In a small Cuban fishing village, Joel, the oldest brother in a traditional family, is heartbroken when his fiancée marries someone her family prefers. He moves to Havana, hoping to find a new life.

Small fisherman village outside of Havana. Joel, the oldest brother in the traditional fisherman family, is deeply in love with Maricel. By chance, Joel learns that his fiancé got married to someone her family prefers. Heartbroken he moves to Havana. Hoping to find a new life, he is impatient to try his luck in the big city, only to discover more betrayals and disappointments. Tragic confrontation leads to Joel's fall from the grace bringing even more drama into his young life.

OCEAN is a moving and somewhat subtle film trying to look at the people in the society where big dreams rarely get realized and human survival gets to the extreme.

Gorgeously photogenic, Havana and the Cuban countryside are exquisitely captured in director Kosyrev-Nesterov's elegiac feature debut.

Cuba, 2008
Dir. Mikhail Kosyrev - Nesterov, Russia, color, in Spanish with English subtitles, 2008; 107 min.

Filmography: Debut Feature
Running Time: 107 Minutes
Additional Countries: Russia
Topics: Drama, Latino
Language: Spanish English Sub-Titles


DIRECTOR: Mikhail Kosyrev-Nesterov
Producer: Mikhail Kosyrev-Nesterov
Editor: Sergey Ivanov
Screenwriter: Mikhail Kosyrev-Nesterov
Cinematographer: Oleg Loukitchev

Principal Cast:
Jorge Luis Castro, Monce Duane- Gonsalez, Alina Ridriguez Ruiz, Yanaisi Ordonez -Darna

Print Source: Seagull Films

"A story of a heartbroken youngster who leaves home for Havana. Clear blue sea, sensual Cuban music, passionate relationship of parent and child. Feel the Latin beat from this sweet and bitter adolescent film."
- Tokyo Film Festival guide

FESTIVALS:

Palm Spring International Film Festival 2009 | USA | www.psfilmfest.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=20676&FID=36
* Official Selection (Program: World Cinema Now)

Phoenix Film Festival 2009
* Copper Wing Award for Best Picture in World Cinema

Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2009
* Official Selection

Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival 2008
* Official Selection

Tokyo International Film Festival 2008
* Official Selection

Sao Paulo International Film Festival 2008
* Official Selection