The "edad de la peseta" or silly age is the term used in Cuba for the pre-adolescent period from the age of seven to the age of eleven. Set in 1958 in Havana, the year that culminates the Revolution, ten-year-old Samuel has just arrived in town with his recently divorced mother. They take up residence in the house of his eccentric grandmother Violeta, and Samuel is introduced to a new, mysterious world where Samuel finds himself an adult in comparison to his child-like mother.

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Cynical look at a 1950s rebellious Rocker who has to confront his future, thugs with knives, and the...

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Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry...

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A family faces a difficult farewell after breakfast one morning.