synopsis
The Havana sun casts a golden, late afternoon light, lending a brief glow to a narrow street. Decaying houses, with their half‐crumbling facades, somehow cling to their faded glory. The camera pulls back and reveals the silhouette of a man, rounded by age and good living, puffing on a cigar. Nothing about him would make you think that he was once one of the most beloved athletes in his adopted country, America, nor that he is the son of a mythical athlete‐hero of his native country, the island whose soil he is now standing on for the first time in 46 years.
In this moment he is just a man – an old man, he thinks – standing on the final battlefield of the Cold War, at what he feels is the final crossroads of his life. At the age of 67, Luis Tiant has come back to Cuba, the island he had left at age 20 for a trip he thought would last a month and became nearly a half‐century. But is this still home? What is home for an exile that becomes a star in his new land, leaving former teammates to play for their government and country in isolation and povertis home for a man who never had a sister or brother and whose parents are dead? Where can he go to sort out the guilt and the glory? And is it too late?
“Hock pulls off something kind of miraculous…” - Ain’t It Cool News
“Remarkable!” – Jeffrey Lyons/Reel Talk
“Quietly powerful, genuinely heartfelt…” – Steven Zeitchik/Hollywood Reporter
“Simply an astonishing and beautiful piece of storytelling…” - Tim McGonagle/NewYorkology.com
“Funny and Heartbreaking…” - Larry Dobrow/Maxim.com
“Fascinating!” - Tom Meek/The Boston Phoenix
“Tugs at heartstrings…” - John Jeansonne/Newsday
“Poignant, beautifully shot…”- Mike Miliard/The Boston Phoenix
“An autumnal portrait of a hero haunted by loss and regret…” - Bill Weber/Slant Magazine
“Compelling…”- Joe Bendel/The Epoch Times
“LOST SON is a great movie… the Farrellys delivered the goods!” – Jerry Thornton/Barstool Sports.com
“Eloquent…”- Rick Warner/Bloomberg.com
Director Jonathan Hock on NPR’s All Things Considered
