The Colours of Desire - In a violence-free world, a young man has to choose between human decency and self-interest when a powerful figure asks him to. Colours of Desire @colours_film. The Colours of Desire: (dir. Conrad Faraj) When a vagabond discovers a dead body, he gifts it to a powerful man whose desire for corpses spawns dark powers. More The Colours Of Desire images. A young man has to choose between human decency and self-interest. The Colours of Desire (2017) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. With: Preston - Jim Ballard Belen - Hannia Guillen Albertina - Teresa Maria Rojas Leandra - Isabel Moreno Preston - Jim Ballard Orlando - Sandor Juan Caroline - Barbara Sloan Oscar - Michael Serratore Waiter, Emcee, Young Man - Nick Duckart Dreams, denial and delusions in 1960 Havana swim in the tragic mambo that suffuses Nilo Cruz’s newest drama, “The Color of Desire,” premiering in his adopted hometown of Miami. In positing an American businessman who persuades a Cuban actress to reincarnate his own lost love, Cruz dazzles the mind and quickens the emotions. But the actual execution onstage at Actors’ Playhouse in Coral Gables, Fla., pulses unevenly. It’s a promising work that needs a bit more retooling and a crisper production. Cruz is known for works like “Anna in the Tropics,” flush with poetic dialogue. The imagery here is intentionally not quite as lyrical, but it’s heady with resonances, as when the actress, Belen (Hannia Guillen), says, “It’s a dark world but also magnificent, because I can dance and forget the smell of gunpowder that still lingers in the air from the death squads.” More Reviews The plot pivots around the American, Preston (Jim Ballard), whose family has owned companies in Havana for decades. Despite the local upheaval, Preston postpones abandoning his privileged paradise of mojitos and mink stoles.
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