A special screening of one of the boldest films to come out of Cuba in recent years, Marilyn Solaya‘s feature film debut His Wedding Dress (Vestido de Novia). Based on true events, the film recreates the theme of transexuality and gender violence. The story is set in 1994, the worst year of Cuba’s so-called special period, which began with the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The revelation of the transexual identity of one of the film’s main characters is the springboard for a story of love and hate that unveils an entrenched trail of repression and prejudice and puts an otherwise happy marriage to the test.
The film was nominated for Best Actress and Best First Film at the Platino Latin Academy Awards, as well as for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film at the 2016 Goya Awards. It was named Best Film of the Year by the Association of Latin Entertainment Critics from New York.
THE CENTER
208 West 13 St, NYC
(bet. 7th & 8th Aves.)
Free Admission
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Born in Havana in 1970, Marilyn Solaya is a Cuban actress,
scriptwriter, director and producer. She has a degree in film directing from the School of Audiovisual Communication at the Superior Institute of Art [Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA)] in Havana. She also studied drama at the National Art School. She began her career in cinema playing Vivian, David´s girlfriend in the critically acclaimed Cuban film Strawbery and Chocolate by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío (1993). She also worked in the Argentine film Despabílate amor (1996), by Eliseo Subiela; in the Canadian production Omerta III, La Ley del silencio; and the Chilean Sensible, by Francisco Hervé, both in 1998. Her debut as director was with the short Alegrías in 1999. She then wrote the script and directed the documentary En el cuerpo equivocado (2010), co-directed the documentary Retamar (2004), and wrote and directed Mírame mi amor (2002) and Hasta que la muerte nos separe (2000), among other documentaries. Vestido de novia is her first narrative full-length feature.
This event is presented with the collaboration of The Center
And is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
