The Project of the Century

The Project of the Century (Spanish: La obra del siglo) is a 2015 film directed by Carlos M. Quintela.[1] The director's second feature film, it was screened at a number of international festivals, such as the Havana Film Festival,[2] the Miami International Film Festival,[3] and the International Film Festival Rotterdam, where it won the prestigious Tiger Award.[4][5]

The Project of the Century
Poster
SpanishLa obra del siglo
Directed byCarlos M. Quintela
Written byAbel Arcos, Carlos M. Quintela
Produced byHernán Musaluppi, Natacha Cervi, Pablo Chernov
StarringMario Balmaseda, Mario Guerra
CinematographyMarcos Attila
Edited byYan Vega
Music byVicente Rojas
Production
companies
Rizoma Films, Uranio Films LTD, Ventura Film, Raspberry & Cream
Distributed byHubert Bals Fund
Release date
  • 2015 (2015)
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesArgentina, Cuba, Switzerland, Germany
LanguageSpanish

"The Project of the Century" alludes to the Juragua Nuclear Power Plant, a Soviet-Cuban project abandoned in 1992 following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The film, set in the workers’ town built next to the abandoned power plant, was shot in black-and-white. Quintela made use of archive footage from Cuban television.

The film was acquired by German sales company M-appeal.[6]

Synopsis

The film follows three generations of lonely Cuban men who struggle to co-exist under the same roof in a city once pledged to become the center of the Soviet nuclear project in the Caribbean.[7]

Cast
  • Mario Balmaseda (as Otto)
  • Mario Guerra (as Rafael)
  • Leonardo Gascón (as Leo)
  • Damarys Gutiérrez (as Marta)
  • Manuel Porto
  • Jorge Molina

Awards and accolades

References
  1. "La obra del siglo | IFFR". iffr.com. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  2. "La obra del siglo". Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  3. "Miami Film Festival Is Taking Obama's Lead With Tribute to Cuban Cinema". Remezcla. 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  4. Young, Neil (2015-02-04). "'The Project of the Century' ('La obra del siglo'): Rotterdam Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  5. "Peru and Cuba Win Big at the Rotterdam Film Festival's Tiger Awards". Remezcla. 2015-02-03. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  6. Barraclough, Leo (2015-01-23). "M-appeal Acquires 'Project of the Century' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  7. "La obra del siglo | Viennale". www.viennale.at. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
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