The story of five Cuban political prisoners who had been imprisoned by the United States since the late 1990s on charges of espionage and murder.
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WASP NETWORK is a multi-level political thriller that tells the story of numerous characters set in the Cuban American cold war. Director Assayas did CARLOS which spanned a 181-minute lengthy running time. WASP NETWORK has more stories to tell and it seems really rushed in Assayas’ storytelling in this 2-hour film. The primary story is set in December 1990. Airline pilot René González (Edgar Ramírez) steals a plane and flees Cuba, which is about to topple into an economic crisis precipitated by the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Having abandoned his wife (Oscar winner Penelope Cruz) and daughter, René, now based in Miami, is regarded as…
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