According to the EFE news agency, Perugorria and Cruz, the stars in “Fresa y Chocolate” (Strawberry and Chocolate), made their debut as directors with this movie, which was included in the official section of the event, to take place in the city of Lerida.

 
“Afinidades” narrates the story of two couples going through rough times, which find a way out to their problems in unbridled sex, which includes the exchange of spouses.

Perugorria and Cruz, Gabriela Griffith –making her debut in cinema-, and Spanish Cuca Escribano play the leading roles in the film, which had its premiere during Havana's Festival of the New Latin American Cinema.

Cruz wrote the script, which is based on the novel Musica de Camara (Chamber Music) by Cuban Reinaldo Montero. Singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez and singer Omara Portuondo were in charge of the soundtrack.

“Afinidades”, a Spanish-Cuban coproduction, will compete with other films that also participated in the Havana Film Festival, like “Post Mortem” (Germany-Mexico-Chile), by Chilean Pablo Larrain; and “Hermano” (Venezuela), by Marcel Rasquin.
 

“El atentado”, by Mexican director Jorge Fons; and “Fase 7”, by Nicolás
Goldbarg, “El cielo elegido”, by Vctor Gonzalez, and “Aballay”, by Fernando Spiner, all of them from Argentina, will also take part in the event.