City in Red

City in Red

2009 · 90 min · History, Drama

A 2009 Cuban drama by Rebeca Chávez taking place in Santiago de Cuba at the beginning of revolution. In the late 1950s, the city of Santiago de Cuba was afire, the site of some of the fiercest resistance to the murderous dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. The film's narrative unfolds over 24 hours in the lives of several youthful members of the underground as they confront their own uncertainty about the morality of armed struggle and the necessity of severing bonds that had seemed unbreakable.

Directed by Rebeca Chávez

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Carlos Enrique Almirante Rolando
Yoraisi Gómez Raquel
María Teresa García Mujer clandestina
Carlos Barba Salva Hombre clandestino
Leonardo Benítez Carlín
Rafael Ernesto Hernández
Eman Xor Oña

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