Armando Capó

La inercia

Armando Capó

In the cabin the conductor activates the gear lever; his motion breaks the inertia. Behind is the station, then images of the machinery, the resignation of travelers, and the landscape. The events are increasingly bizarre; there is no destination, only the journey as metaphor.

Agosto

Armando Capó

Damián González Guerrero, Alejandro Guerrero Machado

Cuba, summer of 1994. In the midst of período especial, one of the greatest crises in the country’s history, thousands of Cuban rafters try to reach the United States illegally, never sure if they’ll make it out alive. With holidays starting, Carlos plunges into a carefree August, wandering around with his friends and falling in love for the first time. Little does he know about the country’s uncertain future, and in this hot summer, the world of Carlos will turn upside down.

La certeza

Armando Capó

For three days we follow the lives of several characters, each of them on a journey: from the everyday humdrum of their ordinary lives (the exhausting work shifts, being misunderstood by society, the homeless, the lonely, the yearning and the lack of any meaning for existence) to the place where they meet to recover something that the rationality of modern life cannot offer them: faith.

Nos Quedamos

Armando Capó

A short movie by Armando Capò

Ausencia

Armando Capó

A mother and her son, make a living from the sea from their quayside home on Santiago de Cuba bay. In the course of the film, their very strong and strange relationship is revealed in all its complexity.

La Marea

Armando Capó

A man rejected by society lives in an old wreck, anchored somewhere in the bay of Santiago de Cuba. One day, he receives a mysterious call that makes him eager to get in touch with other people again.