{"id":65355,"date":"2018-11-13T16:32:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T20:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/america-teve-invita-este-27-de-noviembre-al-estreno-de-irene-en-la-habana-el-primer-filme-sobre-el-exilio-cubano-producido-por-un-canal-de-television-en-estados-unidos\/"},"modified":"2018-11-13T17:34:03","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T21:34:03","slug":"america-teve-invita-este-27-de-noviembre-al-estreno-de-irene-en-la-habana-el-primer-filme-sobre-el-exilio-cubano-producido-por-un-canal-de-television-en-estados-unidos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/america-teve-invita-este-27-de-noviembre-al-estreno-de-irene-en-la-habana-el-primer-filme-sobre-el-exilio-cubano-producido-por-un-canal-de-television-en-estados-unidos\/","title":{"rendered":"Am\u00e9rica TeV\u00e9 Extends an Invitation on November 27th to the Premiere of &#8220;Irene en La Habana,&#8221; the First Film Produced by a United States Television Network About the Cuban Exile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">MIAMI<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Nov. 13, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Shot clandestinely in <span class=\"xn-location\">Cuba<\/span>, &#8220;Irene in <span class=\"xn-location\">Havana<\/span>&#8221; is the story of a Spanish young rebel who travels to the island in search of answers and gets disillusioned knowing the reality of the Castro dictatorship.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-minute short film revolves around a moving love story framed in the tragic process that Cubans over 60 years, have been living since the painful experience of exile.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by prestigious filmmaker <span class=\"xn-person\">Lilo Vilaplana<\/span>, with screenplay by journalist <span class=\"xn-person\">Juan Manuel Cao<\/span>, the short film is played by Irene D\u00edaz, in her debut as an actress, and Ariel Texid\u00f3, one of <span class=\"xn-location\">Cuba&#8217;s<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America&#8217;s<\/span> favorite actors in both television and cinema. Both accompanied by a stellar cast that brings together legendary career figures such as\u00a0Mar\u00eda <span class=\"xn-person\">Teresa Rojas<\/span>, Sandra P\u00e9rez, <span class=\"xn-person\">Carlos Cruz<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Luis Felipe Bagos<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Vilaplana said that directing this script highly excited him with the challenge of filming in <span class=\"xn-location\">Cuba<\/span>, as well as by touching on the subject of a massacre, distorted for over half a century by Castro&#8217;s propaganda. &#8220;Castrism should be denounced, due to its 60 years of impunity, and it is our responsibility to transgress, not keeping quiet and go on the offensive,&#8221; added Vilaplana.\u00a0&#8220;The politicians must know that the island belongs to us, the Cubans and that we will recover it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Cao said that the conception of this script was a challenge. It was, nothing less than the first story about the shootings revealed in all the history of Cuban cinema. &#8220;And also,&#8221; noted Cao, &#8220;it&#8217;s a love story.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For Irene D\u00edaz, filming in <span class=\"xn-location\">Havana<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami<\/span> was a transformative experience. &#8220;Participating in this project meant leaving the comfort zone, experimenting in an unknown area, breaking the routine,&#8221; said the young protagonist, a journalist by profession. &#8220;I can say that, in some respects, the character could have been I before moving to live in <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami<\/span>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This production, marks a milestone in film and television industry of <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>, was conducted by <span class=\"xn-person\">Carlos Vasallo<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Emilio Braun<\/span>, Miguel Coss\u00edo and <span class=\"xn-person\">Marcell Felipe<\/span>. The clandestine filming in <span class=\"xn-location\">Havana<\/span> was a huge technical and logistical effort carried out by an experienced technical team who challenged the ferocious controls imposed\u00a0by the Cuban authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Vasallo, President of America CV Network, commented that this production reaffirms Am\u00e9rica TeV\u00e9&#8217;s commitment with the history of the Cuban exile and the <span class=\"xn-org\">South Florida community<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are proud to produce this short film, which marks a milestone in the Cuban filmography,&#8221; noted Mr. Vasallo. &#8220;We risk filming clandestinely in <span class=\"xn-location\">Cuba<\/span> and where we are gathering the fruits of our efforts with unique work that excels both in direction and performance showing that when you strive you can obtain anything you work for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>America CV Network&#8217;s VP, <span class=\"xn-person\">Emilio Braun<\/span>, pointed out that this short film kicks off a new effort in the company. &#8220;We will start producing much more content with this type of format that are very attractive focusing on specific niches that viewers are looking for,&#8221; added Braun.<\/p>\n<p>The film will premiere on <span class=\"xn-chron\">Tuesday, November 27<\/span><sup>th<\/sup> at <span class=\"xn-chron\">8 p.m.<\/span> at the Manuel Artime Theater in Little Havana at 900 SW 1 Street, <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami<\/span>, 33130. \u00a0Free admission in order of arrival. 800 person capacity. <\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Am\u00e9rica TeV\u00e9<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">MIAMI<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Nov. 13, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Shot clandestinely in <span class=\"xn-location\">Cuba<\/span>, &#8220;Irene in <span class=\"xn-location\">Havana<\/span>&#8221; is the story of a Spanish young rebel who travels to the island in search of answers and gets disillusioned knowing the reality of the Castro dictatorship.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-minute short film revolves around a moving love story framed in the tragic process that Cubans over 60 years, have been living since the painful experience of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entretenimiento"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65355\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}