7.8 / 10
(203 votes)
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.
Cuba,
Soviet Union
Drama
140 minutes
1964
Mikhail Kalatozov
ICAIC,
Mosfilm
2008
7.0
1999
5.8
2018
5.5
2007
7.6
1997
7.4
1974
8.6
1986
7.6
1953
7.3
1963
7.4
2005
6.9
2013
5.5
2008
5.2
2018
10.0
1993
9.0
2022
0.0
2023
0.0
2005
3.0
2003
6.4
1987
7.5
1988
6.5