Wasp Network

  • Cuban Network
Genre : Historical
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2019
Format : Feature
Running time : 125 (in minutes)

Havana, fall 1990. As the Cold War reaches its end, five men are sent by the Cuban counter-espionage department to surveille an anti-Castro group based in Florida. Wasp Network is the true story of these spies who carried out their work in enemy territory.

A film by Olivier ASSAYAS

France, 2019, Feature Narrative, 2h05 min., Thriller / Historical

starring Edgar Ramírez, Penélope Cruz, Wagner Moura, Gael García Bernal, Ana de Armas…

Feature film
Type: Fiction
Genre: Thriller, Historical
Themes : Espionage
Production language : English, Spanish
Coproducer countries : France (69.17%), Spain (20.42%), Belgium (10.41%)
Original French-language productions : No
Nationality : Majority French (France, Spain, Belgium)
Production year : 2019
French release : 29/01/2020
Approval : Yes
Color type : Color

CAST
Edgar Ramírez (René Gonzalez),
Penélope Cruz (Olga Salanueva),
Wagner Moura (Juan Pablo Roque),
Gael García Bernal (Gerardo Hernandez/ Manuel Viramontez),
Ana de Armas (Ana Margarita Martinez)…

Production Company
CG Cinéma

Coproduction Company
RT Features, CG Cinéma, Nostromo Pictures, Wasp Network AIE, Scope Pictures, France 2 Cinéma, Orange Studio, Memento Films Production

Distribution Company
Memento Films


Festival Selections

FIFH - International History Film Festival (Pessac, France, 2019)
Selection - Panorama du Documentaire

Tokyo - International Film Festival (Japan, 2019)
Selection - World Cinema

Vienna (Viennale) - International Film Festival (Austria, 2019)
Selection - Official Selection

Mostra - São Paulo International Film Festival (Brazil, 2019)
Selection

Mumbai Film Festival (India, 2019)
Selection

BIFF (South Korea, 2019)
Selection

New York Film Festival (NYFF) (United States, 2019)
Selection - Main Slate

Zurich International Film Festival (Switzerland, 2019)
Selection - Gala Premieres

San Sebastian International Film Festival (Spain, 2019)
Selection - Special Screenings

TIFF (Canada, 2019)
Selection - Special Presentations

Venice International Film Festival (Italy, 2019)
Selection - Official Competition

Articles

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Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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