This Spanish language film about Cuba is one of the best Irish films of the year

Viva was written in Spanish about Cuban drag artists, but looks like being one of the best Irish films of the year, writes Esther McCarthy

THE beating pulse and energy of Havana is evident in every scene of Viva, an emotional tale of love and family binds set in Cuba’s flamboyant and colourful drag scene.

Its characters speak Spanish and dance to a Latin beat, but Viva is a movie as Irish as it’s Cuban.