The Survivors
A bourgeois Cuban family of aristocratic origin locks itself into its mansion when the Cuban Revolution comes to power, waiting for the new regime to be overthrown. As time passes, they regress to older and older systems of political order, from capitalism to feudalism to "primitive savagery." Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017.
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The Survivors
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Jan 6, 1979
Runtime
2h 10m
Genres
Drama
User Score
69%
Original Title
Los sobrevivientes
Production Companies
ICAIC
Director
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Description
A bourgeois Cuban family of aristocratic origin locks itself into its mansion when the Cuban Revolution comes to power, waiting for the new regime to be overthrown. As time passes, they regress to older and older systems of political order, from capitalism to feudalism to "primitive savagery." Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017.
