The Project of the Century

2015 Argentina, Cuba, Switzerland, Germany film

The Project of the Century

Poster

Spanish| La obra del siglo
Directed by| Carlos M. Quintela
Written by| Abel Arcos, Carlos M. Quintela
Produced by| Hernán Musaluppi, Natacha Cervi, Pablo Chernov
Starring| Mario Balmaseda, Mario Guerra
Cinematography| Marcos Attila
Edited by| Yan Vega
Music by| Vicente Rojas

Production
companies

Rizoma Films, Uranio Films LTD, Ventura Film, Raspberry & Cream

Distributed by| Hubert Bals Fund

Release date

* 2015 (2015)

Running time

| 100 minutes
Countries| Argentina, Cuba, Switzerland, Germany
Language| Spanish

The Project of the Century (Spanish: La obra del siglo) is a 2015 film directed by Carlos M. Quintela.[1] The director's second feature film, it was screened at a number of international festivals, such as the Havana Film Festival,[2] the Miami International Film Festival,[3] and the International Film Festival Rotterdam, where it won the prestigious Tiger Award.[4][5]

"The Project of the Century" alludes to the Juragua Nuclear Power Plant, a Soviet-Cuban project abandoned in 1992 following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The film, set in the workers’ town built next to the abandoned power plant, was shot in black-and-white. Quintela made use of archive footage from Cuban television.

The film was acquired by German sales company M-appeal.[6]

## Synopsis

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The film follows three generations of lonely Cuban men who struggle to co-exist under the same roof in a city once pledged to become the center of the Soviet nuclear project in the Caribbean.[7]

## Cast

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* Mario Balmaseda (as Otto)
* Mario Guerra (as Rafael)
* Leonardo Gascón (as Leo)
* Damarys Gutiérrez (as Marta)
* Manuel Porto
* Jorge Molina

## Awards and accolades

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* 2015 Tiger Award (winner)

## References

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1. ^ "La obra del siglo | IFFR". iffr.com. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
2. ^ "La obra del siglo". Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-18.
3. ^ "Miami Film Festival Is Taking Obama's Lead With Tribute to Cuban Cinema". Remezcla. 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
4. ^ Young, Neil (2015-02-04). "'The Project of the Century' ('La obra del siglo'): Rotterdam Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
5. ^ "Peru and Cuba Win Big at the Rotterdam Film Festival's Tiger Awards". Remezcla. 2015-02-03. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
6. ^ Barraclough, Leo (2015-01-23). "M-appeal Acquires 'Project of the Century' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
7. ^ "La obra del siglo | Viennale". www.viennale.at. Retrieved 2022-01-18.

## External links

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* The Project of the Century at IMDb