I Am Cuba

About I Am Cuba

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…

I Am Cuba is a 1964 drama film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov. It runs 141 minutes and was released in October 1964.

The film is filed under anthology, university, wealth, and rebellion.

Sergio Corrieri takes the lead as Alberto, Salvador Wood as Mariano, José Gallardo as Pedro, and Raúl García as Enrique. The screenplay is by Enrique Pineda Barnet and Yevgeny Yevtushenko. In the United States it streams on Kino Film Collection.

Havana, Cuba, and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire make useful companions to I Am Cuba, all filed under cuba, cuban revolution, and propaganda. TMDB voters put it at 7.9 out of 10 across 262 votes.