Benicio del Toro attends Sapphire Weddings by Cuban filmmaker Libia

Benicio del Toro attends Sapphire Weddings by Cuban filmmaker Libia Batista

Actors from Puerto Rico Benicio the bull attended the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC) Casting Director’s Sapphire Wedding Celebration as a special guest, Libya Batista Moraand her husband’s 90th birthday.

Del Toro performs alongside Jorge Perugorría, Thamí Alvariño, Renecito de la Cruz, Lizt Alfonso and other personalities who attended the celebration in Havana.

Batista Mora agreed to do so CyberCuba Despite being married all along, she never dressed up as a bride and all her friends organized the party.

“I was very happy and Lizt Alfonso made the dress which was perfect. Our son was there, happiness was perfect; Friends brought drinks and food. May love always triumph and not hate,” the filmmaker told the medium.

Because of the friendship they share with Benicio del Toro, they invited him to Batista Mora’s husband’s birthday party because, as he explained, they are like family.

“Everything they did and all the friends who collaborated came as a surprise to me,” Batista Mora said in a Facebook post.

The couple’s family celebrated the get-together and shared several photos from the celebration, which brought together a select group of well-known artists from the island.

“A very nice week! I got to witness my father’s 90th birthday and celebrate my parents’ 45-year marriage with a wedding,” the Cuban couple’s son wrote.

Libya Batista Mora (Baracoa, 1960) is Casting Director of the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC) and known for her work in international productions such as Pata negra (2001), Le Retour d’Arsène Lupine (1989) and Cabeza Madre (2017). ), although it is also associated with works of national cinema such as Fresa y Chocolate, 7 Días en La Habana, Melaza, Juan de los Muertos and others.

Along with Ana de Armas and Arturo Sandoval was invited to be part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood in 2020News that the Cuban herself celebrated on her social networks.

He also joined the petition to the Cuban government to allow actor, comedian and singer Alexis Valdés to enter the island.

“They tell me that Alexis Valdés is not allowed to enter Cuba. If true, it strikes me as a crime against culture. He is our best ‘entertainer’ (entertainer, artist, comedian, musician, presenter, party-goer). A great actor from head to toe. A guy who unites. Smoothing corners and edges. Who tirelessly fights for all those born on this archipelago and their descendants. And we are glad that we miss him very much.” wrote on his Facebook wall.

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