Directed by:
Félix ViscarretCinematography:
Pedro J. MárquezCast:
Juana Acosta, Héctor Medina, Jorge Perugorría, Yoima Valdés, Luis Alberto Garcia, Vladimir Cruz, Mario Guerra, Enrique Molina, Carlos Enrique Almirante (more)Plots(1)
While hot winds give nights in Havana a lashing, police inspector Conde meets Karina, a mysterious woman he finds immensely attractive. At the same time a policeman as unorthodox as himself is assigned to investigating the murder of Lissette Núñez, a teacher at the same pre-university college where Conde himself had studied. Parallel to the early days of his intense relationship with Karina, Conde builds a portrait of Lissette's hidden life that leads him to the murderer and shows him that the scenario of his far-off student days has changed too much, just as the unfathomable and contradictory city of Havana has changed. (San Sebastian International Film Festival)
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Of the four planned stops in Havana, I only ended up doing the first one. It wasn't a disaster, but there are many movies and series and little time, so I tend to look for things that exceed the average in quality, while the stops in Havana get lost in the grayness of the average. The actors are not charismatic (although Juana Acosta is at least pleasant to look at), there is a lack of chemistry between the characters, the plot doesn't deviate from the usual offering of crime motives, and the direction doesn't seem like something that would want to make you focus on Viscarret's future work. If the alternative is visiting an unpopular mother-in-law, then give The Stops in Havana a chance, but you definitely don't have to postpone a date because of them. Actually, the only thing that is truly interesting about the stops in Havana is the shots of deteriorating neighborhoods in old Havana taken from various angles, sometimes even impressively shot from above. Overall impression: 45%.
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