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In 2011, Lynn Cruz was an up-and-coming actress working in the Cuban film industry. She is cast by independent filmmaker Miguel Coyula in Corazón Azul, a dystopian film, which would take 10 years to complete covertly. Thus begins Cruz's gradual downward spiral involving social annihilation, trials, police raids, state security interrogations and intimidations. All these scenarios make up an elliptical narrative in nine chapters, assembled primarily through clandestine audio recordings from concealed cell phones. The film's visual aesthetic features stop motion animation, still photographs, and expressionist paintings. Chronicles of the Absurd unmasks the complex contradictions underlying the social and political dynamics of today’s Cuba, so often invisible to casual visitors.
Cuba 2024, '77
DIRECTOR: Miguel Coyula
CAMERA: Miguel Coyula, Lynn Cruz, Javier Caso, Lía Villares
MONTAGE: Miguel Coyula
MUSIC: Idiotas Sentimentales, Porno Para Ricardo, Ignacio Cervantes, Javier Machado, Jonathan Formell
PRODUCERS: Miguel Coyula, Lynn Cruz
PRODUCTION: Pirámide
FESTIVALS & AWARDS:
IDFA: Best Film Envision Competition (2024)
Göteborg FF (2025)
Miguel Coyula
Miguel Coyula (born March 31, 1977, in Havana) is a Cuban filmmaker and writer. Working with a multi-disciplinary approach, his films usually take several years to complete. He has been described by critics as a virtuoso and an innovator. The multi-layered narratives of his films often deal with alienation, they contain graphic depictions of sexuality, and frontal criticism of society and politicians. The controversial nature of his work has resulted in the banning of his work in Cuba, although it has also suffered censorship in Argentina, Belarus, Morocco, and Beirut. The press usually refers to him as the enfant terrible of Cuban Cinema.
