| The Extraordinary Journey of Celeste Garcia | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Arturo Infante |
| Producer: | Claudia Calviño Alfredo Díaz Ernst Fassbender |
| Starring: | María Isabel Díaz Lago Omar Franco Nestor Jiménez |
| Music: | Magda Rosa Galban Juan Antonio Leyva |
| Cinematography: | Javier Labrador Deulofeu |
| Editing: | Joanna Montero |
| Runtime: | 92 minutes |
| Country: | Cuba, Germany |
| Language: | Spanish |
The Extraordinary Journey of Celeste Garcia (Spanish; Castilian: El viaje extraordinario de Celeste García) is a German-Cuban comedy written and directed by Arturo Infante.[1] [2] The film premiered on 7 September 2018 in the Discovery programme of the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]
Celeste Garcia is a 60-year-old Cuban who lives in present-day Havana, where hopes of a brighter future have abandoned her. Her steady and predictable life as a guide at the local planetarium and mother of 25-year-old Pedrito is turned upside down when friendly extraterrestrial aliens make contact with earth and invite select citizens from all over the world to travel to their unknown but incredible planet. Celeste is one of the few to be invited and, to everyone's disbelief, she decides to embark on this extraordinary journey. But how many light years should you travel to find happiness?
In 2019 The Extraordinary Journey of Celeste Garcia won first prize in the New Directors Competition at the Seattle International Film Festival.[4]