5th Annual Latin American Film Festival 2023- Showing of Un Traductor

[Yessenia Guerrero]

Happy Latin American Heritage Month!

Please join us for the next screening of the Fifth Latin American Film Festival, Un traductor (Rodrigo Barriuso, Sebastián Barriuso/ Cuba, Canada / 2018 / 107 min). The film will be screened in person at the Kitchener Public Library theatre (KPL Central Branch, 85 Queen Street North) on Wednesday, Oct.18th at 6:30 PM. Professor Mario Boido will provide a brief introduction to the film and lead a post-screening discussion with the audience.

Register for the film here:  https://www.kpl.org/programs-and-events/event-listing/register?&eventID=5219

The film will also be available online for streaming<https://pragda.com/sfc-event/sfc-university-of-waterloo/> for one week, see below for details.
Watch the trailer: Un traductor (2018) | Trailer | Rodrigo Santoro | Maricel Álvarez | Yoandra Suárez - YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eHpRCiNqZ8>

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About the film.  "Based on the little-known true story of how twenty thousand Chernobyl victims were eventually treated in Cuba, Un Traductor unfolds as a tale at once historical and personal, brought to life in crisply shot, beautifully realized period detail of a Havana on the brink of economic crisis.

Havana, 1989: Russian literature professor Malin (Rodrigo Santoro, of Westworld fame) receives a mysterious note at the university with orders from the government sending him to a local hospital, where he learns he is expected to act as translator between Cuban doctors and the families of young patients from the Chernobyl disaster. Initially raging against his new role, Malin is forced to stay on. He eventually becomes deeply devoted to his patients. But while he becomes "king of the kids" at the hospital, his relationships with his pregnant wife and young son suffer.

Meanwhile, life around all of them shifts as the 'Special Period'-the economic crisis in Cuba that followed the dissolution of the Soviet Union-begins."- PRAGDA
You can also stream Un traductor from Oct.18th until Oct.25th from the Festival Portal. For access to the portal and to learn more about the Festival visit: https://uwaterloo.ca/spanish/5th-annual-latin-american-film-festival-sept-20-nov-14
Best wishes,
Yessenia Guerrero, B.A., M.A. [A button with "Hear my name" text for name playback in email signature] <https://www.name-coach.com/yessenia-guerrero-2cccf485-f78c-46f5-9079-6f64f1004d8b>
Administrative Manager, Spanish and Latin American Studies<https://uwaterloo.ca/spanish/>
Administrative Manager, Germanic and Slavic Studies<https://uwaterloo.ca/germanic-slavic-studies/>
President Elect, University of Waterloo Staff Association<https://uwaterloo.ca/staff-association/>
University of Waterloo
Modern Languages 316
519- 888- 4567 ext.45710

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