JC is a big man in a small Cuban town. He has his hands in many pies. He has farms but they are struggling to produce. He plays host to foreign tourists. He's a music promoter. He's a hustler rushing to put out multiple fires. An old friend introduces him to a deal which could salvage his failing finances if only he could get the money to pull it off.
One gets a sense that this is a somewhat realistic portrayal of Cuba. Supposedly, it's based on a true story. It has the music. It has the place. It has the people. The people are poor although the light nature of the film diminishes its impact. Quite frankly, I assumed initially JC to be a local government bigwig with his big house. That is connected to a main issue with this movie. It needs to be clearer about his life. His wife should do the bankruptcy rant much sooner. It should lay out the road map in the first act. It would allow the tension to build better. The filmmaking is closer to indie level. The story telling just needs to be clearer. Also, JC is doing a couple of dumb things towards the end. It's obvious that he needs to bring at least two experts. I figured that one expert could double-cross him. If the wife's worried, he should bring her along for the deal. He could at least trust her which is more than he can say about anybody. The ending is inevitable. This is a nice little foreign indie. It's like a nice little Cuban vacation and a story broke out.
