I Am Cuba

Name: Soy Cuba
Genre: Drama
Duration: 2 h 21 min
Rating: 8.2
Cast: Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Wood, José Gallardo

Original title: Soy Cuba

IMDb RATING

8.2/10

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Drama

Four vignettes about the lives of the Cuban people set during the pre-revolutionary era.Four vignettes about the lives of the Cuban people set during the pre-revolutionary era.Four vignettes about the lives of the Cuban people set during the pre-revolutionary era.

Director
- Mikhail Kalatozov
Writers
- Enrique Pineda Barnet
- Yevgeniy Yevtushenko
Stars

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IMDb RATING

8.2/10

11K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Mikhail Kalatozov
Writers
- Enrique Pineda Barnet
- Yevgeniy Yevtushenko
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination

Trivia
The now famous long take that begins at the top of the hotel, then winds around and down into the swimming pool, originally come out of the water and continued. The camera was hand held, passed from crew member to crew member, to make its way down the side of the hotel into the pool. The camera lens had been equipped with a high speed, spinning glass disk taken from a submarine periscope. The spinning disk was installed to fling water drops off of the lens when the camera emerged from the swimming pool at the end of the shot. Much to the disappointment of the camera crew, director Mikhail Kalatozov cut the end of the take, ending it underwater.

Goofs
When Enrique gets to the top of the high-rise building he gains access to the roof by stepping through a window with a broken pane of glass. When he returns, the pane in same window is unbroken.

Quotes
Pedro: I used to think the most terrifying thing in life is death. Now I know the most terrifying thing in life is life.

Connections
Featured in Soy Cuba, O Mamute Siberiano (2004)

Soundtracks
Loco amor
(Spanish-speaking adaptation of the 1958 song "Crazy Love")
Music and lyrics by Paul Anka
Performed by El Duo Los Diablos (as Los Diablos Demonicos)
Added accompaniment music recorded later at the Prado 210 studio
With Chucho Valdés (piano), Guillermo Barreto (drums) and Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez (bass).

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Featured review

9/10

Yes, it is the Best Cinematography

That I've ever seen, and I watch a lot of movies. The story is propaganda, to be sure, and some of the acting is horrible, but WOW! I couldn't take my eyes off of it. Shot after stunning shot....I don't know how they did it, but I didn't mind all the rhetoric because I kept thinking, "Look, that's so beautiful" and "Wow, how did they do that?" I do recommend it also as a historical document of a time most people don't remember....I was born the year it was made and remember "the Communist Threat" but I think a lot of people younger than myself may not remember.

Not to mention that yes, some of the music was also amazing. A must see for any serious film buff.