The Waiting List
2000 · 1h 45m · N/A
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Juan Carlos Tabío
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The Waiting List
Overview
At a rundown bus station in rural Cuba, the line of passengers waiting just keeps getting longer. The problem is that every bus that passes by is already full. Their only hope is to wait for the station's bus to be fixed. As the disparate group settles in, relationships start forming between the passengers: Emilio, a young engineer, becomes smitten with a beautiful young woman who is en route to meet her Spanish fiancé, a blind man gets support from the others to go to the head of the line. Frustration and disorder reign when the one bus brakes down and no one can leave. Resigned to working together, the group magically transforms the station into a beautiful place where no one wants to leave.
Director and cast
- Juan Carlos Tabío Director
- Vladimir Cruz as Emilio
- Jorge Perugorría as Rolando / el ciego
- Tahimí Alvariño as Jacqueline
- Noel García as Fernandez
- Alina Rodríguez as Regla
- Antonio Valero as Antonio
- Mijail Mulkay as Manolo
- Jorge Alí Pérez as Cristobal
- Saturnino García as Avelino
- Hiran Vega as Pedro Luis
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