简介：DriftingeffortlesslybetweenrawpsychologicalrealismanddreamysurrealismandloadedwithuniqueCubanarchivefootage,thisfilmportraysthreegenerationsofCubans.Intheirapartmentintheworkers’quartersatahalf-builtnuclearpowerstation,theyareforcedtosimplycarryon.Afreshvoicefrom,andabout,acountryinastalemate. TheElectro-NuclearCity(ENC)wasoncepartofanambitiousSoviet/Cubanventuretobuildthefirstnuclearpowerstation,inJuraguaintheCaribbean.ButthefalloftheSovietUnionbroughteverythingtoacompletestandstill.Decadeslater,the‘projectofthecentury’hasstillnotbeencompleted,andtheenormousdometowerslikeatotempoleabovethedismalblocksofworkers’flats.CarlosQuintelasethissecondfeaturefilminthisfascinatinglocation,wheretheworkerslivedatthetimeoftheconstruction. TheProjectoftheCenturywasshotinappropriateblack-and-white.Interspersedwithbeautiful,uniquearchivematerialfromCubantelevision-givingamorerose-tinted,assertiveimpressionofthesituation-thisaddstothesocial-realistatmosphere,whichgraduallymakeswayforasurreal,attimesabsurdsenseofoppression. Menfromthepestcontroldepartmentarrivetosprayanapartmentfordenguefevermosquitoes.ThreeCubanmenlivehere-sonLeo,fatherRafael,andgrandfatherOtto-forcedbycircumstancestolivetogether.Thisisn’teasy:Ottoisobsessedwithhisfewmaterialpossessions;Rafaelisunemployedandwithoutanyprospectofworksinceconstructionofthepowerstationstopped;Leoisbackagainbecausehisgirlfriendbrokeoffwithhim.Ontelevision,theywatchthearrivaloftheCubandelegationattheOlympicGamesinLondon.Thegrandfatherhasagoldfish,Benjamin-theonlyonewhocanbreatheunderwater.…