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Country of Origin: Cuba
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7 DAYS IN HAVANA (2012)
Certification15 Our Rating

Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games) stars in one of the 7 chapters that make up the contemporary portrait of Havana, a city bursting with music, sun and seduction. Each chapter depicts a day of the week through the extraordinary lives of its characters, Hutcherson plays a young naive American tourist visiting Cuba for the first time overwhelmed by the vibrant nightlife. In another chapter we meet sultry singer Celia who must decide whether to stay in Havana or follow a long-life dream to becom find out more...

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A SUCCESSFUL MAN (1985)
Certification12 Our Rating
Spanning the years from 1932 to 1959 A Successful Man follows the fortunes of two brothers from a wealthy, middle-class Cuban family living in Havana as they struggle to come to terms with their increasingly divergent political and social beliefs. While Dario Arguelles becomes the editor of a left-wing newspaper and is persecuted for his ideals his brother Javier takes a more pragmatic and opportunistic approach, steering his way through the quagmire and upheaval of the Spanish civil war. find out more...
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BEFORE NIGHT FALLS (2000)
Certification15 Our Rating
We follow the life of renowned Cuban author Reinaldo Arenas from his childhood to his torture and eventual exile from Castro's Cuba. A man persecuted not just for the power of his writing but also for his homosexuality. Before Night Falls is an immensely affecting film with a quite simply blinding performance from Javier Bardem as the writer. find out more...
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BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (1999)
CertificationE Our Rating
A group of legendary Cuban musicians, some as old as their nineties, were brought together by Ry Cooder to record a CD. In this film, we see and hear some of the songs being recorded in Havana. There is also footage from concerts in Amsterdam and New York City's Carnegie Hall. In addition, many of the individual musicians talk about their lives in Cuba and about how they got started in music. find out more...
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HAVANA BLUES (2005)
Certification15 Our Rating
Ruy and Tito have spent years together in a band in Cuba pursuing a recording contract that will bring them international recognition and success. Their long awaited break comes when a Spanish music producer arrives on the island. As the two come closer to realising their dream. The prospect of a recording contract in Spain is now tantalisingly close but once they leave Cuba they can never return. For Tito, it is an easy choice to make, but Ruy has a wife and children pulling him in a different find out more...
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I AM CUBA (1964)
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I Am Cuba is an epic poem to Communist kitsch - a dramatic journey though the decadence of Batista Havana set against the grinding poverty and oppression of the Cuban people. find out more...
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JUAN OF THE DEAD (2011)
Certification15 Our Rating

 

A slacker finds himself in the unenviable position of having to save Havana from the onslaught of a cannibalistic zombie invasion. As the limbs fly so the gallows humour escala find out more...

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LLAGUNO BRIDGE - KEYS TO A MASSACRE (2004)
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'Llaguno Bridge - Keys to a Massacre' is a revealing documentary by the Cuban filmmaker Angel Palacios following the events leading up to the 'Massacre at the Llaguno Bridge', prelude to the coup d'etat of April 2002. Palacios explores how the Venezuelan media twisted facts and news reality to blame the massacre on President Chavez and the Bolivarians. The film runs for one hour and 45 minutes and uses never before seen techniques to place the events of April 11th 2002 in their true chronologica find out more...
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MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT (1968)
Certification15 Our Rating
A mournful elegy by a 38-year-old bourgeois playboy, writer and liberal who remained in Cuba after Castro's successful revolution while his family, friends and wife all fled for greener pastures in the US. In fragmented narration we learn of his love life, his failure to cling on to what he had, his inability to identify with the revolution's achievements and his quick appreciation of its downsides; 'You are not a counter-revolutionary, you are not a revolutionary, you are nada'. find out more...
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SONS OF CUBA (2009)
Certification12 Our Rating
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STRAWBERRY AND CHOCOLATE (1995)
Certification18 Our Rating
A touching story of the homoerotic friendship that develops between two young men, one an uptight Castro supporter, the other a cosmopolitan artist. The film develops the tensions between the two, while illustrating their similarities while using the changing face of Cuba as a backdrop. find out more...
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YULI: THE CARLOS ACOSTA STORY (2018)
Certification15 Our Rating

The film follows Carlos Acosta - nicknamed Yuli by his father - from growing up on the streets of his native Cuba, through his time at the country’s National Dance School, to performing at London’s prestigious Royal Ballet. Based on his 2007 UK bestseller autobiography No Way Home.

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