Without Havana


Sin La Habana is a Canadian-Cuban drama film, directed by Kaveh Nabatian and released in 2020.
The film stars Yonah Acosta as Leonardo, a ballet dancer in Cuba who feels stifled and in need of emigration to another country to advance his career. He and his girlfriend Sara devise a plan for the duo to get out of Cuba by having Leonardo seduce Nasim, a tourist from Montreal, so that she will take him back to Canada with her and then he can send for Sara once he's settled in; however, both Leonardo and Sara are secretly also looking for ways to break off their relationship.
The film premiered at the 2020 Festival du [nouveau cinéma], before going into commercial release in September 2021.
Sin la Habana received positive reviews from film critics. It holds a 91% rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes and was a New York Times Critic's Pick.