Love and Suicide

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Love and Suicide

Love and Suicide
Directed by Lisa France
Produced by Luis Moro, Jerry Katell, Damian Lichtenstein
Written by Luis Moro
Lisa France
Starring Kamar de los Reyes
Luis Moro
Daisy Mc Crackin
Music by Cuban, Euro-Alternative
Cinematography Damian Lictenstein
Editing by Bruno Briel
Jokes Yanes
Distributed by Luis Moro Productions
Release date(s) 2006, AMC Theatres Miami, Fl
Running time 85 min.
Language English, Spanish w/ English sub-titles
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Love and Suicide is a 2007 love story by Luis Moro and Lisa France. Starring Kamar de los Reyes and Luis Moro, Love and Suicide is a romance.

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[edit] Plot summary

Tomas (Kamar de los Reyes) is successful but money cannot buy love, So he enters a world of dreams vs. reality. A world between Love and Suicide. Alberto (Luis Moro) lives a simple life, never focusing on material possessions. He peacefully knows life will never outlast time; dreams and reality are the same.

People appear in Cuba for many reasons and Nina (Daisy McCrackin) a modern day gypsy is looking for her reasons, while Tomas keeps running from his.

In a frantic moment before Tomas attempts to kill himself, he recalls his intimacy with Nina,and the ultimate test of authenticity given by Alberto. In this moment, Tomas discovers the one thing between Love & Suicide.

[edit] Production

Shot on location in Havana,Cuba. Independent Spirit Award nominees Luis Moro and Lisa France culminated 2004 by participating in the International Havana Film Festival with their award winning film Anne B. Real.

While in Cuba they wrote, shoot, directed and produced Love and Suicide.

[edit] Press

  • The 85-minute independent film is the first of its kind to be filmed on the island of Communist Cuba. -Jessica Rosero Hudson Reporter 2006
  • Moro spoke to CBS4's Dave Malkoff and told him that the U.S. Treasury Department reprimanded Moro in the form of a 13-page letter saying that entering Cuba and filming a movie was wrong and then went on to question him on how much the film cost to make and what exactly he did to get into the country amidst the embargo. -Aug 26, 2006 'Cuban Filmmaker Violates Embargo, Makes Film' Dave Malkoff Reporting (CBS4 News) COCONUT GROVE
  • HAVANA (AP) - Cuban-American filmmaker Luis Moro expressed his disdain for the long-standing U.S. trade and travel restrictions against Cuba in a very public way: he made a movie there. -Vanessa Arrington, Canadian Press June 06, 2006
  • The first American feature film made in Cuba since Castros revolution. -Miami Herald
  • Kamar de los Reyes Invades Cuba. -Urban Latino Magazine.
  • Luis Moro delivers a standout performance. - Moving Pictures Magazine
  • This film will affect you deeply and unforgettably - Public Magazine
  • Moro created Movie History. -Miami Herald.
  • Scene after scene, Love & Suicide portrays a picturesque Island.

-Miami Herald

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