Jaimanitas, Cuba: Mosaic palm trees sprout along walls, rooftops are sculpted into roosters. Fountains and fish, crocodiles and mermaids emerge in vibrant ceramic colours.
This is the fantastical world of an extraordinary artist, filmed in Cuba as he transforms his Havana neighbourhood.

This film delivers an inside track to Cuba through the art of José Fuster. The atmosphere is charged with creative energy as work and play progresses. In spontaneous, candid interviews Fuster and his neighbours convey the impact of this adventurous project and assess critical issues of the moment: present conditions in Cuba and expectations for the future.

Influences from Picasso to Gaudi are unmistakable but Fuster’s style of working is unique. He sells his increasingly acclaimed paintings on international circuits and turns the income into works of art for neighbours. The story of this community and Fuster’s audacious project is presented in this highly visual, intimate, exuberant film.