Ava: Forty-Eight Hours in the Life of Ava Gardner

1954. The actress Ava Gardner spends a few days in Cuba

after shooting her hit film The Barefoot Contessa.

Ava’s agent tries desperately to reach her with an offer she’ll likely

not refuse: a tour around the world to promote the film. Ava accepts,

and the tour begins in South America. Everything’s going off without

a hitch. Hordes of fans greet Ava wherever she goes. The drinks are

flowing at parties thrown in her honor. But then she reaches

Rio de Janeiro, where it all takes a turn for the worse…