''A Translator'' () is a 2018 Cuban
docudrama
Docudrama (or documentary drama) is a genre of television show, television and feature film, film, which features Drama (film and television), dramatized Historical reenactment, re-enactments of actual events. It is described as a hybrid of docu ...
directed by
Rodrigo Barriuso
Rodrigo Barriuso (born 1988) is a Cuban-Canadian filmmaker, most noted as co-director with his brother Sebastián Barriuso of the film ''A Translator (Un traductor)'',
Born in 1988 in Havana, Barriuso moved to Canada in the late 2000s to study ...
and
Sebastián Barriuso. It was selected as Cuba's entry for the
Best International Feature Film at the
92nd Academy Awards
The 92nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 2019 and took place on February 9, 2020, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, beginning at 5:00 ...
, but it was not nominated.
Plot
When survivors of the
Chernobyl disaster
On 26 April 1986, the no. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, located near Pripyat, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine), exploded. With dozens of direct casualties, it is one of only ...
arrive in Cuba for medical treatment, a local Russian literature professor is ordered to act as a translator.
Cast
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Rodrigo Santoro
Rodrigo Junqueira Reis Santoro (; born 22 August 1975) is a Brazilian actor. He is known in Brazil for his appearance on local telenovelas and internationally for his portrayal of Persian King Xerxes I of Persia, Xerxes in the film ''300 (film), ...
as Malin (the translator)
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Maricel Álvarez as Gladys (nurse)
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Yoandra Suárez as Isona (Malin's wife)
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* Nikita Semenov as Alexi
* Jorge Carlos Perez Herrera as Javier
* Genadijs Dolganovs as Vladimir
* Milda Gecaite as Olga
* Eslinda Nuñez as Dr. Rivas
* Osvaldo Doimeadios as Dr. Sanchez
* Nataliya Rodina as Elena
]
See also
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References
External links
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2018 films
2018 drama films
Cuban drama films
2010s Spanish-language films
2010s Russian-language films
Films about the Chernobyl disaster
Films about interpreting and translation
Canadian drama films
Spanish-language Canadian films
2010s Canadian films
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