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Four young Cuban artists choose to stay in Cuba amid the country’s largest migration crisis. LA RETAGUARDIA offers an intimate portrait of those who stay behind, watch their loved ones leave, and continue shaping the identity of a generation they fear is fading away.

Against the backdrop of a holiday camp and a toxic “boys’ club”, the friendship between Elias and Laurent is put to the test during brutal initiation rites. Caught between the desire to belong and loyalty to others, they will have to navigate through their insecurities linked to the social construction of their gender in order to assert their place among the group.

Jirka rents a room in his Prague apartment to a bodybuilding tourist who constantly trains all over the city. Jirka can’t help but spy on this mysterious visitor, but quickly realizes he might be the one getting spied on.