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VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for Papa: Hemingway in Cuba

March 21, 2016March 21, 2016 by Cuba Journal

It’s the first major American film shot in Cuba in a half-century. And now the trailer is out, thanks to Entertainment Weekly. It’s called Papa: Hemingway in Cuba, starring Giovanni Ribini, who plays a Miami Globe journalist who becomes friends with Ernest Hemingway in the last years of his life while living in Cuba. Adrian … Read more

First Hollywood Film Shot In Cuba Since 1959 Awaits Release

May 18, 2015October 30, 2015 by Cuba Journal

“Papa”, a biopic about author Ernst Hemingway, was shot on location in Cuba with special permission from the US government. The film stars Giovanni Ribisi as a young Denne Bart Petitclerc and Adr ian Sparks as Hemingway. The director, Bob Yari, wrapped filming in Cuba in May 2014 and was able to gain access to … Read more