A Translator
Film poster
SpanishUn Traductor
Directed byRodrigo Barriuso
Sebastián Barriuso
Written byLindsay Gossling
Produced bySebastian Barriuso
Lindsay Gossling
StarringRodrigo Santoro
Maricel Alvarez
Yoandra Suarez
CinematographyMiguel Ioan Littin-Menz
Edited byMichelle Szemberg
Music byBill Laurance
Production
companies
Creative Artisans Media
Involving Pictures
Distributed byFilm Movement. US
Release date
  • 19 January 2018 (2018-01-19) (Sundance)
Running time
107 minutes
CountriesCuba
Canada
LanguagesSpanish
Russian

A Translator (Spanish: Un Traductor) is a 2018 Cuban docudrama directed by Rodrigo Barriuso and Sebastián Barriuso. It was selected as the Cuban entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[1]

Plot

When survivors of the Chernobyl disaster arrive in Cuba for medical treatment, a local Russian literature professor is ordered to act as a translator.[2]

Cast

  • Rodrigo Santoro as Malin (the translator)
  • Maricel Álvarez as Gladys (nurse)
  • Yoandra Suárez as Isona (Malin's wife)[2]
  • Nikita Semenov as Alexi
  • Jorge Carlos Perez Herrera as Javier
  • Genadijs Dolganovs as Vladimir
  • Milda Gecaite as Olga
  • Eslinda Nuñez as Dr. Rivas
  • Osvaldo Doimeadios as Dr. Sanchez
  • Nataliya Rodina as Elena

See also

References

  1. "Oscars: Cuba Selects Un Traductor as its Academy Awards Candidate". Cinema Tropical. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 Linden, Sheri (19 January 2018). "'Un Traductor' ('A Translator'): Film Review - Sundance 2018". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
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