Chronicles of the Absurd (Crónicas del absurdo)

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.