Viva Cuba is a movie about a a boy named Jorgito and a girl named Malu. Malu is from a rich, educated family whereas Jorgito is from a poor family. They go on a journey all across Mexico to find Malu's father after they hear her mother is cheating on her father with another man. Along the journey they learn more about each other and bond with each other. Their mothers don't like each other much, but as they find out Jorgito and Malu go missing they bond with each other as well.
This movie uses a lot of magic realism. In one scene where Malu's mom is talking endlessly on the phone with someone, Malu is watering a small plant and imagines it blooming into pretty yellow flowers. Another scene is Malu and Jorgito are hanging out in the beaches of Varadero and they imagine drawing on the night sky with the stars. The two also "encounter" strange creatures called guijes in the wilderness. The way magic realism was used here was very amusing.
They go on a journey all across Mexico? In a movie called "Viva Cuba?" And they don't go because the mom is cheating - the mom and dad are divorced and the mom marries a foreigner and wants to leave Cuba. They kids go on the journey to find Malu's father to tell him not to sign the authorization for Malu to leave because they don't want to be separated.
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