Cuba, the mid-80s, anyone diagnosed with HIV/AIDS is sent to a military-run internment camp. Former boxing champion Horacio Romero is assigned to be a personal warden--companion--to troublemaker patient Daniel. Despite their initial distrust and ignorance, the two form a platonic bond that leads them to be better men. The Companion shows the stigma associated for those with HIV/AIDS in the early days of the epidemic--gay and straight. This eye-opening drama finds friendship and compassion during a little-known chapter in Cuban history.
萨姆·赖利,萨曼莎·莫顿,亚历山德拉·玛丽亚·拉娜,乔·安德森,詹姆斯·安东尼·皮尔森,哈里·崔德威,克雷格·帕金森,托比·凯贝尔,理查德·布雷默,马修·麦克诺提,玛格丽特·杰克曼,Mary Jo Randle,John Cooper Clarke,妮可拉·哈里森,乔治·纽顿,赫贝特·格勒内梅厄,蒂姆· 普莱斯特,奈杰尔·哈里斯
简介: Cuba, the mid-80s, anyone diagnosed with HIV/AIDS is sent to a military-run internment camp. Former boxing champion Horacio Romero is assigned to be a personal warden--companion--to troublemaker patient Daniel. Despite their initial distrust and ignorance, the two form a platonic bond that leads them to be better men. The Companion shows the stigma associated for those with HIV/AIDS in the early days of the epidemic--gay and straight. This eye-opening drama finds friendship and compassion during a little-known chapter in Cuban history.