Insumisa (2019)

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Country: Cuba, Switzerland
Genres: Drama
Release: 2019-03-07
Director: Laura Cazador , Fernando Pérez
Writers: Laura Cazador , Fernando Pérez , Juan Carlos Tabío
Language: Spanish
Stars: Sylvie Testud , Betiza Bistmark Calderón , Antonio Buil Pueyo , Camila Carballo , Amelia FernÃ¡ndez , Giselle González Alpízar , Mario Guerra , Héctor Noas , Pedro Antonio Martínez Ramirez , Yeny Soria
Runtime: 94 min
Awards: 4 nominations
AKA: Insumisa (Cuba) , Insoumises (France, French Republic) , Defiant Souls , Insumisa , Insumisas (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , Defiant Souls , Insumisas (Spain) , Defiant Souls (United Kingdom) , Defiant Souls (United States of America) , Insoumises
Plot: 1810. Enrique Faber, a Swiss surgeon, lands in Cuba in search for his son. After a few weeks of investigation, he is told that his son was burnt alive in the attack on a plantation led by a slave revolt. Enrique Faber does not believe this. He settles in Baracoa and carries on with his research. His success as a doctor and his marriage to Juana, a young strange and attractive pariah from the area soon create jealousies. Malicious rumours immediately spread about his high-pitched voice and his fragile appearance. One night, he comes across four men sent by a slave trader. They undress him and discover that Enrique is a woman... Enrique is thrown into jail. Soon begins the most scandalous trial of Cuban colonial history. Based on a true story
IMDB:tt7331606