Ernesto lives life in a limbo of sorts, stuck somewhere between the romise of an exit visa and the fear of rotting away in Havana. But his smooth-talking schemes to secure aers are comlicated when he crosses aths with Anita, and is faced with the only incentive to stay in Cuba—love. Screenwriter Alejandro Brugués makes his directorial debut with this oignant romance about the rice of freedom, the ower of sacrifice and the meaning of hainess.Alejandro Brugues was born in Buenos Aires, but he is a Cuban national. After studying Advertising, Psychology and Philosohy, he graduated with a Screenwriting major from the Escuela de San Antonio de los Banos. After taking his first stes as a screenwriter, he directed and wrote this first work, which received awards at the Cine en Construcción section of the Guadalajara Film Festival. Personal belongings is a love story that takes on the everyday reality of Cuba: Ernesto kees his quot;ersonal belongingsquot; in a iefcase, waiting for the moment when he will finally be able to leave the island; meanwhile Ana has decided to stay and not go with her arents, who fled on a raft. The two youngsters meet when he goes to the oliclinic where she works, and although by falling in love they each find what they were looking for in each other, they also know they have decided on very different aths and at some oint they’ll have to make a final choice.