Suite Habana

Suite Habana
Suite Habana
Directed by	Fernando Pérez
Written by	Fernando Pérez
Starring	Francisco Cardet
Music by	Edesio Alejandro
Distributed by	ICAIC (Cuba); Cinema Tropical (U.S.)
Release date	2003;
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Cuba
Language	Spanish

Suite Habana is a 2003 Cuban documentary directed and written by Fernando Pérez.

The documentary was filmed with fictional cinema techniques depicting a day in a life of thirteen real people, from a ten-year-old child with Down syndrome to a 79-year-old lady who sells peanuts in the street.

The film has no dialogue, using sound and image to evoke emotional effect. Several stories are juxtaposed to convey the plot points, an unusual approach in Cuban cinema, where spoken words are often used extensively.

Critical reception edit

After the film's premiere in Cuba, national critics ranked it as one of the best Cuban films in decades. The film gathered several awards at international film festivals. Variety called it "A lyrical, meticulously crafted and unexpectedly melancholy homage to the battered but resilient inhabitants of a battered but resilient city."