Un film de Léa Garrigues

Mariel, 1980. Fidel Castro addresses the country with a solemn tone and opens the borders for a few days: thousands of Cubans migrate to Mariel and leave the island, huddling in boats towards Florida.
The city of Mariel has since been associated with this exodus. Stopped in time, the days go by and monotony sets in…

Four boys grow up in Mariel. The abandoned spaces of the city are their playgrounds. They dream of travelling the vast world and share the same wish: to leave, in turn, one day…

Film Mariel