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I Am Cuba

1964

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I Am Cuba

Genre: Drama

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Runtime: 141 min

Average vote: 7.9

Release date: 1964-10-26

Production Countries: CU, SU

Director: Mikhail Kalatozov

Writer: Enrique Pineda Barnet

Writer: Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Music: Carlos Fariñas

Plot:

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.

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