Yul Vázquez, Cheryl Umaña, José Zúñiga and Bryanna Marie Felipe to Star in Cuban American Indie Feature ‘1972’

Filmmakers for the Cuban American indie feature 1972 have lined up four leads, naming Yul Vázquez, Cheryl Umaña, José Zúñiga and newcomer Bryanna Marie Felipe to star in the project. Deadline reported that the casting announcement arrives as the film reaches the end of its principal photography schedule in Los Angeles, with production wrapping after shoots in the city.

Vázquez is set to appear in 1972 following recent credits including Severance and Will Trent, according to the report. Cheryl Umaña, also described as appearing in The Pitt and All American, has been cast alongside him, while Zúñiga is slated to join the ensemble after credits that include Twilight and Griselda.

The announcement also highlights Bryanna Marie Felipe as a newcomer to lead the cast. Deadline did not provide additional details in its brief report about Felipe’s prior screen work or the specific character each actor will play, but it characterized the group as the principal lead lineup for the film.

The movie is being produced as an indie feature by Nil Novi, which is credited by Deadline as the film’s producing entity. Deadline’s report did not disclose a budget range, a release window, or distribution plans, focusing instead on the casting and the production timeline.

Production wrapped after the film shot in Los Angeles, the report said, situating the project within a local production environment rather than an out-of-state location shoot. Deadline did not provide further location specifics or the dates of the Los Angeles production schedule beyond indicating that filming had concluded.

The film’s title, 1972, indicates a period-specific framing, but Deadline’s account did not include plot specifics, character backstories, or the creative premise in the casting notice. As a result, additional information about the storyline and how each character connects to the film’s themes would need to be confirmed by later studio or production announcements.

Deadline’s exclusive report positions the cast names as the next step in the film’s development cycle following production wrap, a stage that typically follows principal photography and precedes post-production work such as editing, sound mixing, and any visual effects. The cast lineup will likely guide subsequent materials for investors, festivals and buyers, but those downstream milestones were not detailed in the initial announcement.