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Blanca Rosa Blanco

Blanca Rosa Blanco

Acting

Biography

Blanca Rosa Blanco nació en La Habana el 24 de febrero de 1972. Graduada de la Facultad de Artes Escénicas en el Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) en 1995 Durante su etapa de estudiante en el ISA, participó en diversas puestas en escena bajo la dirección de profesores y directores como: Vicente Revuelta, José Antonio Rodríguez yRoberto Blanco. Títulos como La historia de un antiguo encanto, Los invitados del rey, Ubu Rey, entre otras, formaron parte de los inicios estudiantiles; así como en los clásicos tuvo su papel en Lady Macbeth y luego, con el grupo de teatro Buscón, formó parte del elenco deCuentos de amor, humor y muerte y La historia de un escaparate. Blanca Rosa llegó a la pequeña pantalla después de haber probado su talento en el teatro, de la mano de teatristas emblemáticos. Pero en la compañía “Irrumpe”, es donde la actriz reconoce su punto de partida y su final. Ha probado fortuna como conductora en los espacios 23 y M y Ecos de mujer, en la Televisión Cubana, además en las premiaciones de los Lucas y el Festival Cubadisco. Considerada por algunos el “nuevo rostro” del cine cubano, lo cierto es que Blanca Rosa Blanco da la cara en muchas de nuestras más recientes producciones para la pantalla grande y en otros espacios audiovisuales. Esta prolífica y exitosa actriz ha pasado por las Páginas del diario de Mauricio, ha ganado en El premio flaco, juega en Habanastation y huye de los zombies en Juan de los muertos, por solo citar algunos. Y no conforme con eso, se las arregla para impartir clases, incursionar en la dirección… y más.

Known For

Juan of the Dead
6.2

While Havana is full of zombies hungry for human flesh, official media reported that the disturbances are caused by dissidents paid by the United States. Panic seizes all until Juan comes to the rescue: he discovers he can kill the undead destroying his brain, and decides to start a small business under the slogan "We kill your loved ones."

Juan of the Dead

2011
Chico & Rita
7.1

Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey - in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero - brings heartache and torment.

Chico & Rita

2010
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4.7

Gonzalo's life has been marked by the story of his mother, a Mambisa heroine of the war of 1895. After her death, he is sent to Spain. In 1931, he returns to Cuba to reclaim the family possessions and discovers the value of love and death, truth and lies, pain and hatred.

The Lost Eden

2007
Habanastation
7.7

Directed mainly for kids, the film speaks of a Havana that reveals two distinct faces, from the everyday life of a couple of kids.

Habanastation

2011
Buscando a Casal
N/A

When criticizing a high representative of power, a young poet will be subjected to all kinds of pressure. He will only manage to survive thanks to his elegant fantasy and admmirer. That artist is Julián del Casal, who will live in colonial Havana at the end of the 19th century.

Buscando a Casal

2019
Little Tropikana
8.0

Lorenzo, a Cuban policeman specializing in grave robberies is sent to Havana to investigate the death of a Havana-born German national, Hermann (or German in Spanish) found in a famous grave. Lorenzo recounts his findings to the police chief (Major Anancio) as he investigates Dora, an elevator operator and Herrmann's landlady, Aguila and Silvia (who work for Cultural Affairs), Chrissy (a British-born Socialist Internationalist lover), Xiomara (Hermann's mother and a local drag queen as well), a dwarf, and a false Guatemalan who had raped Chrissy during her internationalist "love/sex campaign" in Guatemala. These are the main, but not the only characters, one must absolutely follow to make sense of the plot.

Little Tropikana

1997
Lisanka
5.0

Revolves around a love triangle that later evolves into a love square involving three Cubans and a Soviet soldier. Set in a fictitious rural village near a Soviet military base in central Cuba, their amorous adventures, or misadventures, unravel against the backdrop of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.

Lisanka

2010
Cuba libre - Velocipedi ai tropici
9.0

A group of Italian people go to Cuba, for various different reasons. One of them would like to remake Vittorio De Sica's The Bicycle Thief. But it won't be easy.

Cuba libre - Velocipedi ai tropici

1997
To the Victory at Last
7.0

The story of Che Guevara, featuring episodes from his childhood, his career as a medical student and work with lepers, and finally his life as a militant and guerrilla fighter.

To the Victory at Last

1997
AM-PM
6.0

A choral story where characters of different statuses and generations cross paths in an attempt to find happiness and alleviate the loneliness that crushes some of them. In a 12-storey building, neighbors and newcomers intersect, and in these encounters the destiny of some will be twisted and that of others will take better paths. A few blocks away, in another building, two septuagenarians struggle to get the company of a couple who are in a fight against the clock for a few square meters.

AM-PM

2023
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N/A

Iluminada lives a poor life but her luck turns around when she wins a prize from a Rina brand soap.

El premio flaco

2009
El Regreso
6.0

Detective Patricia receives news of the death of Mariano, a man who she believes had been wrongfully accused in the past.

El Regreso

2018
Return
9.0

Documentary about emigration between the Canary Islands and Cuba during the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Return

2023
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N/A

Aldo, a pimp living in Havana, travels to Pinar del Rio to sell a car and then returns with Rosa, who becomes prostitute. They are arrested and captures poicía Rosa.

Tras la huella - abismo

2011
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N/A

In the wake of his estranged father’s death, Jim Acosta a U.S. Marine goes to Havana to learn about his father’s past. He discovers that his grandfather, Mario, is still alive and the owner of a boxing gym in Havana. Jim convinces Mario to train him and a bond is created that will change them both.

Semper Fidel

2014
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Havana, a day in September 2000. Olympic Games are being held in Sydney and Mauricio's sixtieth birthday is here: a man alone and devastated by the unexpected death of his wife. The story is told through a review of passages that gave form to the last twelve years of his life, combining flashbacks with recent events encompassing the key moments that marked the path to that day. Individual dimensions combine with the social context in the last decade in the 20th century in Cuba, a decade marked by deep political, economic and social changes that stirred the ethic and human bases of these generations, the first to enter in the new millennium.

Páginas del diario de Mauricio

2006