Cuba / 2019 / 60mins / Documentary / Spanish and French

Real Maravilloso (RM) is Marvelous Realism: it is a way of life in Cuba, when the possibilities of being are open to the unexpected and magical existence. Real Maravilloso tries to understand and decipher the very notion of the term Magical Realism/Real Maravilloso and its impact across Caribbean nations.

Raynald Leconte

Haitian-born Raynald Leconte, is a film director and producer. Leconte currently resides in New York City and through his UN background, has lived in Africa, Europe and South America. He earned a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Boston University. He was trained as an actor at Lee Strasberg in NYC and participated in several Off-Off-Broadway productions. A serial entrepreneur, Raynald has over twenty years of experience in media and technology. His corporate work for top media companies like CBS, among others was the springboard for his successful launch of three new media start-ups: Krysp Imaging Solutions, where he launched pop artist, Peter Max into the digital age, Screeny Media and Syndicated Radio Shows, where he produced “Live from San Francisco: It's Barbara Rodgers” which aired on Clear Channel Green 960 radio, the 4th largest radio market in the US. Raynald’s first major film In the Eye of the Spiral, was winner of the BAFF “Best Documentary Feature” in NYC November 2014, narrated by Annie Lennox music with Brian Eno. His 2018 film Real Maravilloso is a tour de force, engaging the world with Cuba’s Marvelous Realism literary movement through the legacy of Alejo Carpentier into Cuba’s current realism. Real Maravilloso has won multiple film festival's Best Feature Documentary award. Raynald’s vision is to continue to create a series of documentary films in emerging markets by showcasing the extent to which aesthetics and history have no borders. Learn More