In his latest film Fernando Pérez, Cuba’s most important contemporary director, has created a dark comedy drama exploring perception and imagination through the eyes of a disabled autistic teenager with little means to communicate. When Nelsito is involved in an accident he observes life from his hospital bed, and imagines the dark, hidden and sometimes humorous sides of those around him - wicked children, murderous women, runaway grandmas, a swindler. Characters like these feature in five stories in the film that play with melodrama, absurdity, and black humour, and the director ensures that the spectator is never able to differentiate what is reality or the imagination of the protagonist-narrator.

Cuba selected the film for the 96th Academy Awards (2024).

Screen Cuba: Films to Change the World is a collaborative project of the charity Music Fund for Cuba, the Cuba Solidarity Campaign, the Cuban Embassy in the UK and the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC).

Proceeds from the Solidarity ticket will to go to Cuban film institute (ICAIC) projects including restoration of classic films.