I Am Cuba fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, light on feelings.
Tense and spectacular
Moving and melancholic
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
History, politics, and society
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction
Standout cinematography and visual style
A distinctive visual signature.
Tense and spectacular
I Am Cuba is tense, spectacular, and violent.
Moving and melancholic
Emotionally, it's moving, melancholic, and cathartic.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
History, politics, and society
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around history, politics, and society. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout cinematography and visual style
A distinctive visual signature.
Look and sound: the cinematography and visual style stand out.
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I Am Cuba is included with a subscription to Kino Film Collection in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy and Hoopla. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 89/100 (IMDb 8.2, Rotten Tomatoes 100%, and Metacritic 91). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: violence.
2 h 21 min
I Am Cuba runs 2 h 21 min.
Not quite. Critics rate I Am Cuba higher (96) than audiences (85). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in Spanish, with some English, Russian. Produced in Cuba, Russia.
GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for I Am Cuba in 4 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 21 storytelling tropes for I Am Cuba, including The Call Knows Where You Live, Empathy Doll Shot, Narrator.
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