Amigos
Film + Q&A with Director Iván Acosta & Actor Ruben Rabasa
Monday, November 24
7:30 PM
A Cuban refugee named Ramon (Ruben Rabasa) arrives in Miami after being in prison for years. Freed during the Mariel boatlift, Ramon is welcomed to Florida by his childhood friend Pablo (Reynaldo Medina). Pablo, now a successful car salesman with a comfortable life and a beautiful fiancée (Lucy Pereda), takes Ramon under his wing. As Ramon navigates his new life, Pablo helps him experience the American dream.
In response to the negative portrayal of “Marielitos” in Scarface (1983), writer/director Iván Acosta (El Super) created Amigos—the first U.S. feature made entirely by Cuban filmmakers. Shot in Miami and beyond, it presents what the Miami Herald called “the other face of Scarface.”
“The Cuban community in Miami had a very negative attitude towards the new refugees. So, to me, it was very important to tell the human story of the Marielitos. In Amigos, we aimed to do just that, in El Súper’s style. In El Súper, I had Roberto Amador Gonzalez expressing the Cuban exile experience of those days. In Amigos, I have Ramón Goizueta Fernández, telling the stories of many Cuban refugees who decided to leave everything behind, to escape through the Mariel boatlift. I wrote the script as a bittersweet comedy drama.” —Director, Iván Acosta
“Now Miami can enjoy what belongs to it. And ensure that new generations, including young filmmakers, are aware of part of their cinematic heritage. Amigos began to be written in New York in 1984, was filmed in Miami in 1985, and although it premiered in another city in early 1986, it’s worth noting that the film’s inspiration also arose in Miami.” —Luis Leonel León, Diario las Américas
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