Yul Vázquez, Cheryl Umaña, José Zúñiga & Bryanna Marie Felipe To Lead Cuban American Indie Feature ‘1972’

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1972

Sundance supported Feature Film 1972 Written and Directed by Marissa Chibás

A Cuban American mother daughter story about the emotional complexities of refugee life, and finding home.



At her New Year’s Eve party in 1972 Manhattan, exiled Cuban revolutionary Gloria Cienfuegos faces the onslaught of a defiant daughter, party crashers, a rogue hamster, and her worst fears of never returning to her homeland.

The Screenplay of 1972 received a Sundance Institute/One House filmmakers fund grant and was selected for the 2024 Gotham Project Market and Wscripted Cannes screenplay list presented by MUBI.

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1972 wrapped in May 2026

1972 wrapped in May 2026