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I Am Cuba

1964 • 2h21m Drama

Rating

7.8/10

Popularity

7

Four vignettes on the lives of the Cuban people in the pre-revolutionary era. In Havana, Maria is ashamed when a man she loves discovers how she makes a living. Pedro, an old farmer, discovers that the land he cultivates is being sold to an American company. A student sees his friends attacked by the police while they distribute leaflets supporting Fidel Castro. Finally, a peasant family is threatened by Batista's army.

Details

Director

Mikhail Kalatozov

Screenplay

Enrique Pineda Barnet

Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Cast

Sergio Corrieri

Salvador Wood

José Gallardo

Release date

10/26/1964

Status

Released

Origin country

CU

SU

Vote count

238