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Cuban political prisoners spy on American soil in a thrilling true story with an international cast.
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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.
"Directed by French filmmaker Olivier Assayas ('Personal Shopper') and part of the official selection of the 2019 Venice Film Festival, the first thing that stands out in 'Wasp Network' is its Ibero-American cast of international dimension: Penélope Cruz ('Everybody Knows'), Gael García Bernal ('Ema'), Ana de Armas ('Knives Out'), Edgar Ramírez ('Zero Dark Thirty'), Wagner Moura ('Sergio') and Leonardo Sbaraglia ('Pain and Glory'). Based on the book 'The Last Soldiers of the Cold War' by Brazilian journalist Fernando Morais, this semi-biographical thriller recreates the true story of Cuban spies on American soil, with a dynamic and elegant direction that, although unusual within Assayas' filmography, is very well done. The script is more problematic, as it gets involved and stumbles upon its own weight due to the excess of characters and subplots. However, if you like political thrillers - and even better, based on real events - it's worth watching."