An ambitious and admirable independent film that presents a human and realistic view of the plight of the Mariel boat-people prisoners allowed to leave Castro's Cuba in 1980, the story follows the hapless Rabasa, a Cuban who wound up in Castro's jail through a quirk of fate. After spending
nearly two decades in prison, Rabasa suddenly finds himself released and on a boat headed for Miami. Suffering from culture shock, the refugee is taken in by an old friend, Medina, whose family fled Cuba in 1958. But Rabasa finds himself discriminated against by longtime Cuban-Americans because of
the stigma surrounding the Mariel boat people, and he has difficulty finding work. ...
Released:
1986
Rated:
NR
Length:
108 mins