a special period, this is what they call in Cuba the phase during which Cuba could not expect help from anywhere and had to survive on its own. What happened to the aging "bearded men" who experienced the fall of the USSR, the bankruptcy of Venezuela and the death of the "eternal" Fidel? What motivates the new generation of Cuban revolutionaries to continue the struggle? What do Cubans sing and dream about on the small island of freedom in the ocean of capitalism?