Night of the Tiger

A dive into the depths of a terrible era, during the darkest political history of Argentina.

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INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY

Claudio Hofmann

2012, Cuba.

Claudio Hofmann, a suave, rich, reputable, German-Suisse businessman, lives in a mansion, in the once privileged zone of Havana's El Laguito. His wife, Celeste, a much younger, beautiful French woman, runs a charitable foundation funded by her husband and enjoys the favors of the diplomatic corps in the island.

At least that's the official version.

Jonathan, a well known British war photographer believes Herr Hofmann is in fact an Argentinian former torturer from the dark period of the 70's military dictatorship, guilty of terrible crimes, including HIS PARENTS torture and murder, when he was just a boy.

NOW, He has come to Havana to unmask the murderer and take his revenge.

Celeste

Jonathan

Ambassador Sinclair

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Jorge Cano, a former argentinian high-ranking naval officer and notorious tormentor of prisoners during Argentina’s 1970'S dirty war, disappeared after the fall of the regime. presumed dead, he was judged in absentia for crimes against humanity, and given a fIFty-FIVE-Year sentence.

Jonathan keating, an award-winning British war photographer who, as a child, saw the man responsible for the arrest and murder of his Argentinian parents, believes the man living a privileged life in Havana, Cuba, under the name Claudio Hofmann, is the same man.

jonathan accepts an invitation from the British Ambassador and ARRIVES IN cuba, ostensibly to exhibit and auction some of his most celebrated works for charity.

When he falls in love with Hofmann’s young, beautiful french wife, things take a darker turn, and his attempt to unmask the murderer has far-reaching and more horrific consequences than he bargained for...

Hofmann's mansion

Locations

The film will be shot mostly in Cuba and a few short sequences in London. Mostly with British and French actors in the leads, plus some local talent. Set partly in the former diplomatic quarter and Old Havana, the film offers an opportunity to showcase Havana's decaying yet beautiful colonial architecture, including tobacco tycoon Marc Pollack's Mansion, built in 1930. The Writer-Director has thoroughly scouted this project, and the following are visual references and locations, many of them already cleared, which will certainly lend their beauty and authenticity to the film.

A selection roughly in the order of story: