The Cuban

Heart-breaking, soulful and relatable; "The Cuban" doesn't quite reach its potential but manages to create sweet moments.

In this drama, a med student gets a job in a nursing home and befriends an elderly Cuban musician, reigniting her love of music and changes her life forever.

The superstar in this film is Ana Golja; she embodies so much heart, soul and delivers a great performance. The legendary Louis Gossett Jr is fantastic as well as the man struggling with his kind and body. Hilario Durán's score is incredibly infectious and will make you want to dance. Aside from its flaws; "The Cuban" is overall a good film that will make you realize how much we need to appreciate our elders and how much music can change being.

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I find the plot engaging and touching. The heart of Mina is inspiring. The music is great as well. I enjoyed it a lot.

For all the NON-TECHNICAL SO-CALLED FILM CRITICS. This movie was excellent. I love emotional attachment movies that provoke real emotions. This tells the reality of thousands of people left to die in a cold non-loving Mental nursing home. The new nurse (MED-STUDENT) makes a real connection with an aging dying man whom she finds out was a famous Cuban Musician. She goes outside the guidelines to bring him some kind of forgotten normalcy from a world he forgot due to dementia and Alzheimer's. Though this she also finds herself as does her aunt whom she lives with. I have been to Mental nursing homes that are cold, un-caring on a personal level and just go through the motions until the patient dies. Is sad and tragic reality. No dignity, and apparently no love form family members who cannot or choose not to care for them anymore. I thought the music was excellent, the acting very good, I could care less about the lighting or film angles, it was the story i enjoyed. Please don't be harsh about this movie. It should be getting better rating. Louis Gossett dies a great job being a Patient. Would you rather live out he end of your life in joyous memories or in a cold un-loving darkness?

VERY well done movie covering many subjects, aging, how we treat our elders, how music/food affects us, cultural differences, I could go on and on! Don't want to spoil anything so won't detail too much but young pre-med student starts at a nursing home job and meets an elderly resident who is almost catatonic, no words/eating etc. She discovers what makes him more aware and it changes her life as well. Great acting as usual from Louis Gossett Jr and I didn't know Ana Golja but she was great too. Many supporting actors also gave really good performances which added to the story/mood of the film. Music was great as well as the writing, simple yet complicated story. Having waited on seniors for a lot of my career I can tell you they often have GREAT stories to tell and we should pay attention to them. Many pieces of advice they gave me have come in handy. Overall well done, give it a look!

Watched The Cuban, a beautiful touching film filled with compassion, heartfelt music and inspiration. Lou Gossett Jr and Ana Golja give riveting performances.