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Home Video > Foreign > Cuban Masterworks Collection

 

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Adventures of Juan Quin Quin, The
Juan Quin Quin, a poor but shrewd farmer, lives on his wits in pre-revolutionary Cuba - as a circus performer, a bull-fighter, a coffee planter, even playing the part of Christ with a traveling theatre company. Then he joins the Revolution....



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Alice in Wondertown
Inspired by Lewis Carroll’s classic tale, Alice in Wondertown is both an absurdist comedy and an allegory with a dark political undercurrent. One of the most controversial films in the history of Cuba, it was banned by authorities after its release.



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Amada
This classic from the director of Lucía is set in 1914 Havana. Privileged but unhappily married, Amada falls in love with her cousin Marcial, a young man with revolutionary designs. Will she follow her passion and escape her unfaithful husband?



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Cecilia
Considered one of Cuba’s most controversial films ever, this award-winning classic from Humberto Solás tells the story of the son of a rich colonial family who falls in love with a proud, beautiful but poor mulatto girl in 1830s Cuba.



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Clandestinos
One of the most commercially successful of all Cuban films, this action-packed political thriller chronicles the romance between two young revolutionaries in 1950s Havana as they fight for their lives against Batista’s secret service.



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Cuban Masterworks Collection, The
Five masterworks from revolutionary Cuba. Beautifully restored and directed by three legendary filmmakers, they reveal a unique perspective of their country – one which Americans are unaccustomed to seeing.



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Hello, Hemingway
Havana in the 1950s: Larita hopes to study in the United States, but quickly discovers that her origins and poverty work against her. Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea becomes her own story of striving for a better future.


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Maluala
In 19th century Cuba, African slaves known as “cimarrons” overpower their Spanish masters and hide in settlements in the eastern mountains. But discord among the cimarrons is sown by traitors working secretly for the Spanish.



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Successful Man, A
Cuba’s history before the Revolution is chronicled through the story of two brothers, one a revolutionary man of action, the other an unscrupulous politician trying to steer a treacherous middle path between opposing political ideas.



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Twelve Chairs, The
On her deathbed, a rich woman reveals the hiding place of a fortune in jewels: inside one of twelve identical parlor chairs, newly confiscated by revolutionary authorities. The hunt for the twelve chairs is on!



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We Are the Music!
This extraordinary film treats us to a rare panorama of Cuban music and dance from the 1960s. Featuring legendary Cuban musicians as well as vibrant performances, We Are the Music! captures the mood and vitality of Cuba during its golden period.










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