Para la guerra explores the memory and loneliness of a former Cuban internationalist soldier by observing his body and his (extra)ordinary gestures. This is a war film with no shooting, but with a wound: that of this special forces veteran who tries to find the colleagues of his commando who survived their last mission 30 years ago.
Francisco Marise studied documentary film at the International Film and Television School (EICTV) in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. An image and sound director, he has worked as the stage manager for rock bands and was a minister’s personal photographer. Para la guerra (To War) is his first film.