Gina Santos

Self-made man d’origine cubaine, devenu l’architecte le plus en vue de Miami, Guillermo traverse une crise conjugale. La coupe se remplit un peu plus lorsque sa fille chérie, Sofia, lui annonce qu’elle se marie avec Adan, d'origine mexicaine. Tout dérape lorsque Guillermo fait la connaissance des parents d’Adan ; notamment de son père, aussi extravagant qu’il est, lui-même, rigide.

Ambulatory history, freely inspired by Georg Büchner's biography (1813-37) and the reasons that led him first to political intervention and then to strict isolation. With students of unidentified present time (1968? 1970?), the themes developed, in Büchner, are triggered by the publication of "The Messenger of Hesse", a pamphlet addressed to the peasants, urging them to revolt. Their misunderstanding, as well as the repression of the young revolutionaries, leads Büchner to a particularly skeptical and painful attitude...