Barrio Cuba (2005)

Over several years we follow three households and their emotions in a barrio of Havana Magalis is a nurse rarely happy An older man Ignacio professes his love for her her father and her brother quarrel over her brothers sexual orientation she thinks about leaving Cuba Santos wife Maria is expecting their first child Tragedy strikes and Santo leaves drowning sorrows in alcohol and crime while his son grows up in the care of an aunt wondering where dad is Vivian and Chino are in love passionate but childless The pressures of a society that demands grandchildren strain their relationship