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I Am Cuba

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Original title

Soy Cuba (Ya Kuba)

Year

1964

Running time

141 min.

Country

Soviet Union (USSR)

Director

Mikhail Kalatozov

Screenwriter

Enrique Pineda Barnett, Evgueni Evtushenko

Cast

Music

Carlos Fariñas

Cinematography

Sergei Urusevsky (B&W)

Producer

Co-production Soviet Union (USSR)-Cuba;

Mosfilm, ICAIC

Genre

Drama. War | Prostitution. Propaganda. Historical. Cuban revolution. Anthology Film. Cult Movie

Synopsis

It explores the seductive and decadent world of Batista's Cuba and the grinding poverty and oppression of the Cuban people. Through four stories of the revolution, Mikhail Kalatozov takes the viewer on a ride of bathing beauties, landless peasants, fascist police, and student revolutionaries.

Rankings Position

Awards: 1995: Independent Spirit Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Film

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"[It] is of course dated in its politics (...) But as an example of lyrical black and white filmmaking, it is still stunning (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"The island of Cuba has never looked as fantastically exotic (...) What makes 'I Am Cuba' much more than a relic of Communist kitsch is Sergei Urusevky's visionary cinematography."

Stephen Holden: The New York Times
"Visually staggering... A newly discovered classic! Deliriously choreographed (...) 'I Am Cuba' is one gorgeous image after another. Astounding... incredible!"

Dennis Harvey: Variety
"A sensuously beautiful movie. A hymn to the liberation of appetite... irresistible!"

David Denby: New York Magazine
"I certainly needed medical assistance to reattach my jaw (...) Though 'I Am Cuba' is fascinating enough as an historical footnote (...) the reason it endures is almost exclusively cinematic"

Scott Tobias: AV Club
"A great poetic epic that blends the stirring visual daring of Russia's cinema of revolution with an intoxicating Latin sensuality."

Kevin Thomas: Los Angeles Times
"'I Am Cuba' is a cinephile’s wet dream, a collage of Herculean feats of technical wizardry that would be easy to dismiss if it wasn’t so humane (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Ed Gonzalez: Slant
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