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I Am Cuba

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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.
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Visually absorbing and formally audacious, I Am Cuba (Soy Cuba) opens a long-buried time capsule that has lost none of its captivating power.

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Ed Gonzalez Slant Magazine 11/17/2007
4/4
I Am Cuba is a cinephile's wet dream, a collage of Herculean feats of technical wizardry that would be easy to dismiss if it wasn't so humane. Go to Full Review Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader 09/17/2007
Some of the most exhilarating camera movements and most luscious black-and-white cinematography you'll ever see inhabit this singular, delirious 141-minute communist propaganda epic. Go to Full Review David Parkinson Empire Magazine 12/30/2006
4/5
Politically nave maybe, but it works beautifully as straight cinema. Go to Full Review David Harris Spectrum Culture 11/13/2024
With Donald Trump set to return to power, I Am Cuba may be a difficult watch, especially for those unwilling to surrender their freedom to a self-proclaimed “strongman.” Go to Full Review Michael J. Casey Metro Arts 04/26/2024
4/5
Invigorating cinema. Go to Full Review Mattie Lucas From the Front Row 04/24/2024
4/4
One of the most extraordinary pieces of revolutionary propaganda ever produced, as vibrant and vital as anything the Soviets released during the silent era. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Simon T @Bucksplit Jan 14 An unequivocal masterpiece: humane, technically astonishing, and deservedly celebrated. Several different stories - an abused young woman, an old sugar cane worker, a fearful young revolutionary and finally a poor farmer provoked by bombings into taking up arms - coalesce under the banner 'Soy Cuba': 'I am Cuba'. How appropriate that this extraordinarily beautiful and compassionate work should be directed by a Russian. See more Stephen C @bob25009 Jun 8 Success in 2 hours and 21 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dubbed and subtitled in worldwide studios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more 11/11/2021 The quotes, long shots, camerawork and script are the most powerful poetry of pictures that I've seen. 9/10 See more 03/08/2021 Though being an part of soviet propaganda undoubtedly, the film is so masterfully crafted and filmed it nevertheless brings a lot of thought and shows off the life of cubans of the period as it was probably never showed. See more Leaburn O @RT35452347 01/09/2021 The three stars comprise an average of the five star cinematography, which is absolutely superb and the one star for content. It's woeful propaganda and only the first story has the power to transcend the transparently nonsense political message. See more s r @ScottR 04/07/2020 Unique and special. Cuba under Castro and the things they highlight are neat. TCM See more Read all reviews
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Mikhail Kalatozov

Director

Luz María Collazo

Maria

Jean Bouise

Jim

Sergio Corrieri

Alberto

José Gallardo

Pedro

Raul Garcia

Enrique

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Synopsis 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.
Director
Mikhail Kalatozov
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Spanish
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 8, 1995, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Sep 15, 2009
Runtime
2h 21m
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