Synopsis
With passion and eloquence, master craftsman Abilio Estevez
brings to life the mysterious, broken down city of Havana
on the eve of the new millennium. Victorio, a lonely,
middle-aged gay man, awakes to the news that the ancient
palace where he rents a tiny apartment is scheduled to
be demolished, leaving him homeless. Wandering the streets
in search of a new place to call his own, he meets two
unusual people who are destined to change his life: Salma,
a young prostitute, and Don Fuco, an eccentric old clown
who brings both of them to live in his own refuge, an
abandoned theater.
In
a city riddled with conflict and no longer tolerant of
outcasts, the pair find solace in one another and in the
dilapidated theater that shelters them, and a renewed
joy in their collective abilities to entertain people
with their clowning. But when the harsh realities of life
intrude on their self-contained utopia, Victorio and Salma
are forced back out into the streets, where they struggle
to keep beauty and laughter alive.