LAFF 2022: On the Roof - Mar 9

[Mario Boido]

Dear colleagues,

Please join us for the next screening of the Latin American Film Festival, On the Roof  (Patricia Ramos / Cuba, Nicaragua / 2017 / 75 min). The film will be screened online on Wednesday, March 9, at 7pm. To register please visit https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_afr6jnG1QtCXisLkXX50IA.

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Latin American Film Festival: ON THE ROOF (EL TECHO). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.<https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_afr6jnG1QtCXisLkXX50IA>
Spanish with English subtitles With Enmanuel Galbán, Andrea Doimeadiós, Jonathan Navarro Elóseguis In this feel-good ensemble dramedy, a flat rooftop in an old Havana neighborhood is the natural habitat for three friends who spend their days and nights dreaming about the future. Yasmani is an amateur pigeon fancier who is too shy to talk to a girl he likes; Victor José has convinced himself of his Sicilian descent and now prefers to go by Vito; Anita is five months pregnant and pretends that she doesn’t care who the father is. In the midst of their boredom, without money and dreaming about success, they decide to set up their own business. The cost of this dream will finally lead them to personal maturity, but with some difficulty. A deliciously off-beat romantic comedy, On the Roof doesn’t shy away from tackling the problems facing contemporary Cuban youth. The film offers an impeccable balance of colloquial charm and universal appeal. Patricia Ramos and her excellent cast have crafted highly relatab
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About the film. In this feel-good ensemble dramedy, a flat rooftop in an old Havana neighborhood is the natural habitat for three friends who spend their days and nights dreaming about the future.


Yasmani is an amateur pigeon fancier who is too shy to talk to a girl he likes; Victor José has convinced himself of his Sicilian descent and now prefers to go by Vito; Anita is five months pregnant and pretends that she doesn’t care who the father is. In the midst of their boredom, without money and dreaming about success, they decide to set up their own business. The cost of this dream will finally lead them to personal maturity, but with some difficulty.


A deliciously off-beat romantic comedy, On the Roof doesn’t shy away from tackling the problems facing contemporary Cuban youth. The film offers an impeccable balance of colloquial charm and universal appeal. Patricia Ramos and her excellent cast have crafted highly relatable characters with varying degrees of ambition, ingenuity, and quirk.


You can also stream On the Roof from March 6 to March 13 from the Festival Portal. For access to the portal and to learn more about the Festival visit:  https://uwaterloo.ca/spanish/3rd-annual-latin-american-film-festival-jan-19-mar-23


Best wishes,

Mario



Mario Boido, PhD (he/him)
Associate Professor
Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies
University of Waterloo
Waterloo ON
Canada N2L 3G1
Phone: 519.888.4567 ext 35621

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