Story by Sigal Ratner-AriasDecember 19, 2024 • 8:44 PM
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Cuban actor Héctor Medina lands the starring role in 'Los Frikis', a gripping film about punks in '90s Cuba who intentionally contracted HIV to secure a spot in a government-run treatment retreat.
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Medina was initially approached as a consultant on the film but ended up scoring the lead role of Paco, the punk rocker protagonist.
The true story behind 'Los Frikis' explores the punk subculture in Cuba during the early '90s, when some youth deliberately infected themselves with HIV in order to gain access to a government-run treatment facility and live out their own counterculture utopia.
Story by Sigal Ratner-AriasDecember 19, 2024 • 8:44 PM
Image from Billboard
scrn logline
Cuban actor Héctor Medina lands the starring role in 'Los Frikis', a gripping film about punks in '90s Cuba who intentionally contracted HIV to secure a spot in a government-run treatment retreat.
beat sheet
Medina was initially approached as a consultant on the film but ended up scoring the lead role of Paco, the punk rocker protagonist.
The true story behind 'Los Frikis' explores the punk subculture in Cuba during the early '90s, when some youth deliberately infected themselves with HIV in order to gain access to a government-run treatment facility and live out their own counterculture utopia.