Three talented Cuban baseball players, Happy Oliveros, Carlos Gonzalez, and Victor Ernesto Baro, leave their families behind in search of contracts with Major League Baseball. They travel to Costa Rica and train under a questionable sports agent who proffers promises of golden dreams while exploiting their talents. This ‘deal with a devil’ is a literal chance of a lifetime for these young men, their families welfare depends on their success. As they navigate immigration and the ulterior motives of handlers, each man finds an unexpected path forward to a better life.
- Year2020
- Runtime84 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCuba
- PremiereSoutheast US
- DirectorSami Khan, Michael Gassert
- ProducerJonathan Miller, Sami Khan, and Michael Gassert
- CinematographerJonathan Miller, Michael Gassert
- EditorCarla Gutierrez, Mark Becker
Three talented Cuban baseball players, Happy Oliveros, Carlos Gonzalez, and Victor Ernesto Baro, leave their families behind in search of contracts with Major League Baseball. They travel to Costa Rica and train under a questionable sports agent who proffers promises of golden dreams while exploiting their talents. This ‘deal with a devil’ is a literal chance of a lifetime for these young men, their families welfare depends on their success. As they navigate immigration and the ulterior motives of handlers, each man finds an unexpected path forward to a better life.
- Year2020
- Runtime84 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCuba
- PremiereSoutheast US
- DirectorSami Khan, Michael Gassert
- ProducerJonathan Miller, Sami Khan, and Michael Gassert
- CinematographerJonathan Miller, Michael Gassert
- EditorCarla Gutierrez, Mark Becker