''Cuban Love'' ( nl, Verliefd op Cuba) is a 2019 Dutch romantic comedy film directed by

Johan Nijenhuis Johan Nijenhuis (born 4 March 1968) is a Dutch film producer, director and screenwriter. Career His 2019 film '' Cuban Love'' (''Verliefd op Cuba'' in Dutch) was his sixth film to win the Platinum Film award. Most of the film was filmed on C ...

. The film won the

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award after having sold 100,000 tickets and the film also won the Platinum Film award after having sold 400,000 tickets. It was the sixth film directed by Nijenhuis that won this award. The film became the second best visited Dutch film of 2019.

Plot

Loes (

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) discovers that her daughter (

Abbey Hoes Emily Abigail Ashley Hoes Gauna (born 20 May 1994) is a Dutch film and television actress. She won a Golden Calf for Best Actress at the Netherlands Film Festival and a Shooting Stars Award at the Berlin International Film Festival for her role ...

) is getting married in Cuba. Loes books the first flight to Cuba to prevent this.

Cast

as Loes *

as Maartje *

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as Carlos * Jan Kooijman as Jan * Maaike Martens as Machteld * Tjebbo Gerritsma as Alex * Niek Roozen as Hein * Maarten Dannenberg as Diego * Mareya Salazar as Benita

Production

Two scenes were not permitted to be filmed in Cuba and these were filmed in

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instead.

Reception

The film received poor reviews by critics. The film was said to contain many

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s and a

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portrayal of Cuba and Cubans.

References

External links

* {{Johan Nijenhuis 2019 films 2019 romantic comedy films 2010s Dutch-language films Films set in Cuba Films shot in Cuba Films shot in the Balearic Islands Dutch romantic comedy films Films directed by Johan Nijenhuis