In the late 80s and the first half of the 90s, Punk culture spread in Cuba. Cuban Punks took the name Frikis and saw in music and that lifestyle an instrument of protest against the government of Fidel Castro and a way to express the anger of a generation. Being a Frikis meant being labeled as a homosexual, a drug addict, a thief, a prostitute and above all a "counter-revolutionary". The Frikis were poor in the barrel, repressed by the regime and excluded from any form of protection and paid dearly for their choices, suffering continuous violence from the police. The spread of punk culture in Cuba coincided with a real social and health crisis: the spread of AIDS.
Two stories that will intertwine with each other, in an extreme choice in the name of absolute freedom. But as Pablo, Miguel, Lazaro, Adoracion and Deiene will discover, freedom always comes at a price.
Dario Custagliola lyrics
Drawings by Antonello Cosentino, Fabio Baldolini, Fabrizio Castano, Elisa Bisignano and Jacopo Vanni
Colors by Francesco Montalbano.