The Playwright's House

Happily married, backed by a powerful mentor, and with career prospects that would take him abroad, Serguey has more than any young Cuban lawyer could ask for. But when his estranged brother Victor appears with news that their fatherfamed theater director Felipe Blancohas been detained for what he suspects are political reasons, Serguey's privileged life is suddenly shaken.A return to his childhood home in Havana's decaying suburbsa place filled with art, politics, and the remnants of a dissolving familyreconnects Serguey with his troubled past. He learns of an elusive dramaturge's link to Felipe, a man who could be key to his father's release. With the help of a social media activist and his wife's ties with the Catholic Church, Serguey sets out to unlock the mystery of Felipe's arrest and, in the process, is forced to confront the reasons for the hostility between him and Victor: two violent childhood episodes that scarred them in...