I Am Cuba
(1964)
Overview
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.
Director
Mikhail Kalatozov
Writers
Enrique Pineda Barnet, Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Top Billed
Sergio Corrieri
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Reviews
CinemaSerf
⭐ 7/10June 4, 2026
If you are ever going to watch a film that shows just how the seeds of revolution can germinate, then this is probably it. Using four separate scenarios, we follow the iniquities of a society that is crying out for change - but just not neccessarily coherently. It's that lack of cohesion that has hitherto allowed the Batista government to cling to power, but might we be about to see the joining up of those oppressed in both the countryside and th… read the rest.
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Status
Released
Original Language
ES
Budget
$600,000
Revenue
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