I Am Cuba

I Am Cuba

For you, I am the casino, the bar, the hotels. But the hands of these children and old people, are also me.

1964 · 141 min · ★ 7.9 · Drama

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.

Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov · Written by Enrique Pineda Barnet

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Sergio Corrieri Alberto
Salvador Wood Mariano
José Gallardo Pedro
Raúl García Enrique
Luz María Collazo Maria / Betty
Jean Bouise Jim
Alberto Morgan Ángel
Fausto Mirabal
Roberto García York American Activist
María de las Mercedes Díez
Bárbara Domínguez
Jesús del Monte

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