leave Cuba, a decision which is not explored in depth as regarding to causes and appears to be hot headed. They decide to travel to the other side of the island to find Malu'’s father and persuade him against signing the forms that would allow it. The United States embargo against Cuba only allows Cuban born residents one trip every three years, and only to visit an immediate family member. [edit] Children's movies in CubaWith the exception of Juan Padro'n's animated features, Viva Cuba is the first Cuban live-action feature film addressed specifically to an audience of children and it succeeds in doing so based on its freshness of the screenplay and performances. [edit] ReceptionThe film became a box office hit and went to many awards nationally and internationally as visited many film festival around the world, including 2005 Cannes Film Festival, where it won including the Grand Prix Ecrans Juniors Award, [3], plus awards in countries as diverse as Australia Italy, Guatemala, Germany, and France, and Taiwan [4][5]. In 2008, it was shown all over Venezuela [6] [edit] Awards
 It won 34 national and international awards in all [7]
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