Director's bio:

Fernando Villaverde (Havana, 1938) was director at the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC) before going into exile in 1965. In Cuba he directed the shorts “El parque” (1963, documentary) and “Elena” (1964, fiction), as well as the fiction feature film “El mar”, production that was interrupted by censorship. In New York he became involved in the experimental film scene and made short films such as “Apollo, man to the moon” (1970) and “A Lady’s Home Journal” (1972). His books include “Diderot's Painted Lips” (Golden Letters Award, 1992) and “The Irresistible Fall of the Berlin Wall” (2016).