Directed by Ingrid Verninger
The film, the first doc from Canadian director Ingrid Verninger is a portrait of 29-year-old Cuban twin brothers, Rubert and Rubildo Donation Dinza, which begins two-months after their arrival in Barcelona, Spain.
The film, shot in Barcelona explores the obsession and opportunity of today’s social media, the emotional cost of having big ambitions, the intimate bonds of sibling love, and the challenges of building a new life.
For the brothers, “The World” means achieving one-million friends on social media, making their parents proud, starting a family, and gaining international recognition as a dancing, singing, performing duo. “Nothing” is not really an option. The twins are not particularly bright nor do they have anything worthwhile to offer, except maybe a bit of cool dancing. Why Verninger has selected these two as her subjects is puzzling.
She has done better with her fiction films…
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