This historical drama, depicting different phases in the late childhood and youth of the so-called "Apostle of Cuba" José Martí, is most of the time a biopic full of commonplaces often found in this genre, directed by Fernando Pérez, one of the most respected names in Cuban cinema.
A young philology student interviews José Lezama Lima for his thesis. In his confrontation with the writer, he changes his point of view until he becomes a creator and continuator of Lezam's work, driven by the characters and the action of Paradiso, the central work of his research. Friends and...
