Hidden away in the Soviet archives for three decades, "I Am Cuba" is a wildly schizophrenic celebration of Communist kitsch, mixing Slavic solemnity with Latin sensuality -- a whirling, feverish dance through both the sensuous decadence of ...
moreHidden away in the Soviet archives for three decades, "I Am Cuba" is a wildly schizophrenic celebration of Communist kitsch, mixing Slavic solemnity with Latin sensuality -- a whirling, feverish dance through both the sensuous decadence of Batista's Havana and the grinding poverty and oppression of the Cuban people. In four stories of the revolution, Mikhail Kalatov's astonishingly acrobatic camera takes the viewer on a rapturous roller-coaster ride of bathing beauties, landless peasants, fascist police, and student revolutionaries.
GENRE: Drama
MPAA RATING: No Rating
RUN TIME: 141 minutes
RELEASE DATE: March 8, 1995
STARRING: Sergio Corrieri
, Jose Gallardo
, Raul Garcia
, Luz Maria Collazo
, Celia Rodriguez
DIRECTOR(S): Mikheil Kalatozishvili
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WRITER(S): Enrique Pineda Barnet, Yevgeni Yevtushenko
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