Visual poetry... I loved this clip, every second of it!

Very touching and sad movie where words are not necessary! How many Cubans have died this way we will never know. After 46 years of putting Cubans through hell, fidel should be drowned in a public ceremony off the malecon.

I liked it a lot. I'm left wondering why the old man didn't take the truck. The younger man presumably intended for him to have it. He was showing him how to drive it. I mean, unless I took the name of the film too literally. There's also a scene where the older man is pointing out to the ocean. Perhaps it is he who is giving the "lesson". Either way it's very moving. The music is perfect.

beautiful. thanks for sharing.

Very nicely done. Sad story. Happy Father's Day.

Not only a wonderful and moving short story, but of the highest professional quality. Well done, in every sense of that term.

Where was the film shot? It is a moving story, but if they had added a day later...at sea. We can only imagine how many chose such a path to follow...

This is a deeply moving film. Thanks for posting it.
Wouldn't the title have resonated deeper by having the friend who stays behind use the driving lesson the freedom seeker gave him? Or is the point of the film to be ambiguous by leaving it unclear as to whether or not the friend left behind in the Cuban gulag will learn the real driving lesson of his friend?
The cinematic style, the wordless narrative, and the simple music all work to this a real treat. I would ask the director/producer as well, why no Cuban style music was chosen? Again, perhaps the goal was to universalize the story and not have it 'simply' be a Cuban story.
But those are questions, not negatives.
I really enjoy it and am happy to have seen it.

The use of black and white (unless there's something wrong with my computer), the music, the lack of words. It sets the mood perfectly. Perhaps the older man not taking the car and walking instead symbolizes his own long journey, much like the younger man's journey across the sea. Perhaps the older man wanted to leave everything as it was when the younger man left.

Regardless, it is a great short film and if it doesn't move you to tears, there must be something wrong with you!

What struck me is the joy in the younger mans eyes. He setting off to sea in an innertube. What are his chances? And he's happy, because he is leaving, getting out of the Gulag! I think Jose's idea is great. Make sure there are plenty of sharks. Great moving film.

Thank you.

and the kicker, that's sonic youth's guitar playerdoing the music.

now help me get this straight, isnt that the 'hey cool thang" badn that hates republicans and has antiBush breaksintheir sets?

Oh I forgot,theyre against ALL oppressive govt's...riiiiight.

AWESOME

Una maravilla!!
I hope we get to see the large version...

I think the old man walks instead because since he had just "lost" his great friend (or brother)nothing could stop that pain inside his heart, not even the great luxury of having a car in Cuba, an impossible dream for most Cubans.
Also the movie could be a metaphor of the younger man having a possibility of a future and dreams come true, while the old man's stays in the country were even dreams are forbidden.

Thanks for sharing. I will think of this often.