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Wasp Network, is a movie that flows more as a documentary than a movie. The story told is that of a specific time period in Cuban history. It covers the early 90s portrait of a time of difficulty for the Cuban people in the island. For many basic necessities were hard to find during this time, it is referred to as the "periodo especial" or special period, because of the difficulties of the time. But the movie is not about the struggle for the Cuban people to survive. It is instead a very specific event in history, that of a group of Cubans who infiltrate anti-Castro groups in Miami to try and figure out their plans against the Cuban government. The story mostly follows Rene, played by Edgar Ramirez, and his wife Olga, played by Penelope Cruz. Both actors gave solid performances. Cruz turns every moment on the screen to her favor with an incredible range and strength unmatched. Pieces of storytelling are put together to tell the story, which seems to me as an unbiased. The problem is that as a story it is difficult to grasp it's meaning for the Cuban people if you are not familiar with the story. And on the other hand, if you are familiar with the story you might come to it with a biased opinion and you would find it difficult to isolate this story from history. After all, that is what directors do, they tell stories, they are not historians. Overall it is a cinematic representation of a historical event, imperfect but honest and leaves the viewers questioning what we think we know.