Taxibol
a film by Tommaso Santambrogio

Produced by Rossofilm and Chiotto Productions

Driving around the streets of Cuba, Lav Diaz – the famous Filipino director – and Gustavo Flecha – a talkative Cuban taxi driver – find themselves discussing about politics, migration, social conditions and love; touching many personal stories and experiences, they create an historical affresco of the conditions of their own countries.
During their dialogues, the real reason of the director’s presence in Cuba emerge: Lav is looking for a mysterious ex-general escaped from the Philippines after the end of the Marcos dictatorship, Juan Mijares Cruz.
He wants to get justice for the Filipino’s people finding the bloodthirsty old soldier. Cold and violent, Juan Mijares Cruz hide in a Finca far from civilization and history, where an inevitably malignant everyday life takes place.