Cuban Blood Movie Review 2003

Director Gerard's nostalgic semi-autobiographical tale centers around a nameless 8-year-old boy (Mendez) who lives in the town of Holguin, Cuba, in 1958. The boy loves the movies but in the middle of watching the thriller "Julie" (with Doris Day), guerrillas cut the power, foreshadowing the revolution about to take place. This situation eventually leads to a meeting between the boy and a beautiful blonde American woman (Hjejle) who has some unexpected ties to his grandfather, Che (Keitel).

Distribution

ThinkFilm, 155 Avenue of the Americas, 7th Fl., New York, NY 10013, Phone: (646)293-9400

Available on DVD
Running time 109 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Screenplay

Juan Gerard, Letvia Arza-Goderich

Cast

Harvey Keitel, Iben Hjejle, Gael Garcia Bernal, Andhy Mendez, Diana Bracho

Cinematography

Kramer Morgenthau

Director

Juan Gerard

Music

Jose Padilla, Edesio Alejandro

Other

Tony Plana