Cuban, The

[Opens July 31 in Virtual Cinema sponsored by MSP Film Society; for more information, log on to mspfilm.org.] When a compassionate, kind-hearted, 19-year-old, Muslim pre-med student (Ana Golja), who lives with her controlling and strict Afghani aunt (Shohreh Aghdashloo), is assigned to care for an overmedicated, agitated, Alzheimer's nursing home resident (Louis Gossett Jr.), who suffers from dementia and refuses to eat, in this captivating, touching, heartwarming, down-to-earth, well acted, star-dotted (Lauren Holly, Giacomo Gianniotti, and Shiva Negar), 109-minute, 2019 film highlighted by wonderful music and wonderful cinematography, she reignites her own passion for music after she decides to see whether she can help her charge through his love of music and Cuban food and in the process discovers that he is a legendary, talented jazz musician from Cuba.
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