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I Am Cuba

1964Movie2 h 21 min

Drama
89
ExcellentGoodWatch score
IMDb8.2Letterboxd4.5/5Metacritic918.1Rotten Tomatoes100%91%
89
ExcellentGoodWatch score
IMDb8.2Letterboxd4.5/5Metacritic918.1Rotten Tomatoes100%91%

Summary

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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  • Friends night
  • Thought-provoking
  • Adults

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  • Holds up a mirror.
  • Feasts your eyes.
  • Weighs on you.
  • Breaks your heart.
  • Draws you into power games.

Not for warmth, laughs or comfort.

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Epic Tracking Shotin 601 titlesThe film's main claim to fame, as it is filled with epic tracking shots that would individually highlight any other movie."Ugly American" Stereotypein 123 titlesUnsurprisingly for a Soviet propaganda film, arrogant, crude Americans exploit the locals economically and sexually.All 21 tropes

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