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Actors prepare for the filming of a scene from Cuban director Marilyn Soraya's movie "Vestido de Novia", by the sea off Havana's seafront boulevard 'El Malecon'
Actors prepare for the filming of a scene from Cuban director Marilyn Soraya's movie "Vestido de Novia" , by the sea off Havana's seafront boulevard 'El Malecon' May 21, 2013. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)
An actor lies on a makeshift raft during a break between scenes during the filming of Cuban director Marilyn Soraya's movie "Vestido de Novia", off Havana's seafront boulevard 'El Malecon'
An actor lies on a makeshift raft during a break between scenes during the filming of Cuban director Marilyn Soraya's movie "Vestido de Novia" , off Havana's seafront boulevard 'El Malecon' May 21, 2013. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)
Actors sit on a makeshift raft during the filming of Cuban director Marilyn Soraya's movie "Vestido de Novia", off Havana's seafront boulevard 'El Malecon'
Actors sit on a makeshift raft during the filming of Cuban director Marilyn Soraya's movie "Vestido de Novia" , off Havana's seafront boulevard 'El Malecon' May 21, 2013. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)
