Cherri

This poignant, melancholic character study promotes respect for diverse body types.

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Credits

  • Director-screenwriter

    Fabian Suarez

  • With

    Juan Miguel Más, Noslen Sánchez, Roberto Díaz Gomar

  • Cuba-Guatemala-Mexico 2025. 82min

  • Courtesy of

    Habanero Film Sales

  • Language

    Spanish

    With English subtitles

Introduction

Cherri, an obese ballet choreographer, leads a troupe at a Havana weight-loss clinic while caring for his disabled husband and grappling with an obsessive crush on Tim, a manipulative young security guard. Through Fabian Suarez’s compassionate lens, we enter Cherri’s interior world, exploring how desire, rejection and self-doubt are shaped by the world around him.

Darren Jones

Content advice

Contains scenes of nudity and sex.

Contains homophobic attitudes and language.

How to book

BFI Flare tickets start from £10, with concessions available for many screenings and discounts for BFI Members. Booking information and ticket prices.

If you’re aged 16 to 25, sign up for free to BFI 25 and Under for a chance to get £6 tickets to all screenings and events (subject to availability).

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