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I Am Cuba
A study in contrasts set in and around Havana that explores Cuba's 1959 revolution: a young woman's fascination with the excess of an American-owned casino leads to her downfall in the eyes of her street vendor boyfriend; a tenant farmer revolts the only way he knows how, attacking the land he works; university students gain first-hand knowledge of political upheaval; and, in the hills outside the city, the members of a poor peasant family are patriotically swept up into the burgeoning revolt.
1964 · Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov · 141 min · Drama · 37 frames
Crew
- Written by: Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Enrique Pineda Barnet
- Cinematography: Sergei Urusevsky
- Music: Carlos Fariñas
- Production design: Yevgeni Svidetelev
Cast
- Sergio Corrieri as Alberto
- Salvador Wood as Mariano
- José Gallardo as Pedro
- Raúl García as Enrique
- Luz María Collazo as Maria / Betty
- Jean Bouise as Jim
- Alberto Morgan as Ángel
- Fausto Mirabal
- Roberto García York as American Activist
- María de las Mercedes Díez
Production
- Country: Cuba, Soviet Union
- Language: English, Russian, Spanish
- Studios: ICAIC, Mosfilm
- Budget: $600,000
- Themes: rebellion, police, cuba, propaganda, peace, peasant, surrealism, cuban revolution, anthology, wealth
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