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Manuel Octavio Gómez

Born November 14, 1934 · Havana, Cuba

Died January 2, 1988 · aged 53

Manuel Octavio Gómez was a Cuban film director and screenwriter, recognized for his contributions to Cuban cinema during the post-revolutionary period. He began his career in the 1960s, directing documentaries and short films that reflected the social and political changes in Cuba. Gómez's notable works include La primera carga al machete (1969), a film depicting the Cuban War of Independence, and…

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Mella

MovieDramaHistory

Experimental historical film, with documentary elements. A study of the conceptual development of the young hero Julio Antonio Mella, founder of the Communist Party of Cuba, from the process of the Student Reforms to his assassination in Mexico at the age of 25, in the arms of the Italian photographer Tina Modotti.

Tulipa

Tulipa, an old strip-teaser from a traveling circus, is replaced by a younger, more wild woman. She must teach the job to her successor or cling to an act that she values as true art.

Gallego

Gallego · 1988

An adolescent leaves his homeland to emigrate to Cuba in 1916. The film covers his life until the 1960s and at the same time reflects on the history of the country that becomes his second homeland.

Patakin Means Fable

Patakin Means Fable · 1985

Patakin Means Fable

MovieComedyMusic

Socialist musical comedy made in Cuba

This Is Our Land

This Is Our Land · 1959

This Is Our Land

MovieDocumentary

The unfair distribution of land in Cuba encourages the support of the peasants to the revolution.

Ustedes tienen la palabra

Ustedes tienen la palabra · 1973

Ustedes tienen la palabra

Rebuild, in the same place of events, a trial held in 1969 to four men, accused of sabotage for having caused the fire of a forest plan that caused the death of eight people and large material losses. At the same time, it analyzes retrospectively the circumstances that contributed to the occurrence of the crime.

La tierra y el cielo

La tierra y el cielo · 1977

La tierra y el cielo

Pedro, a young black man born into a family of Haitians who emigrated to Cuba, returns to his town and notes the changes that the new times have brought.

The First Charge of the Machete

The First Charge of the Machete · 1969

The First Charge of the Machete

Cuban peasants wield machetes in a violent uprising against Spanish authorities in the late 19th century.

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Mella

MovieDramaHistory

Experimental historical film, with documentary elements. A study of the conceptual development of the young hero Julio Antonio Mella, founder of the Communist Party of Cuba, from the process of the Student Reforms to his assassination in Mexico at the age of 25, in the arms of the Italian photographer Tina Modotti.

Writer

Tulipa

Tulipa, an old strip-teaser from a traveling circus, is replaced by a younger, more wild woman. She must teach the job to her successor or cling to an act that she values as true art.

Director

Gallego

Gallego · 1988

An adolescent leaves his homeland to emigrate to Cuba in 1916. The film covers his life until the 1960s and at the same time reflects on the history of the country that becomes his second homeland.

Director

Patakin Means Fable

Patakin Means Fable · 1985

Patakin Means Fable

MovieComedyMusic

Socialist musical comedy made in Cuba

Writer

This Is Our Land

This Is Our Land · 1959

This Is Our Land

MovieDocumentary

The unfair distribution of land in Cuba encourages the support of the peasants to the revolution.

First Assistant Director

Ustedes tienen la palabra

Ustedes tienen la palabra · 1973

Ustedes tienen la palabra

Rebuild, in the same place of events, a trial held in 1969 to four men, accused of sabotage for having caused the fire of a forest plan that caused the death of eight people and large material losses. At the same time, it analyzes retrospectively the circumstances that contributed to the occurrence of the crime.

Director

La tierra y el cielo

La tierra y el cielo · 1977

La tierra y el cielo

Pedro, a young black man born into a family of Haitians who emigrated to Cuba, returns to his town and notes the changes that the new times have brought.

Director

The First Charge of the Machete

The First Charge of the Machete · 1969

The First Charge of the Machete

Cuban peasants wield machetes in a violent uprising against Spanish authorities in the late 19th century.

Director