Eduardo del Llano Rodríguez

Directing

Eduardo del Llano Rodríguez

Born

1962-10-09 (64)

Place of birth

Moscow, USSR (Russia)

Known for

Directing

Credits

50 titles

Eduardo del Llano Rodríguez (Moscow, 1962) is a Cuban writer, university professor, screenwriter, and film director. He earned a degree in Art History from the University of Havana in 1985, and during the 1980s he was part of the theatre and literary group NOS-Y-OTROS. He trained with Jorge Goldenberg, Tom Abrams, and Walter Bernstein in the craft of screenwriting, while working as a professor at the Faculty of Arts and Letters of the University of Havana (History of Latin American Art and Photography). With the short film Monte Rouge (a satire about the work of the Cuban State Security), he took a critical stance toward the Cuban regime, although Eduardo del Llano made it clear that it wa…

Known for

Domino poster
NR

In a tenement in a poor Havana neighborhood, four men are playing a game of dominoes: Rodríguez and Nicanor versus Sangremono and Pepe “the Victim.” Once the game has begun, Rodríguez suddenly mentions that he has heard some astonishing news that concerns the future of the country and every one of its inhabitants…

Domino

2017

The Campaign poster
NR

Cuba, 1961. A young teacher arrives with the intention of teaching a peasant family to read and write…

The Campaign

2021

Homo Sapiens poster
NR

Nicanor, his wife, and his in-laws watch Cuban television. In a single twenty-minute shot, the differences surface between Nicanor, who supports the Revolution, and his father-in-law Damián Rodríguez, a former Batista supporter. The two women try in vain to mediate, and the conflict seems irreconcilable. However, they have no choice but to make up with each other every night.

Homo Sapiens

2006

Life Is to Whistle poster
5.8

Three characters in present-day Havana must choose between clinging to their self-restricting beliefs, or getting rid of them to live more freely. Ballerina Mariana has promised God celibacy if she gets the role of "Giselle"; Social-worker Julia always faints after hearing a certain word; and pot-smoking percussionist Elpidio was abandoned by his mother, coincidentally named Cuba, some time ago and has not yet gotten over the loss.

Life Is to Whistle

1998

The Legend of the Abominable Trusted Men poster
NR

Fictional documentary in which researchers and ordinary citizens try to clarify the abrupt disappearance from the political scene of leaders once known as “trusted men,” and how they have been sighted in the most unlikely places. Finding these men and confronting them on camera is the goal of two investigators.

The Legend of the Abominable Trusted Men

2016

No artwork available
NR

Nicanor has been arrested for doing graffiti at three in the morning. Against all logic, the graffiti is in favor of the government. The police captain who interrogates him—a cultured policeman, for a change—tries to understand why he does it.

Pravda

2010

Film credits

2010s · 6 titles

No artwork available
NR

At the age of 24, and with serious charges hanging over him, Leonardo da Vinci is thrown into a Florentine dungeon where several common criminals are rotting away.

Vinci

2011

Dos veteranos poster
NR

Cuba has changed in the near future, but Nicanor and his friends still meet in a park to talk about politics…

Dos veteranos

2019

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La teoría cubana de la sociedad perfecta

2018

Aché poster
10.0

Havana, 1974. Almost every day, Ana puts a cuban flag on the balcony. The flag is faded and full of stains. Ana suggests to her husband Nicanor to get another one. From there the couple will be doomed to unexpected complications...

Aché

2010

Casting poster
NR

A group of actors shows up to audition for the lead role in a co-production with Germany. Through their interviews and interactions, their miseries, desires, and frustrations are gradually revealed. The selection process takes three days; in the end, there is only one winner…

Casting

2013

Exit poster
NR

Rodrigo, a famous European artist, comes to Cuba to create a collage using photos of one hundred Cuban artists. Wanting the photos to reflect the anguish inherent in the creative process, he can think of nothing better than hiring the worker Nicanor O’Donnell to punch the one hundred artists in the face for a fee of five euros per head. Knowing that the collage will be exhibited all over the world, the artists line up to be beaten. Nicanor, who at first believes he has stumbled upon the deal of his life, is dismayed to discover that he must hit elderly people, women, artists he admires…

Exit

2011

2000s · 4 titles

No artwork available
8.0

At the elementary school where Evita, Nicanor’s daughter, studies, the parents are instructed that the children must bring photos of various independence heroes for an important activity the next day. That night, when he discovers that they do not have any photos of heroes at home, Nicanor will have to go out and look for them, no matter what it takes.

Photoshop

2006

Monte Rouge poster
NR

Nicanor has just finished the ritual of preparing himself a gourmet coffee when two strangers knock at his door. They identify themselves as members of State Security, who have come to install microphones in his house to listen to the antigovernment remarks Nicanor makes. Since they only have two microphones, they ask for his help in choosing the best room to install them and tell him that from now on he can only make his comments in that room.

Monte Rouge

2004

Brainstorm poster
NR

A world record, an accident, a heroic act, a matter of scientific interest. All this happens simultaneously. The editorial board of the newspaper La Avanzada must decide what goes on the front page.

Brainstorm

2009

Intermezzo poster
NR

At an unspecified event, everyone votes in favor. Unexpectedly, there is one vote against: Nicanor O’Donnell’s. When Nicanor goes to the bathroom during the intermission, some curious delegates follow him, eager to find out why he dared to vote against. The suspicion that someone is locked in a stall, listening to everything, turns their sympathy into mistrust toward Nicanor. But the one locked in the stall is also a poor wretch.

Intermezzo

2008

Behind the camera

Domino poster
NR

In a tenement in a poor Havana neighborhood, four men are playing a game of dominoes: Rodríguez and Nicanor versus Sangremono and Pepe “the Victim.” Once the game has begun, Rodríguez suddenly mentions that he has heard some astonishing news that concerns the future of the country and every one of its inhabitants…

Domino

2017

Domino poster
NR

In a tenement in a poor Havana neighborhood, four men are playing a game of dominoes: Rodríguez and Nicanor versus Sangremono and Pepe “the Victim.” Once the game has begun, Rodríguez suddenly mentions that he has heard some astonishing news that concerns the future of the country and every one of its inhabitants…

Domino

2017

The Campaign poster
NR

Cuba, 1961. A young teacher arrives with the intention of teaching a peasant family to read and write…

The Campaign

2021

The Campaign poster
NR

Cuba, 1961. A young teacher arrives with the intention of teaching a peasant family to read and write…

The Campaign

2021

Homo Sapiens poster
NR

Nicanor, his wife, and his in-laws watch Cuban television. In a single twenty-minute shot, the differences surface between Nicanor, who supports the Revolution, and his father-in-law Damián Rodríguez, a former Batista supporter. The two women try in vain to mediate, and the conflict seems irreconcilable. However, they have no choice but to make up with each other every night.

Homo Sapiens

2006

Homo Sapiens poster
NR

Nicanor, his wife, and his in-laws watch Cuban television. In a single twenty-minute shot, the differences surface between Nicanor, who supports the Revolution, and his father-in-law Damián Rodríguez, a former Batista supporter. The two women try in vain to mediate, and the conflict seems irreconcilable. However, they have no choice but to make up with each other every night.

Homo Sapiens

2006

Life Is to Whistle poster
5.8

Three characters in present-day Havana must choose between clinging to their self-restricting beliefs, or getting rid of them to live more freely. Ballerina Mariana has promised God celibacy if she gets the role of "Giselle"; Social-worker Julia always faints after hearing a certain word; and pot-smoking percussionist Elpidio was abandoned by his mother, coincidentally named Cuba, some time ago and has not yet gotten over the loss.

Life Is to Whistle

1998

The Legend of the Abominable Trusted Men poster
NR

Fictional documentary in which researchers and ordinary citizens try to clarify the abrupt disappearance from the political scene of leaders once known as “trusted men,” and how they have been sighted in the most unlikely places. Finding these men and confronting them on camera is the goal of two investigators.

The Legend of the Abominable Trusted Men

2016

The Legend of the Abominable Trusted Men poster
NR

Fictional documentary in which researchers and ordinary citizens try to clarify the abrupt disappearance from the political scene of leaders once known as “trusted men,” and how they have been sighted in the most unlikely places. Finding these men and confronting them on camera is the goal of two investigators.

The Legend of the Abominable Trusted Men

2016

The Legend of the Abominable Trusted Men poster
NR

Fictional documentary in which researchers and ordinary citizens try to clarify the abrupt disappearance from the political scene of leaders once known as “trusted men,” and how they have been sighted in the most unlikely places. Finding these men and confronting them on camera is the goal of two investigators.

The Legend of the Abominable Trusted Men

2016

No artwork available
NR

Nicanor has been arrested for doing graffiti at three in the morning. Against all logic, the graffiti is in favor of the government. The police captain who interrogates him—a cultured policeman, for a change—tries to understand why he does it.

Pravda

2010

No artwork available
NR

Nicanor has been arrested for doing graffiti at three in the morning. Against all logic, the graffiti is in favor of the government. The police captain who interrogates him—a cultured policeman, for a change—tries to understand why he does it.

Pravda

2010

No artwork available
8.0

At the elementary school where Evita, Nicanor’s daughter, studies, the parents are instructed that the children must bring photos of various independence heroes for an important activity the next day. That night, when he discovers that they do not have any photos of heroes at home, Nicanor will have to go out and look for them, no matter what it takes.

Photoshop

2006

No artwork available
8.0

At the elementary school where Evita, Nicanor’s daughter, studies, the parents are instructed that the children must bring photos of various independence heroes for an important activity the next day. That night, when he discovers that they do not have any photos of heroes at home, Nicanor will have to go out and look for them, no matter what it takes.

Photoshop

2006

Madrigal poster
5.2

Javier is an actor with an affinity for writing. When he begins his love story with Luisita, he does not know where the truth begins and ends. Fifteen years later he has converted his story into literature that relates his tragic love story in a creative way.

Madrigal

2007

Monte Rouge poster
NR

Nicanor has just finished the ritual of preparing himself a gourmet coffee when two strangers knock at his door. They identify themselves as members of State Security, who have come to install microphones in his house to listen to the antigovernment remarks Nicanor makes. Since they only have two microphones, they ask for his help in choosing the best room to install them and tell him that from now on he can only make his comments in that room.

Monte Rouge

2004

Monte Rouge poster
NR

Nicanor has just finished the ritual of preparing himself a gourmet coffee when two strangers knock at his door. They identify themselves as members of State Security, who have come to install microphones in his house to listen to the antigovernment remarks Nicanor makes. Since they only have two microphones, they ask for his help in choosing the best room to install them and tell him that from now on he can only make his comments in that room.

Monte Rouge

2004

Brainstorm poster
NR

A world record, an accident, a heroic act, a matter of scientific interest. All this happens simultaneously. The editorial board of the newspaper La Avanzada must decide what goes on the front page.

Brainstorm

2009

Brainstorm poster
NR

A world record, an accident, a heroic act, a matter of scientific interest. All this happens simultaneously. The editorial board of the newspaper La Avanzada must decide what goes on the front page.

Brainstorm

2009

No artwork available
NR

At the age of 24, and with serious charges hanging over him, Leonardo da Vinci is thrown into a Florentine dungeon where several common criminals are rotting away.

Vinci

2011

No artwork available
NR

At the age of 24, and with serious charges hanging over him, Leonardo da Vinci is thrown into a Florentine dungeon where several common criminals are rotting away.

Vinci

2011

Omega 3 poster
NR

A hundred years from now, there is a world war. The fighting is not over territories or ideologies, but over establishing one form of healthy eating above all others. Nick is a Veg (vegetarian) soldier who is taken prisoner by the Macs (macrobiotics). In prison he meets Ana, a beautiful Ollie (ovolacto vegetarian). Together they look for ways to escape, or at least to survive…

Omega 3

2014

Omega 3 poster
NR

A hundred years from now, there is a world war. The fighting is not over territories or ideologies, but over establishing one form of healthy eating above all others. Nick is a Veg (vegetarian) soldier who is taken prisoner by the Macs (macrobiotics). In prison he meets Ana, a beautiful Ollie (ovolacto vegetarian). Together they look for ways to escape, or at least to survive…

Omega 3

2014

We Are Nothing poster
NR

Fefo dies, but at his wake the widow’s sadness will soon be offset by some news that brings joy back into her life.

We Are Nothing

2014

We Are Nothing poster
NR

Fefo dies, but at his wake the widow’s sadness will soon be offset by some news that brings joy back into her life.

We Are Nothing

2014

Dos veteranos poster
NR

Cuba has changed in the near future, but Nicanor and his friends still meet in a park to talk about politics…

Dos veteranos

2019

Dos veteranos poster
NR

Cuba has changed in the near future, but Nicanor and his friends still meet in a park to talk about politics…

Dos veteranos

2019

No artwork available
NR

Nicanor O’Donnell, a visual artist, successfully opens his exhibition “With a Dark and Mourning Soul.” However, the next day he is urgently called to the gallery because troubling mishaps are occurring. Nicanor must cooperate with the authorities and decide the ultimate fate of his art.

Arte

2015

No artwork available
NR

Nicanor O’Donnell, a visual artist, successfully opens his exhibition “With a Dark and Mourning Soul.” However, the next day he is urgently called to the gallery because troubling mishaps are occurring. Nicanor must cooperate with the authorities and decide the ultimate fate of his art.

Arte

2015

Aché poster
10.0

Havana, 1974. Almost every day, Ana puts a cuban flag on the balcony. The flag is faded and full of stains. Ana suggests to her husband Nicanor to get another one. From there the couple will be doomed to unexpected complications...

Aché

2010

Aché poster
10.0

Havana, 1974. Almost every day, Ana puts a cuban flag on the balcony. The flag is faded and full of stains. Ana suggests to her husband Nicanor to get another one. From there the couple will be doomed to unexpected complications...

Aché

2010

Aché poster
10.0

Havana, 1974. Almost every day, Ana puts a cuban flag on the balcony. The flag is faded and full of stains. Ana suggests to her husband Nicanor to get another one. From there the couple will be doomed to unexpected complications...

Aché

2010

Casting poster
NR

A group of actors shows up to audition for the lead role in a co-production with Germany. Through their interviews and interactions, their miseries, desires, and frustrations are gradually revealed. The selection process takes three days; in the end, there is only one winner…

Casting

2013

Casting poster
NR

A group of actors shows up to audition for the lead role in a co-production with Germany. Through their interviews and interactions, their miseries, desires, and frustrations are gradually revealed. The selection process takes three days; in the end, there is only one winner…

Casting

2013

Hacerse el Sueco poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hacerse el Sueco

2001

No artwork available
NR

Nicanor, a Health Ministry employee, returns from a trip to Germany bringing some sex toys with which to spice up his marriage. His wife Ana is reluctant at first, but Nicanor insists on using the devices and talks to his friend Rodríguez, who speaks German, to have him translate the instruction booklet. However, the shortages and the need to survive in today’s Cuba will play one dirty trick after another on them…

High Tech

2005

No artwork available
NR

Nicanor, a Health Ministry employee, returns from a trip to Germany bringing some sex toys with which to spice up his marriage. His wife Ana is reluctant at first, but Nicanor insists on using the devices and talks to his friend Rodríguez, who speaks German, to have him translate the instruction booklet. However, the shortages and the need to survive in today’s Cuba will play one dirty trick after another on them…

High Tech

2005

Exit poster
NR

Rodrigo, a famous European artist, comes to Cuba to create a collage using photos of one hundred Cuban artists. Wanting the photos to reflect the anguish inherent in the creative process, he can think of nothing better than hiring the worker Nicanor O’Donnell to punch the one hundred artists in the face for a fee of five euros per head. Knowing that the collage will be exhibited all over the world, the artists line up to be beaten. Nicanor, who at first believes he has stumbled upon the deal of his life, is dismayed to discover that he must hit elderly people, women, artists he admires…

Exit

2011

Exit poster
NR

Rodrigo, a famous European artist, comes to Cuba to create a collage using photos of one hundred Cuban artists. Wanting the photos to reflect the anguish inherent in the creative process, he can think of nothing better than hiring the worker Nicanor O’Donnell to punch the one hundred artists in the face for a fee of five euros per head. Knowing that the collage will be exhibited all over the world, the artists line up to be beaten. Nicanor, who at first believes he has stumbled upon the deal of his life, is dismayed to discover that he must hit elderly people, women, artists he admires…

Exit

2011

Alice in Wondertown poster
7.0

A biting satire about life in contemporary Cuba. Alicia, a young drama instructor, is sent to the small town of Maravillas de Noveras, which is itself an exaggerated, but very ingenious reflection of the real Cuba. Her adventures there are almost as surreal as the ones experienced by Lewis Carroll's character, reflecting patterns of indoctrination, coercion, absolutism, and many other everyday problems in Cuban society.

Alice in Wondertown

1991