The Distances

2017 | 72 minutes |

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Rated 18+

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Director: Nemanja Vojinović
Cast: Indira Romero García, Leandro Sen Romero, Xiomara García Machado, Yunier López, Sandra P. Chaviano, Joshua Rodríguez, Xiomara Machado González, Juan Francis Romero García, Julio César Fuentes García, María del Carmen González Hernández

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Indira leaves behind her big loving family in Cuba to earn a better livelihood in America. After reaching the US, she begins the paperwork to get her ten-year-old son there. She calls her Cuban family daily to tell them that all is going well. But the truth is that her low wages barely cover basic needs & her plea to get her son to the US seems to go nowhere. Can she fulfil her American Dream?

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