Am Cuba I Movie Review

Agitprop Russian-Cuban co-production illustrates different aspects of the Cuban revolution from the toppling of Batista's decadent Havana to idealistic soldiers and student revolutionaries. Lots of oratory and deliberate artificiality combined with cinematographer Sergei Urusevsky's stunning high-contrast photography. A 1996 Independent Spirit Award nominee for Best Foreign Film.

1964 141m/B CU RU Luz Maria Collazo, Jose Gallardo, Sergio Corrieri, Jean Bouise, Raul Garcia, Celia Rodriguez; D: Mikhail Kalatozov; W: Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Enrique Pineda Barnet; C: Sergei Urusevsky; M: Carlos Farinas. Nominations: Independent Spirit Awards ‘96: Best Foreign Film. VHS