Set in Sierra Maestra, where Fidel Castro’s revolution began, this musical documentary pivots on a young doctor‘, El Medico’, attempting to fulfill his dream of becoming a‘ Cubaton’?a Cuban Reggaeton. Singer/songwriter El Medico is completing his public service when he meets music video producer Michael. Their first dance song together‘, Chupa Chupa’, is an instant hit but in order to reach a worldwide audience, a sexier song is needed, and El Medico must give up his goal of becoming a doctor. The film’s strengths are not just its delightful dances but in how it guides us to reflect upon the principles of the Cuban revolution in a nation flooded with waves of capitalism. The problem is a pointed one, and well manifested by the main character’s option to film a showy music video in Revolution Square. As an avid Castro supporter, El Medico’s mother reminds him of his debt to the revolution, his compatriots, and Cuba’s world-renowned medical system, rendering El Medico’s performance of the raditionally influenced‘ Cubaton’, all the more compelling. (RHEE, Soue-won)