A Translator

For films with similar titles, see Translator (disambiguation).

A Translator (Spanish: Un Traductor) is a 2018 Cuban docudrama directed by Rodrigo Barriuso and Sebastián Barriuso. It was selected as Cuba's entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.^[1]

A Translator
Film poster
Spanish	Un Traductor
Directed by	Rodrigo Barriuso Sebastián Barriuso
Written by	Lindsay Gossling
Produced by	Sebastian Barriuso Lindsay Gossling
Starring	Rodrigo Santoro Maricel Alvarez Yoandra Suarez
Cinematography	Miguel Ioan Littin-Menz
Edited by	Michelle Szemberg
Music by	Bill Laurance
Production companies	Creative Artisans Media Involving Pictures
Distributed by	Film Movement. US
Release date	19 January 2018 (2018-01-19) (Sundance)
Running time	108 minutes
Countries	Cuba Canada
Languages	Spanish Russian

Plot

When survivors of the Chernobyl disaster arrive in Cuba for medical treatment, a local Russian literature professor is ordered to act as a translator.^[2]

Cast

• Rodrigo Santoro as Malin (the translator)
• Maricel Álvarez as Gladys (nurse)
• Yoandra Suárez as Isona (Malin's wife)^[2]
• Nikita Semenov as Alexi
• Jorge Carlos Perez Herrera as Javier
• Genadijs Dolganovs as Vladimir
• Milda Gecaite as Olga
• Eslinda Nuñez as Dr. Rivas
• Osvaldo Doimeadios as Dr. Sanchez
• Nataliya Rodina as Elena

See also

• List of submissions to the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
• List of Cuban submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film