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I Am Cuba

I Am Cuba

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 26, 1964

Runtime

2h 20m

Genres

Drama

User Score

78%

Original Title

Soy Cuba

Production Companies

ICAIC, Mosfilm

Director

Mikhail Kalatozov

Description

Four vignettes on the lives of the Cuban people in the pre-revolutionary era. In Havana, Maria is ashamed when a man she loves discovers how she makes a living. Pedro, an old farmer, discovers that the land he cultivates is being sold to an American company. A student sees his friends attacked by the police while they distribute leaflets supporting Fidel Castro. Finally, a peasant family is threatened by Batista's army.