THE LEGEND

THE LEGEND

Director: Arto Halonen / Cuba / Finland 2005

Genre: Documentary

Category: Human Interest

Production: Arto Halonen

Language:  Spanish.

Subtitles: English

Length: 35 minutes

Film about Cuban revolution hero, Jorge Jorge, whose colorful and fabulous life story reflects the whole legend of Cuba , colored with fact and fiction. Jorge Jorge, 85, worked in 1940-1950’s as a waiter in the National Hotel. He was an assistant for the famous mobster Meyer Lansky. On the other hand he also served the revolution and was a close to Fidel Castro. Finally he became the first manager of the National Hotel after the revolution.

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Festivals & Awards:

  • Documenta Film Festival, Madrid, Spain 2006
  • Asuni Film Festival, Italy 2006
  • Viscult Film Festival Joensuu, Finland 2005
  • Havana International Film Festival, Cuba 2005
  • Toronto Hispano American Film Festival, Canada 2006
  • The International 1001 Documentary Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey 2006
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