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The Cuban punk rockers who intentionally gave themselves HIV/AIDS: 'Los Frikis' tells their story

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"Los Frikis" is a coming-of-age movie set in Cuba during the early 1990s AIDS epidemic.

The film is based on true events, based on punk rockers who self-injected themselves with HIV.

The movie stars Adria Arjona , Héctor Medina and Eros de la Puente .

The actors said they prepared for the film by speaking to a sanitarium doctor who now lives in the United States .

“Los Frikis” releases in New York and Los Angeles on Friday and select movie theaters nationwide Dec. 25 .

“You don’t need many things to have everything,” de la Puente said of the movement.

The film is set to be released in select theaters nationwide December 25 .