Packende Lebensgeschichte der kubanischen Schauspielerin María Isabel Díaz (aus Almodóvars "Volver"), die sich als Kellnerin, Babysitter und Küchenhilfe in Spanien durchschlägt. Als die Spanier ihren Akzent hören, wollen sie ihr keine Wohnung vermieten ...



Cuba's Almodóvar Girl

"In a long shimmery dress and a turban, I sang that song I had rehearsed so often in front of the mirror in my apartment in Havana, and at the end I turned my back to the audience. Then they could see, beneath my evening gown, my humble waitress uniform," Cuban actress María Isabel Díaz told IPS.

Díaz created the show herself after arriving in Spain in 1996, and for a long time she performed in "bars and taverns," hen parties and all kinds of celebrations. It was how she earned her living and made her way in the country she had chosen for "a new experience of life."

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