Fiction film section. Montgolfière d’Or for the film 'Siete días siete noches'

Orisel Gaspar

Orisel Gaspar, one of the lead actresses of Siete dias, siete noches (Seven Days, Seven Nights), had written a song especially for the closing ceremony of the Festival of the 3 continents in Nantes, western France. She definitely put her whole heart in her voice when she sung her moving lyrics after Cuban director Joel Cano received the Montgolfière d’Or for the film in which she co-stars.

The movie, which depicts a week in the lives of three very strong women in Cuba, is a deft criticism of Castro’s regime. When he handed over the top prize to the lucky director, French author and jury member Jean Rouaud described the film as an attack against the infuriated attempt of the regime to prevent its people from living (“la fureur d’empêcher de vivre”, a pun on the French title of Rebel without a Cause with James Dean). To add to his luck, Cine Cinema, the French pay TV outlet which sponsors the award, will support the film with a promotion campaign on its channels to the value of 15,000 euros.