This documentary explores the memory and loneliness of a former Cuban internationalist soldier by observing his body and his ordinary gestures. This is a war film with no shooting, but with a wound: that of this special forces veteran who tries to find the colleagues of his commando who survived their last mission 30 years ago.
Para la guerra is of 1 hour(s) and 5 minute(s). It is Produced By: . It was released on 2018-09-22.
Genres: Documentary
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The story of Cuban refugees who risked their lives in homemade rafts to reach the United States, and what life is like for those who succeed.
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