Mila Caos

Directed by Simon Jaikiriuma Paetau

Seventeen-year-old Cuban Sebastián transforms into drag persona Mila Caos every weekend at an underground show in Havana, yearning for his indifferent mother's approval and dreaming of being seen on stage.
Mila Caos is a striking Cuban short film about gender expression, performance and the complicated emotional space between self-invention and social expectation. Simon Jaikiriuma Paetau gives the film an expressive visual confidence, allowing its central character’s presence to carry much of the emotional weight.

Mila Caos

Directed by Simon Jaikiriuma Paetau

Seventeen-year-old Cuban Sebastián transforms into drag persona Mila Caos every weekend at an underground show in Havana, yearning for his indifferent mother's approval and dreaming of being seen on stage.

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Mila Caos is a striking Cuban short film about gender expression, performance and the complicated emotional space between self-invention and social expectation. Simon Jaikiriuma Paetau gives the film an expressive visual confidence, allowing its central character’s presence to carry much of the emotional weight.