CUBAN FILM FESTIVAL
Presented by Philippines-Cuba Cultural and Friendship Association

Roble de Olor
April 12, Thursday 6:30pm

Year: 2002

Runtime: 135 min.

Country: Cuba

Director: Rigoberto López

Cast: Jorge Perugorría, Lia Chapman, Rubén Breñas, Raúl Martín, Raquel Rubí,Nelson González, Manuel Oña, Raúl Pomares, Abel Rodríguez, Pablo Guevara,Leonardo Benítez

Genre: Drama. Romance | Slavery

Synopsis: First half of the 19th century, in Cuba, in the Caribbean; space of inconstancy, enigmas, dreams and endless tragedies. A black, beautiful and distinguished woman from Saint Domingue (Haiti); and a German, romantic merchant recently arrived on the island, star in the story of the infinite love that made the richest coffee plantation in Cuba: Angerona. In a dark period, in a place surrounded by intolerance and incomprehension, conspiracy of interests and absolute power, Ursula Lambert and Cornelio Souchay are more than two found cultures, two identities, two ways of thinking about life. Love is a condemned utopia that fights for the consummation of a destiny, that of a great coffee plantation: Angerona. Its beauty and its fragility. Metaphor of our time. The story of an obsession and a hope: to live in a better world.