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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1986 - 26 July.3 August

Sections & Films

THE VANPIRES IN HAVANA

Category: Edition 1986

Synopsis
A scientist invents a potion that allows vampires to be able to live under the rays of the sun. When the word gets out to the vampires of the world, they fly to Cuba to gain control of the potion. It becomes a battle between the American and the East European vampires. A trumpet player is the scientist's nephew and holds the formula for the elixir.

Original Title ¡Vampiros en la Habana!
Italian Title Vampiri all'Havana
Category Out of competition
Section Films for Kids
Tipology Animation, Feature Film
Duration 69'
Production Year 1985
Nationality Cuba, Spain, West Germany
Directed by Juan Padron
Screenplay Ernesto Padrón
Original Voices Frank González, Manuel Marín, Irela Bravo

 regista juan padronJUAN PADRÓN

Juan Padrón (born 1947 in Matanzas) is a Cuban animation director and comics artist. He is best known as the creator of the comic strip Elpidio Valdés.
Since 1963 he has published sketches and cartoons for Cuban magazines and newspapers. He was the creator, in 1970, of Elpidio Valdés, a cartoon character (and series) with more than sixty shorts and two feature-length movies. Padrón received international attention Vampires in Havana, an adult-oriented comedy feature that gathered a cult following abroad.
Padrón has directed six animated feature films in total, along with many shorts, especially those with Elpidio Valdés as the main characher; and the one-minute comedy sketches for adults "Filminutos".