Storyline
In the summer of 1994, a team of public television reporters filmed and interviewed seven Cubans a few days before their risky venture of setting out to sea in homemade rafts to reach the coast of the United States. Six made it far enough to be picked up at sea by the U.S. Coast Guard. When these balseros (rafters) were finally allowed to go to the United States, the film crew went with them to a string of several cities. Seven years later, the film crew visits them again, to discover that their destiny has been in the United States. Theirs is a true story about some of the authentic survivors of our times, the human adventure of people who are shipwrecked between two worlds.
Cast & Crew
Maria Celeste Arraras
Self (archive footage)
Lead
Fidel Castro
Self (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)
GA
Guillermo Armas
Self
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Josep Maria Domènech's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Balseros is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
