María Antonia (1990)

Sergio Giral · 111 min · Letterboxd ↗

The plot is situated in Cuba during the early '50s, before the cuban revolution. A prostitute gets in love with a boxer to whom she devotes her life. As the boxer progresses in his career, he gets money and women. The prostitute tries everything to keep him meanwhile her tortured soul sinks deeper and deeper.

María Antonia screens once in London: Barbican Centre, Thursday 29 October at 18:30.