Lia Chapman

Lia Chapman

Dominican Republic

Award winning Actor / Director / Author of “El Coraje del Actor”.

Most Known for...

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Invisibles 2007 (4.844)

A series of short films examining the world's overlooked problems and the people who suffer from them.
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Before Night Falls 2000 (6.623)

Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel Castro's Cuba.
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The King of Havana 2015 (6.908)

Recently escaped from reformatory, Reinaldo struggles to get by in the streets of Havana in the late 90s, one of the worst decades for Cuban society. Hopes, disillusionment, rum, good humor and above all hunger, accompany him in his wanderings, until he meets Magda and Yunisleidy, survivors like himself. In one or the other's arms, he will try to escape the material and moral misery surrounding him, living love, passion, tenderness and uninhibited sex to the limit.