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I Am Cuba
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I Am Cuba, also known as Soy Cuba, is a 1964 drama film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov and Mikheil Kalatozishvili. The screenplay was written by Yevgeny Yevtushenko and Enrique Pineda. Produced by Mosfilm and ICAIC, the movie features a cast including Sergio Corrieri and music by Carlos Fariñas. The narrative is set in Cuba and is presented in black-and-white with an Academy ratio aspect ratio.
The film has a runtime of 141 minutes and was released in 1964. It was distributed by Instituto Cubano del Arte y la Industria Cinematográficos and Netflix, with availability on video on demand through providers such as the Criterion Channel and Kino Film Collection. The production involved countries including Cuba and the Soviet Union, with dialogue in Spanish, English, and Russian.
Critical reception includes a review score of 100% and an 8.7/10 rating. Other metrics list a vote average of 7.8 and an IMDb rating of 8.2. The film is categorized as an anthology, experimental, and propaganda film. Its budget was 600,000, and it generated a box office of 274,098.
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7.8A 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.
Cast
- Sergio Corrieri as Alberto
- Salvador Wood
- José Gallardo as Pedro
- Raúl García as Enrique
- Luz María Collazo as Maria / Betty
- Jean Bouise as Jim
Themes
- rebellion
- police
- cuba
- propaganda
- peace
- peasant
- surrealism
- cuban revolution
- wealth
- black and white
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Key facts
- Spanish
- Soy Cuba
- Russian
- Я — Куба
- Directed by
- Mikhail Kalatozov
- Written by
- Enrique Pineda Barnet Yevgeny Yevtushenko
- Produced by
- Bela Fridman Semyon Maryakhin Miguel Mendoza
- Starring
- Sergio Corrieri Salvador Wood José Gallardo Jean Bouise Luz María Collazo
- Cinematography
- Sergey Urusevsky
- Edited by
- Nina Glagoleva
- Music by
- Carlos Fariñas
- Production companies
- Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos Mosfilm
- Distributed by
- Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos (Cuba) Mosfilm (Soviet Union)
- Release dates
- 26 October 1964 ( 1964-10-26 ) (Cuba) 2 November 1964 ( 1964-11-02 ) (Soviet Union)
- Running time
- 141 minutes
- Countries
- Cuba Soviet Union
- Languages
- Spanish English Russian
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- experimental film
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Original language
- Russian
- Director
- Mikhail Kalatozov
- Screenwriter
- Enrique Pineda
- Cast member
- Sergio Corrieri
- Composer
- Carlos Fariñas
- Production company
- Mosfilm
- Cinematographer
- Sergey Urusevsky
- Narrative location
- Cuba
- Duration
- 143
- FilmAffinity ID
- 979399
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1995-03-08
- color
- black-and-white
- box office
- 274098
- title
- Soy Cuba
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 8.7/10
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- Academy ratio
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Encyclopedic overview
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I Am Cuba (Spanish: Soy Cuba; Russian: Я — Куба, romanized: Ya — Kuba) is a 1964 political drama anthology film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov. An international co-production between the Soviet Union and Cuba, it follows four distinct stories about the Cuban population shortly before the Revolution.
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