Movie
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 city, the members of a poor peasant family are patriotically swept up into the burgeoning revolt.
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Checked Sep 1, 2026
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Synopsis
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 city, the members of a poor peasant family are patriotically swept up into the burgeoning revolt.
More about I Am Cuba
Cast
Sergio CorrieriAlberto
Salvador WoodMariano
Jean BouiseJimCredits
- Directed by
- Mikhail Kalatozov
- Written by
- Enrique Pineda Barnet, Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Spanish
- Original title
- Soy Cuba
- Budget
- $600K
Production
ICAICCuba
MosfilmRussia
