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Tag Archives: Cuba
Viva (2015) Paddy Breathnach, Héctor Medina, Jorge Perugorría, Luis Alberto García
When everything is for sale, what’s the value of love? Jesus does make up for a troupe of drag Read More »
Stronger Than Love AKA Más fuerte que el amor (1955) Tulio Demicheli, Jorge Mistral, Miroslava, Néstor de Barbosa
Young industrialist with a working-class background forces his way into the old-money society that’s trying to shut him out. Read More »
One Way or Another AKA De cierta manera (1977) Sara Gómez, Mario Balmaseda, Yolanda Cuéllar, Mario Limonta
In Miraflores, Cuba, the growing romance between Mario, a factory worker, and Yolanda Read More »
Stories of the Revolution AKA Historias de la revolución (1960) Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Bertina Acevedo, Enrique Fong, Miriam Gómez
A film about the Cuban Revolution told from three different perspectives. Read More »
Turbulence AKA Estorvo (2000) Ruy Guerra, Jorge Perugorría, Bianca Byington, Suzana Ribeiro
After a restless night HE is awoken by his doorbell insistently ringing. Read More »
The First Charge of the Machete AKA La primera carga al machete (1969) Manuel Octavio Gómez, Adolfo Llauradó, José Rodríguez, Idalia Anreus
The film documents an episode of the battle between Cuban rebels and the Spanish army Read More »
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings AKA Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes (1988) Fernando Birri, Daisy Granados, Asdrúbal Meléndez, Luis Alberto Ramírez
An elderly man with wings is blown off course during a tropical storm in this symbolic fantasy. Read More »
A Cuban Fight Against Demons AKA Una pelea cubana contra los demonios (1972) Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, José Antonio Rodríguez, Raúl Pomares, Silvano Rey
In 1672 Cuban revolutionaries launch an uprising against the Spanish who are occupying the country. Read More »
Death of a Bureaucrat AKA La muerte de un burócrata (1966) Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Salvador Wood, Silvia Planas, Manuel Estanillo
A Cuban worker dies accidentally and is buried together with his union card. Read More »
The Days of Water AKA Los días del agua (1971) Manuel Octavio Gómez, Idalia Anreus, Raúl Pomares, Adolfo Llauradó
Based on actual events that occurred in 1936 in Pinar Del Río, a province in Cuba Read More »
Guantanamera (1995) Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío, Carlos Cruz, Mirta Ibarra, Jorge Perugorría
It is a satire about life in Cuba. The members of a funeral procession and some truck drivers Read More »
Hello Hemingway (1990) Fernando Pérez, Laura De la Uz, Raúl Paz, Herminia Sánchez
A young girl’s academic asperation conflict with her family’s struggle against poverty. Read More »
Viva Cuba (2005) Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti, Iraida Malberti Cabrera, Malú Tarrau Broche, Jorge Milo, Luisa María Jiménez Rodríquez
In a tale akin to Romeo and Juliet, the friendship between two children Read More »
Madrigal (2007) Fernando Pérez, Carlos Enrique Almirante, Liety Chaviano, Ana de Armas, Luis Alberto García
Madrigal is dedicated to René Clair. Why? In 1955, this French director made Read More »