February 12, 2013: GUANTANAMERA

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2013 ST. JOHN ARTS FESTIVAL PRESENTS
in partnership with
ST JOHN ARTS FESTIVAL 

Feb. 12, 2013 / Gifft Hill School / 7:30 pm

GUANTANAMERA:  A feature length comedy from Cuba (1995)directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío

 When Aunt Yoyita dies during a visit to Gina in Guantánamo, Gina, along with Yoyita’s childhood sweetheart, the aging Cándido, must take the body to Havana. To their annoyance, Gina’s overbearing husband Adolfo, a punctilious undertaker with political ambitions, takes charge of the journey, including several transfers along the way between hearses.

On the road, they keep crossing paths with Mariano, a playboy trucker with a woman at every way station. He and Gina recognize each other: he was her student and wrote her of how much he loved her, then dropped out of school in embarrassment. Before they reach Havana, Gina realizes she can choose between Adolfo and Mariano.