A trailer has been released for Papa: Hemingway in Cuba, in which "Giovanni Ribisi plays a young reporter whose earnest letter to his literary idol wins him an invite to the great man's tropical paradise just as Fidel Castro's leftist guerrillas are sweeping into the cities," Entertainment Weekly reported. The cast includes Adrian Sparks as Hemingway, Joely Richardson and Minka Kelly. Papa: Hemingway in Cuba opens in theaters on April 29.
"It is a privileged view of the real man, one I had not known from the popular iconic depiction," said director Bob Yari. "We get to see his humanity, fallibility and struggles with mental illness. All from the view point of a young man enamored with the iconic depiction--who learns a wonderful lesson that changes his life, yet again."
Yari and his crew filmed in Cuba in 2014. "It was thrilling and unbelievably challenging," he observed. "Cuba has very little film infrastructure. A passionate crew base, but one that has been handicapped by knowing no reward for hard work. Everything can get done tomorrow! The beauty of the location, being able to film the real locations Hemingway frequented (including his home which is now a museum), and the wonderful Cuban people all made it worthwhile."
