Project Detail

Arritmia (aka Guantanamero)

Name: Arritmia (aka Guantanamero)
Director: Vicente Peñarrocha
Genre: Music, Drama, Dance
Released: 2008
Duration: 89 mins

Jose Haro

Synopsis

After a violent storm, Ali Abdul Hussein awakens on a deserted Cuban beach, sick and disoriented. Taken to Havana, he meets Manuela, a beautiful and sensual dancer. She is reluctant to take in this tormented stranger, suspecting he’s a prisoner from Guantanamo Bay. However, she relents, drawn to this troubled foreigner. Plunged into the music and romance of Havana, Ali struggles to separate fantasy from reality. He is haunted by nightmares, taken back to the interrogation room’s pain and humiliation, and by startling visions linking his past and his present life. But are these nightmares flash backs to his experiences in the prison or just dreams of a tortured soul?

Details

Year: 2008
Type of project: Features
Running time: 89 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Vicente Peñarrocha
Producer: Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, Penny Wolf, Dean Goldberg, Akito Ide, Akira Ishii, Juan Romero, Maxine Julius, Masako Yoshida, Mark Foligno, Antonio Mansilla, Vicente Peñarrocha
Co-Producer: Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, Penny Wolf, Dean Goldberg, Akito Ide, Akira Ishii, Juan Romero, Maxine Julius, Masako Yoshida, Mark Foligno, Antonio Mansilla, Vicente Peñarrocha.
Editor: Sam Sneade
Screenwriter: Vicente Peñarrocha, Philip Palmer
Director of Photography: Kiko de la Rica A.E.C.
Production Designer: Jose Luis Arrizabalaga
Sound: John Downer
Composer: Rich File
Principal cast: Mohamed Chafik, Rupert Evans, Derek Jacobi, Natalia Verbeke, Nicolás Belmonte, Ako Chavarri, Ismael de Diego, Said El Mouden

Genre

Music Drama Dance

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

NDF International

67a Belsize Park
London NW3 4EH
UK

T +44 (0)20 7586 5785

guantanamero@ndfinternational.com

Visit Website

www.ndfinternational.com

Sales Company

Peace Arch Films

4640 Admiralty Way
Suite 710
Marina del Rey
CA 90292
USA

T +1 310 776 7200

sales@peacearch.com

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