Jesús, a young hairdresser, works at a Havana nightclub for drag performers and dreams of being a performer himself. Encouraged by his mentor, Mama, Jesús finally gets his chance to take the stage. But when Angel, his estranged father recently released from a 15-year stint in prison, abruptly reenters his life, his world is quickly turned upside down. The macho Angel tries to squash his son’s ambition to perform in drag. Father and son clash over their opposing expectations of each other, struggling to understand one another and reconcile as a family. Shot in a gritty neighborhood far from the Havana most tourists know, Viva is a heartrending story of music, performance, and survival.
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Héctor Medina as Jesus
Jorge Perugorría as Angel
Luis Alberto García as Mama
Renata Maikel Machin Blanco as Pamela
Luis Manuel Alvarez as Cindy
Laura Aleman as Cecilia
Paula Ali as Nita
Jorge Martínez as Celeste
Luis Angel Batista Bruzón as Don
Luis Daniel Ventura Garbendia as Kali
Maikol Villa Puey as William
Oscar Ibarra Napoles as Javier
Jorge Perugorría as Ángel
Libia Batista as Lazara
Tomás Cao as Trainer Nestor
Jorge Eduardo Acosta Ordonez as Lydia
Mark O'Halloran as Ray
Rayma Pérez as Hooker
Carlos Enrique Riverón Rodríguez as Doctor
Niruka Castellón as Older Nurse
Carlos Calero Díaz as Tourist
Karla M. Venereo as Doctor Karla
Anyeli Constanten as Young Nurse
Josie Breathnach as Bebita
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