The Companion (2016)
Douban
守望
/
El acompañante
/
守望者
director:
Pavel Giroud
playwright:
Alejandro Brugués
/
Pierre Edelman
actor:
Camila Arteche
/
Armando Miguel Gómez
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Broselianda Hernández
/
Yotuel Romero
/
Jazz Vilá
genre:
Drama
region:
Cuba
/
Spain
language:
Spanish
length: 1h 44m
release date: 2016-04-30
IMDb: tt5095010
website:
pavelgiroud.com
El acompañante
overview
Cuba, the mid-80s, anyone diagnosed with HIV/AIDS is sent to a military-run internment camp. Former boxing champion Horacio Romero is assigned to be a personal warden--companion--to troublemaker patient Daniel. Despite their initial distrust and ignorance, the two form a platonic bond that leads them to be better men. The Companion shows the stigma associated for those with HIV/AIDS in the early days of the epidemic--gay and straight. This eye-opening drama finds friendship and compassion during a little-known chapter in Cuban history.