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Tag Archives: Cuba
Stories of the Revolution (1960)

A film about the Cuban Revolution told from three different perspectives. Read More »
Turbulence (2000) Estorvo – Ruy Guerra

After a restless night HE is awoken by his doorbell insistently ringing. Read More »
The First Charge of the Machete / 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 / 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 »
Death of a Bureaucrat (1966) Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

A Cuban worker dies accidentally and is buried together with his union card. Read More »
The Days of Water (1971) Los días del agua

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 »
Strawberry and Chocolate / Fresa y chocolate (1993) Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío, Jorge Perugorría, Vladimir Cruz, Mirta Ibarra

Diego, a cultivated, homosexual and skeptical young man, falls in love with a young heterosexual communist Read More »
Plácido: The Blood of a Poet / Plácido (1986) Sergio Giral, Miguel Benavides, Orlando Casín, Mireya Chapman

A powerful drama portraying the dramatic story of Gabriel de la Concepcion Valdes (Placido) Read More »
Cuban Love AKA Kyûba no koibito (1969) Kazuo Kuroki, Masahiko Tsugawa, Obdulia Plasencia, Gloria Lee

A Japanese sailor arrives in Cuba, willing to know the country and meet its people Read More »
I Am Cuba AKA Soy Cuba (1964) Mikhail Kalatozov, Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Wood, José Gallardo

This study of Cuba–partially written by renowned poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko–captures the island just before Read More »