Soy libre - I am free

by Andrea Roggon
  • Andrea Roggon

    Synopsis

    Faces, sounds and voices from Havana. Off-screen and with complete honesty, Cubans tell us about their idea of freedom. "It is a lie I have repeated so often, I have started to believe it: I am free." They are very well aware of the restrictions placed on them as human beings: "I can do whatever I want, but only within a clearly defined context, place and time." Public enemy number one is Yoani Sánchez, a female blogger who exposes the nature of the system in her articles. Her aim with her blog, Generación Y, is to overcome her apathy and silence. "Freedom is the freedom to scream in public that you are not free," she says. Many desperate Cubans have braved the hazardous crossing to the United States. But in the words of poet Konstantinos P. Kavafis you will always be walking the streets of Havana wherever you go - you can't shake off the past.

    Cast and Crew

    Director

    Andrea Roggon

    Producer

    Andrea Roggon, Hagen Schönherr, Daniellis Hernandez

    Score

    Oliver Frick, Mirella Kern, Thorsten Puttenat, Niko Lazarakopoulos, Clangoin

    Sound

    Eduardo Cáceres Staackmann

    Editor

    Julia Böhm, Andrea Roggon

    DoP

    Petra Lisson, Hagen Schönherr

    Compositing

    Holger Hummel

    Sound Design

    Bastuts Trump, Eduardo Cáceres Staackmann

    Other

    Hagen Schönherr (Steadicam), Roland Matusek (Titeldesign/Artwork)