A young couple find out that their parents (her father end his mother) are having a romance. All the problems begin here because the young couple can't accept this relationship. If such a moment does finally occur in Cuban film, it will probably first appear in a comedy, for it is in this genre that the most energetic and creative work seems to be taking place. Rolando Diaz's THE BIRDS ARE SHOOTING THE SHOTGUN (LOS PAJAROS TIRANDOLE A LA ESCOPETA) has been a commercially successful comedy. Its plot elaborates the complications that occur when a young man becomes irrationally upset when he discovers his mother is having an affair with his fiancée's father. The film pokes fun at macho roles and is cleverly shot with narrative developments often shown visually, while the soundtrack plays music and witty lyrics by the new band Van Van. It uses comedy to deliver a now-familiar Cuban film message — that men have to learn how to change in order to create better relationships.