Cuba: It's an island nation so close … yet so far away. Experience the parallels and disconnects cinematically by way of Viva Cuba tonight at Tampa Theatre. The theater presents a special one-time-only screening of the 2005 film as part of the statewide Arte Latin culture festival. The critically acclaimed, coming-of-age road movie centers on a Romeo and Juliet-like friendship between two children whose parents' differences threaten to tear them apart. AMC.com film critic says it's "a gratifying treat." 7:30 p.m., 711 N. Franklin St., Tampa. $9, $7. tampatheatre.org, 813-274-8981.
This article appears in Nov 4-10, 2010.