Day 15/3

We are lucky enough to be here just when the Latin American Film Festival is taking place. So what better experience than try to go to a Cuban cinema? The selection of the film is not easy as the programme prints out only the title director and year without mentioning any additional information. In the end to select we spoke with a lady at the entrance of the cinema Pyett and we went for two films one Mexican and the other Argentinean. The cinema in Cuba is very cheap just 2 Cuban pesos for the local so we are sure that the cinema will be packed with local also considering that it's the weekend.

Just after saying goodbye to our travel mates for the last two weeks we head to the first film.

There are a lot of people in line in front of the doors so we join in. As usually happen here the chap in front of us start talking to us and we enjoy a long conversation about the agrarian reform and situation of the Cuban farmers. It was very interesting to talk to someone completely random in the street; it also made the queuing much more bearable. Once inside we came across a huge cinema with pretty old seats, the air conditioning helped to keep the temperature low. People were looking for a seat and chatting one with the other. The noise level is high but in a positive way! Everyone is eating some peanuts or pop corns that are available from old ladies outside the theatre.

The film starts straight with no advertisement and very sharp. The title of today's film is: La misma luna (The same moon) - I'll post a review of the film later on.