The Waiting List

6.6 (24 votes)• 2000• 105m•Released

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At a rundown bus station in rural Cuba, the line of passengers waiting just keeps getting longer. The problem is that every bus that passes by is already full. Their only hope is to wait for the station's bus to be fixed. As the disparate group settles in, relationships start forming between the passengers: Emilio, a young engineer, becomes smitten with a beautiful young woman who is en route to meet her Spanish fiancé, a blind man gets support from the others to go to the head of the line. Frustration and disorder reign when the one bus brakes down and no one can leave. Resigned to working together, the group magically transforms the station into a beautiful place where no one wants to leave.

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Languages: Spanish

Director: Juan Carlos Tabío

Starring Cast: Vladimir Cruz, Jorge Perugorría, Tahimí Alvariño, Noel García, Alina Rodríguez, Antonio Valero

Cast

Vladimir Cruz

Emilio

Jorge Perugorría

Rolando / el ciego

Tahimí Alvariño

Jacqueline

Noel García

Fernandez

Alina Rodríguez

Regla

Antonio Valero

Antonio

Mijail Mulkay

Manolo

Jorge Alí Pérez

Cristobal

Saturnino García

Avelino

Hiran Vega

Pedro Luis

Leandro Sen

Erick

Saskia Guanche

Katia

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