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I Am Cuba (1964)

I Am Cuba (1964)

Drama
Release Date: 1964, October 26
Directors: Mikhail Kalatozov
Countries: Cuba, Soviet Union
Production: ICAIC, Mosfilm
Cast: Jean Bouise, Raul Gomez, Luz María Collazo, Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Wood, Luisa María Jiménez Rodríquez, Aramís Delgado, Raquel Revuelta, Alberto Morgan, Roberto García York, Mario González Broche, Pepe Ramírez

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

propaganda police rebellion surrealism wealth cuba black and white peasant university anthology peace havana, cuba cuban revolution