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There are 49 records for Feature Films from Cuba

  

Title:	8A
Director:	Orlando Jiménez-Leal
Format:	1 videocassette (84 min.) ; sd., col. 1/2 in.
Imprint:	Los Angeles : Meridian Video : Connoisseur Video Collection : Mirada ; New York, N.Y. : Sold exclusively by New Yorker Video,
Language:	Spanish with English subtitles.
Notes:	Radio Televisione Italiana presents ; produced by RAI 2, Italy in association with WLTV-Univision, P.M. Films, NY ; a film by Orlando Jiménez-Leal ; screenplay, José Húguez, Orlando Jiménez-Leal, David Tedeschi. Director of photography, Emilio Guede, Jr. ; editor, David Tedeschi ; music, Daniel Freiberg. " Docudrama"--Cassette label. Originally produced as an Italian motion picture in 1992. Recorded in hi-fi stereo. Participants: Rubén López, Nino Roger, Julio Torresoto, Luis Llopis. Narrator, John Gres ; voices, Erek Carrión, Manolo Arce.
Plot:	"The Kafka-esque world of Cuba under Castro's rule is brought to light in this reconstruction of the 1989 trial and subsequent execution on charges of drug trafficking of General Arnaldo Ochoa Sánchez, Cuba's highest ranking General, hero of the revolution and commander of the Angolan and Ethiopian campaigns ... Brings an unusual examination of the whole process by using footage of the trial and the reenactments of the conspiracy and executions"--Container.
Subjects:	Cuba. Feature Films. Documentary Films. Trials. Political purges. Historical films. Arnaldo Ochoa Sánchez. Trials, litigation, etc. Politics and government. 1959.
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Title:	Alicia en el pueblo de Maravillas / Alicia im dorf der wunder
Director:	Daniel Díaz Torres.
Format:	1 videodisc (92 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Imprint:	Cuba : Cine Cuba Video, 2003.
Language:	Spanish
Notes:	DVD release of the 1991 Cuban motion picture. Credits Fotografía, Raul Perez Ureta ; música, Frank Delgado ; edición, Jorge Abello. Performer Reynaldo Miravalles, Thais Valdes, Alberto Pujols, Raúl Pomares.
Plot:	A satire about the life of the Cuban people. Alicia, a culture instructor, is sent to a small town "Maravillas", which is itself an exaggerated, but very ingenious reflection of the real Cuba. The adventures that she has there are almost as crazy and senseless as the ones lived by the other Alice (in Wonderland), reflecting the indoctrination, coercion, absolutisms, and many other everyday problems in Cuban society.
Subjects:	Feature Films. Cuba
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Title:	Amada / Beloved
Director:	Humberto Solás
Format:	1 videodisc (ca. 105 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1)
Imprint:	New York : First Run Features ; Northampton, Mass. : Icestorm, 2006 [Cuban masterworks collection]
Language:	Spanish with optional English subtitles.
Notes:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1982. Based on the novel La esfinge by Miguel de Carrión. El Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos presenta ; productor, José Ramón Pérez ; dirección, Humberto Solás ; colaboración en la dirección, Nelson Rodríguez ; guión, Nelson Rodríguez con la colaboración de Humberto Solás. Director of photography, Livio Delgado ; editor, Nelson Rodríguez ; music, Leo Brouwer. Participants: Eslinda Rúñez, César Evora, Silvia Planas Note: "To find the Five beautifully restored classic films from revolutionary Cuba search this catalog for "Cuban masterworks collection" in Kwyword.
Plot:	Drama about politics and an illicit affair in the lives of an aristocratic Cuban family in Havana during the early part of the 20th century as a young housewife falls in love with her leftwing journalist cousin. Cuenta la historia de una bella mujer atrapada en sí misma, en constante pugna con sus sentidos y sentimientos, a la vez que nos brinda pinceladas del entorno political y social de La Habana de 1914.
Subjects:	Feature Fiulms. Cuba. Literary Adaptation. Havana (Cuba). History. 20th century.
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Title:	Antes que anochezca / Before night falls
Director:	Julian Schnabel
Format:	1 videodisc (133 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD, widescreen, Dolby digital, 5.1 surround sound.
Imprint:	United States: New Line Home Video, 2001, c2000.
Language:	Dialogue in English, French and Spanish; subtitles in English, French or Spanish
Notes:	Videodisc release of the 2000 motion picture. Based on the memoirs Antes que anochezca (Before night falls) by Reinaldo Arenas. Fineline Features, Grandview Pictures, Jon Kilik presents a film by Julian Schnabel ; producer, Jon Kilik ; writers, Cunningham O-Keefe, Larazo Gomez Carilles, Julian Schnabel ; director, Julian Schnabel. Special features: filmmaker commentary with director, actor, screenwriter and composer; original documentary shorts, cast and crew filmographies, original theatrical trailer.. Directors of photography, Xavier Perez Grobet, Guillermo Rosas ; editor, Michael Berenbaum ; music, Carter Burwell ; costume designer, Mariestela Fernandez ; production designer, Salvador Parra.Cast: Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Andrea Di Stefano, Johnny Depp, Sean Penn, Michael Wincott. Awards: Independent Spirit Award, 2001, Best Male Lead (Javier Bardem). NBR Award, 2000, Best Actor (Javier Bardem). NSFC Award, 2001, Best Actor (Javier Bardem). SEFCA Award, 2001, Best Actor (Javier Bardem). Venice Film Festival, 2000, Grand Special Jury Prize (Julian Schnabel). OCIC Award, Special Mention (Julian Schnabel). Rota Soundtrack Award (Carter Burwell). Volpi Cup, Best Actor (Javier Bardem).
Plot:	A look at the life of Reinaldo Arenas, from childhood in Cuba to his death in New York City. His writings and homosexuality get him in trouble with Castro-s Cuba and he spends two years in prison before leaving for the United States.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba. Literary adaptation
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Title:	Las Aventuras de Juan Quin Quin / The adventures of Juan Quin Quin
Director:	Julio Garcia Espinosa
Format:	1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd. b&w ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1)
Imprint:	New York : First Run Features ; Northampton, Mass. : Icestorm, 2006 [Cuban masterworks collection]
Language:	Spanish with optional English subtitles.
Notes:	Based on a novel by Samuel Fejóo./ Originally released as a motion picture in 1967. El Institutio Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos presenta : guión de Julio Garcia Espinosa ; productor, Humberto Hernandez ; direccion, Julio Garcia Espinosa. Directory of photography, Jorge Haydu ; editor, Carlos Menendez ; music, Leo Brouwer. Participants: Julio Martinez, Erdwin Fernández, Adelaida Raymat, Enrique Santiesteban. Special features: Por primera vez" (The first time), a documentary by Octavio Cortazar about Cubans experiencing the medium of film for the first time; photo gallery; Julio Garcia Espinosa biography and filmography Note: "To find the Five beautifully restored classic films from revolutionary Cuba search this catalog for "Cuban masterworks collection" in Kwyword.
Plot:	Juan Quin Quin, a poor but shrewd farmer, lives on his wits in pre-revolutionary Cuba as a circus performer, bull-fighter, coffee planter, even playing the part of Christ in a traveling theatre company. Then he joins the Revolution.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba
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Title:	Azucar amarga / Bitter sugar
Director:	Leon Ichaso
Format:	1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd. (stereo.), b&w ; 4 3/4 in. (Region 1)
Imprint:	New York : New Yorker Video, 2001
Language:	Spanish with optional English subtitles.
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1996. Azucar Films presents a film by Leon Ichaso ; produced by Jaime Piña, Leon Ichaso ; story by Pelayo García, Leon Ichaso ; screenplay by Leon Ichaso, Orestes Matacena ; directed by Leon Ichaso. Director of photography, Claudio Chea ; edited by Yvette Pineyro ; story by Pelayo Garcá, Leon Ichaso ; music, Manuel Tejada. Special features: original theatrical trailer, cast and director profiles, scene selections. " First Look Pictures, Overseas Film Group."--Container. Participants: René Lavan, Mayte Vilan, Miguel Gutierrez, Larry Villanueva.
Plot:	An idealistic young Cuban Communist sours on the political conditions in his country and is willing to let his girlfriend and family go to take action.    Un hombre cubano joven idealista llega a un acuerdo con sus pasiones politica y romanticas en medio de las ruinas de la revolucion cubano.    This visceral, energizing look at contemporary Cuba is an impassioned love story set against the political and economic tensions of Havana. Gustavo, an ideal young Communist with a glorified vision of Castro's regime, falls in love with Yolanda, a disenchanted dancer who longs to escape to Miami. Despite their radically opposed beliefs, the young couple is inseparable. The city begins to erupt around Gustavo when his rebellious musician brother injects himself with the AIDS virus in suicidal protest, and his father realizes that he will earn more money as a hotel bar pianist than as a doctor.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba. Socialism and youth
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Title:	La bella del Alhambra / The Belle of the "Alhambra".
Director:	Enrique Pineda Barnet
Format:	1 videocassette (108 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format
Imprint:	ICAIC, 1987.
Language:	Spanish.
Notes:	Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos ; directed by Enrique Pineda Barnet ; produced by Humberto Hernández ; screenplay by Miguel Barnet, Enrique Pineda Barnet, with the collaboration of Julio García Espinosa. Videocassette release of the 1990 motion picture. Credits Music, Mario Romeu ; choreography, Gustavo Herrera ; editing, Jorge Abello ; director of photography, Raúl Hernández. Performer Beatriz Valdés, Omar Valdés, César Evora, Carlos Cruz.
Plot:	The Machado dictatorship is seen through the eyes of Rachel, a woman who remembers her struggle and sacrifices to become a star burlesque entertainer at the Alhambra, a popular club for male viewers only. Many scenes from the burlesque musical theater of Cuba are intermingled with scenes from Rachel-s life as she rises from obscure poverty to acclaim. The viewer is painfully aware of the limited options available to women at this time in history, yet the protagonist is determined to perform on her own terms. The film is full of political references providing a credible historical representation of the late 1920s and early 1930s    Rachel es una corista en un ambiente de carnaval donde se supone que las bailarinas serán también prostitutas. Aspira a actuar en El Alhambra, un teatro de variedades. La película recrea el ambiente de los teatros de La habana de los primeros años del siglo XX.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	Cartas del parque / Letters from the park.
Director:	Tomas Gutierrez Alea.
Format:	1 videocassette (85 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
Imprint:	New York, NY : Fox Lorber Home Video, 1991, c1988.
Language:	Spanish with English subtitles.
Notes:	Original story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez ; screenplay by Eliseo Alberto Diego, Tomas Gutierrez Alea and Gabriel Garcia Marquez ; directed by Tomas Gutierrez Alea . Videocassette release of the 1988 Spanish television (Televisión Española, TVE) motion picture. Cast: Victor Laplace, Ivonne Lopez, Miguel Paneque.
Plot:	Set in Matanzas, Cuba, 1913, this is the enchanting story of two young people too shy to pursue the intimacy they both seek. Each seek the services of a local poet to write love letters to each other. The poet writes the letters to make some extra money but also to unburden himself of the unbounded love he feels but for which he has no outlet. When the young woman of the couple becomes the object of his affection, he is confused and faced with a moral and emotional dilemma in this surprising and sweet romance.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba. Literary adaptation.
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Title:	Cecilia: Cualquier mujer.
Director:	Humberto Solás
Format:	1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd. b&w ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1)
Imprint:	New York : First Run Features ; Northampton, Mass. : Icestorm, 2006 [Cuban masterworks collection]
Language:	Spanish with optional English subtitles.
Notes:	Originally released as a seven hour film for television in 1981. "Version libre de la novela 'Cecilia Valdés' de Cirilo Villaverde. Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos e Impala S.A. de Madrid presentan una coproducción cubano-española ; productor, Humberto Hernández ; director, Humberto Solás ; guión cinematográfico, Humberto Solás. Screenplay, Humberto Solás, Nelson Rodriguez, Jorge Ramos and Norma Torrado ; cinematography, Livio Delgado ; music, Leo Brouwer ; editing, Nelson Rodríguez. Participants: Daisy Granados, Imanol Arías, Raquel Revuelta, Gerardo Riverón, Miguel Benavides, Eslinda Nuñez. Note: "To find the Five beautifully restored classic films from revolutionary Cuba search this catalog for "Cuban masterworks collection" in Kwyword.
Plot:	In 1830 Cuba, the son of a rich colonial family falls in love with a proud, beautiful, but poor mulatto girl. His father, however, wants him to marry a woman from his own social class.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba. History. 1810-1899. Slavery.
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	Clandestinos / Underground.
Director:	Fernando Perez.
Format:	1 videocassette (103 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS, NTSC format.
Imprint:	[Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba] : Video ICAIC, c1999.
Language:	Spanish
Notes:	Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica ; un filme de Fernando Perez. Original idea, Fernando Perez ; writer, Jesus Diaz ; music, Edesio Alejandro ; photography, Adriano Moreno. Performer Isabel Santos, Luis Alberto Garcia, Susana Perez, René Losada, Amado del Pino, Miguel Gutiérrez.
Plot:	Through the personal story of a group of young people in Havana, this feature portrays the struggle of an urban revolutionary group from 1956-1958, during the military government of Fulgencio Batista. Through its characters, it examines the personal sacrifices endured living underground and shows how an individual-s personal life becomes subsumed by the political struggle. It also explores the role of women in guerrilla war.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba
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Title:	Las doce sillas / Twelve chairs
Director:	Tomás Gutierrez Alea
Format:	1 videodisc (90 min.) ; sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1)
Imprint:	New York : First Run Features ; Northampton, Mass. : Icestorm, 2006 [Cuban masterworks collection]
Language:	Spanish with optional English subtitles.
Notes:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1962. Based on a novel by Il’ia Il’f and Evgenii. Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográficos presenta ; guión de Ugo Ulive y Tomás G. Alea ; producción, Margarita Alexandre ; dirección, Tomás G. Alea. Editor, Mario González ; photography, Ramon F. Suarez ; music, Juan Blanco. Participants: Enrique Santiesteban, Reynaldo Miravalles, René Sánchez, Max Beltrán, María Pardo. Special features: Triada: excerpts from Cuban films with comments by Cuban filmmakers; The unknowns of ICAIC; Photo gallery Note: "To find the Five beautifully restored classic films from revolutionary Cuba search this catalog for "Cuban masterworks collection" in Kwyword.
Plot:	A rich woman decides, before dying, to hide the family jewels under a chair lining. An ex-proprietor and his ex-driver find this out and undertake a desperate search for the treasure, which gives rise to amusing situations and incredible adventures.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	El Elefante y la bicicleta / Elephant and the bicycle.
Director:	Juan Carlos Tabio
Format:	1 videocassette (85 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS.
Imprint:	[New York, NY : Latin American Video Archives, 1997?]
Language:	Spanish, subtitled in English.
Notes:	El Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematograficas y Channel IV ; direccion, Juan Carlos Tabio ; analisis dramaturgico y colaboracion en la direccion, Rapi Diego ; guion, Eliseo Alberto Diego, Juan Carlos Tabio ; produccion, Rafael Rey. Director of photography, Julio Valdes ; editor, Lina Baniela ; Music, Jose Ma. Vitier ; sound, Raul Garcia ; art direction, Onelio Larralde ; assistant director, Lourdes Prieto. Originally released as a motion picture in 1995. Luis Alberto Garcia (hijo), Liliam Vega, Raul Pomares, Martha Parre, Daisy Granados, Adolfo Llaurado, Patricio Wood, Fidelio Torres, Luis Alberto Garcia, Paula Ali, Elvira Enriquez, Osvaldo Doimeadios, Serafin Garcia.
Plot:	It is 1925. Returning to his home, an island off the Cuban coast, an ex-con brings a silent film projector and a print of Robin Hood with him. All the islanders flock to enjoy his new experience. But with revolution in the air, repeated viewings of the film give it a new meaning in the eyes of its audience: they see a drama in which they, as underdogs, rise up against the capitalists, represented by the island-s unpopular landowners. By revealing their lost imagination, this new phenomena called -cinema- allows them to discover personal secrets and beliefs.--Container.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba.
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Title:	Elpidio Valdés contra dólar y cañón.
Director:	Juan Padron.
Format:	1 videocassette (80 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS.
Imprint:	[Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba] : ICAIC, c1999.
Language:	Spanish,
Notes:	Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográfico ; directed and screenplay by Juan Padrón ; [written] with the collaboration of Ernesto Padrón, Manuel Pérez Alfaro ; animation, Noel Lima, et al.. Photography, Adalberto Hernández ; editing, Rosa María Carreras ; music, Daniel Longres. Performer Voices: Frank González, María Eugenia García, Manuel Marín.
Plot:	A Elpidio Valdés se le encomienda la difícil y peligrosa misión de traer desde Tampa, en EE. UU., un cargamento de armas para el Ejercito Libertador. Junta a la capitana María Silva, su caballo Palmiche y sus compatriotas del Partido Revolucionario Cubano, se enfrenta a sus enemigos los colonialistas españoles y a los yanquis que los apoyan. Elpidio Valdés is entrusted with a dificult and dangerous mission, that of bringing a shipment of arms from Tampa, in the U.S., to the Liberating Army. Together with Captain María Silva, his horse Palmiche and his compatriots in the Cuban Revolutionary party, he confronts his enemies, the Spanish colonists and the Americans that support them.
Subjects:	Feature Films. Animated Film. Cuba
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Title:	Entre ciclones
Director:	Enrique Colina.
Format:	1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in DVD (Region 1)
Imprint:	Buena Park, CA : Vanguard Cinema, c2006.
Language:	Spanish with English subtitles.
Notes:	Originally produced in 2003. el ISAIC ; en coproducción con Igeldo Komunikazioa (España) ; les films du village (Francia) ; Canal + (España) con la participación de ; con la colaboración de Fond Sud (Francia) presentan ; productores, Camilo Vives, Angel Amigo, Yves Billon ; guión, Antonio J. Ponte, Eliseo Altuinaga, Enrique Colina ; dirección, Enrique Colina. Cinematography, Adriano Moreno ; art director, Raúl Oliva ; film editing, Gladys Camble ; music, José Luis Cortés. Performers: Mijail Mulkay, Indira Valdés, Mario Balmaseda, Klara Badiola, Renny Arozarena, Yaima Torres, Raul Pomares.
Plot:	After the hurricane season in Havana, Cuba, the need to find a new roof tangles Tomas into troublesome love relationships that threaten his job, his future, and his will to change his life.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba
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Title:	Fidel
Director:	David Attwood
Format:	1 videodisc (ca. 206 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1)
Imprint:	Santa Monica, Calif. : Artisan Home Entertainment, 2002.
Language:	English; Closed-captioned.
Notes:	Originally aired as a miniseries on Showtime with the title: Fidel in 2002. Based on the book " Guerrilla Prince" by Georgie Anne Geyer and the book " Fidel Castro" by Robert E. Quirk. Producers, Kevin Cooper, Jose Ludlow ; screenplay writer, Stephen Tolkin ; director, David Attwood. Director of photography, Checco Varese ; editor, Milton Moses Ginsberg ; music, John Altman ; costume designer, Mayes Rubeo ; production designer, Brigitte Broch. Participants: Victor Huggo Martin, Gael Garcia Bernal, Patricia Velasquez, Cecila Suarez, Maurice Compte, Margarita d'Francisco, Tony Plana.
Plot:	The legendary life of Fidel Castro, from exiled revolutionary to the world's most controversial and longest serving head of state. As seen through the eyes of his wife, mistress and female cohort, this film reveals the untold story of Fidel's rise to become one of the world's most powerful leaders.
Subjects:	Feature films. TV Series. Cuba. Fidel Castro. Revolution, 1959.
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Title:	Fresa y chocolate / Strawberry & chocolate.
Director:	Tomas Gutierrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabio
Format:	1 videodisc (104 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1)
Imprint:	Burbank, Calif. . Miramax Home Entertainment . Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, 2003
Language:	Spanish with English subtitles.
Notes:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1993. Presented by Robert Redford and Miramax Films ; screenplay, Senel Paz ; produced by Miguel Mendoza ; directed by Tomas Gutierrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabio. Editor, Miriam Talavera, Oswaldo Donatien; music, Jose Maria Vitier. Based on the story by Senel Paz: El lobo, el bosque y el hombre nuevo; produced by the Cuban Institute of the Arts and Film Industry. Formatted to fit TV. Participants: Jorge Perugorria, Vladimir Cruz, Mirtha Ibarra, Francisco Gatorno.
Plot:	E A young college kid meets a writer and a passionate woman who teach him the things that aren-t taught in school.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba. Literary Adaptation.
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	Golpes a mi puerta
Director:	Alejandro Saderman
Format:	New York, NY : Fox Lorber Films : WinStar TV & Video, Inc., c1998.
Imprint:	1 videocassette (105 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Language:	Spanish with English subtitles.
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1993. Based on the play by Juan Carlos Gené. ASP presenta ; en coproducción del Instituto Cubano de las Artes e Industria Cinematográfica ICAIC y ASP Argentina ; en asociación con Channel Four Television ; guión Juan Carlos Gene ; adaptación, Juan Carlos Gene y Alejandro Saderman ; producción y dirección, Alejandro Saderman. Cinematographer, Adriano Moreno ; editing, Claudia Uribe ; music, Julio Descrivan. Performer Veronica Oddo, Elba Escobar, Juan Carlos Gené, José Antonio Rodríguez, Ana Castell, Mirta Ibarra, Frank Spano, Eduardo Gil, Dimas González.
Plot:	A deadly encounter between two nuns and the military police reflect the turbulent times in Latin American society.   Basada en la obra de uno de los más conocidos hombres de teatro de la Argentina, Juan Carlos Gené, centra su acción en un país latinoamericano oprimido por una dictadura. Allí, dos monjas ocultan a un disidente prófugo.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba. Argentina
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Title:	Guantanamera.
Director:	Tomas Gutierrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabio
Format:	1 videodisc (104 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD.
Imprint:	New York, N.Y. : New Yorker Video, 2000.
Language:	Spanish dialogue with English subtitles; English notes on container.
Notes:	Tornasol Films, et al. ; producida por Gerardo Herrero ; direccion, Tomas Gutierrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabio. Screenplay by Eliseo Alberto Diego, Tomas Gutierrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabio ; executive producer, Camilo Vives ; music, Jose Nieto ; director of photography, Hans Burmann. c2000 New Yorker Films artwork. Videodisc release of the motion picture originally produced in Cuba in 1995. Cast: Jorge Perugorria, Mirtha Ibarra, Carlos Cruz, Raul Eguren, Conchita Brando. Awards: Ft. Lauderdale Int. Film Festival: Best Foreign Film; Gramado Latin Film Fest.: Best Latin Film (tied); Sundance Film Fest.: Latin America Cinema Award (Honorable mention); Venice Film Fest.: nominated for Golden Lion.
Plot:	In this romantic comedy, Yoyita, a world-famous diva, returns to her home town of Guantanamo for an elegant reception and a surprise reunion with her once beloved, Candido. Overjoyed with the rekindled memories of her first love, Yoyita-s elated heart fizzles while in Candido-s embrace. Joining Yoyita-s funeral procession back to Havana are her sexy niece Gina, a former professor blacklisted for political nonconformity, and her husband Adolfo, a tasteless government official in charge of the funeral proceedings. As the cortege wends westward across Cuba, its path keeps crossing that of Mariano, a gallant truck driver who once had a crush on Gina and whose recurring presence crystallizes her doubts about her marriage.
Subjects:	Feature films. -- Cuba
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Title:	Habana blues vivir es elegir
Director:	Benito Zambrano
Format:	2 videodiscs (ca. 119 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Imprint:	Spain : Warner Bros. Entertainment, 2003
Language:	Spanish with optional English subtitles.
Notes:	Una pelìcula de Benito Zambrano ; una producción de Maestranza Films en coproducción con ICAIC y Pyramide Productions. Disc 2 includes trailer, videoclips, "making of", deleted scenes. Participants: Alberto Joel Garcia, Roberto San Martin, Yailene Sierra.
Plot:	Two young Cuban musicians share the same dream: to become famous and finally leave Havana. In what might be the chance of a lifetime, they discover that two Spanish producers are in town looking for new talent.
Subjects:	Feature films. Spain. Cuba
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	Hello Hemingway.
Director:	Fernando Perez.
Format:	1 videocassette (VHS) (105 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Imprint:	[Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba] : Video ICAIC, c1999.
Language:	In Spanish, with English subtitles.
Notes:	Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográfios ; un filme de Fernando Pérez. Director, Fernando Pérez. Performer Laura de la Uz, Raúl Paz, Marta del Rio, Hermina Sánchez. Originally released as a motion picture in 1984.
Plot:	Set in the 1950s, this is the love story between Larita and Victor, two poor Cuban students. Larita is a serious student while Victor is an idealist who works towards forming a student political association. Larita is introduced to Hemingway-s Old Man and the Sea, which serves as a powerful motivating force for her. Her success in school places her in a competition to win a scholarship to study in the U.S. Larita-s dream of extricating herself via education from her impoverished and powerless life seems nearly within her grasp, yet she also risks losing Victor and her family. The film depicts her loss of innocence and intellectual empowerment as she comes to understand why and how her dream is impossible, and indeed, the wrong dream. (From Lava database)
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba
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Title:	Un hombre de exito.
Director:	Humberto Solas
Format:	1 videocassette (VHS) (109 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in
Imprint:	ICAIC, 1986.
Language:	In Spanish, with English subtitles.
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1987.
Plot:	This is the story of two upper-class brothers, Javier and Darfo, who participate in the struggle to overthrow Machado during his dictatorship in the 1930s. Dario is a revolutionary true to his ideals, while Javier is a social climber and opportunist. Javier charts his way to the top through alliances with dictators and politicians, becoming a government informer, and eventually a Congressman during the Batista regime. He causes his brother-s murder and his mother-s subsequent suicide. The film traces twentieth-century Cuban history until 1959 through the life of Javier, exploring the trajectory of a political and economic class that benefitted from Cuba-s neocolonial relationship with the U.S. With the revolution, this class of individuals would lose their privileged position as the masses became the foundation of the new society. Leading themes in the film include the accommodation of the Cuban elite and the Catholic church to the dictatorial governments in Cuba before 1959, and the achievement of success through betrayal. The film points out the U.S. influence on Cuban internal politics, as well as the corruption that was part of the system. (From Lava database)
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	Un Hombre de éxito / A successful man
Director:	Humberto Solás
Format:	1 videodisc (103 min.) ; sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1)
Imprint:	New York : First Run Features ; Northampton, Mass. : Icestorm, 2006 [Cuban masterworks collection]
Language:	Spanish with optional English subtitles.
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1986. El Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográficos presenta ; guión, Juan Iglesias, Humberto Solas ; productor, Humberto Fernández ; director, Humberto Solas. Photography, Livio Delgado ; editing, Nelson Rodríguez ; music, Luis Nono. Participants: César Evora, Raquel Revuelta, Daysi Granados, Jorge Trinche. Special features: "Nostalgia del Chá Chá Chá" : the story of the cha cha cha told against the background of the Cuban dance halls of the 1950s; photo gallery. Note: "To find the Five beautifully restored classic films from revolutionary Cuba search this catalog for "Cuban masterworks collection" in Kwyword.
Plot:	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.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba
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Title:	Hormigas en la boca / Ants in the mouth
Director:	Mariano Barroso
Format:	1 videodisc (92 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Imprint:	S.l. : Venevision Interational ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2006
Language:	Spanish, with optional Spanish or English subtitles; closed-captioned.
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picture in 2005. Based on the novel "Amanecer con hormigas en la boca" by Miguel Barroso. Production Drive Cine, Messidor Films e Icaic (Cuba) ; produced by Eduardo Campoy, Gerardo Herrero, Jose Manuel Lorenzo ; screenplay by Mariano Barroso, Alejandro Hernández ; directed by Mariano Barroso. Director of photography, Javier Aguirresarobe ; editor, Luis Manuel del Valle ; music, Xavier Capellas. Performer Eduard Fernández, Adriana Gil, Jorge Perugorría, Jose Luis Gomez, Samuel Juan Claxton.
Plot:	After ten years in a Barcelona prison, Martin travels to Havana to search for his beautiful girlfriend. She was the only one of his gang of bank robbers to get away. She also got away with the loot.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba. Spain. Literary Adaptation
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Title:	Lista de espera / Waiting list
Director:	Juan Carlos Tabío
Format:	1 videodisc (ca. 102 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1)
Imprint:	New York: Wellspring Media, 2004
Language:	Spanish dialogue, English subtitles
Notes:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 2000. Tornasol Films, S.A. (Spain) ; ICAIC (Cuba) ; DMVB (France) ; Tabasco Films/Producciones Amaranta (Mexico) ; Road Movies Film Production (Germany) ; produced by Gerardo Herrero, Camilo Vives and Thierry Forte ; screenplay Arturo Arango and Juan Carlos Tabío ; directed by Juan Carlos Tabío. Director of photography, Hans Burmann ; editor, Carmen Frías ; music, Jose María Vitier.Participants: Vladimir Cruz, Thaimi Alvariño, Jorge Perugorriá, Noel García, Alina Rodríguez.
Plot:	A rundown bus station in rural Cuba becomes the backdrop for romance and miracles in Juan Carlos Tabio's blend of magical realism and social commentary.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba
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Title:	Lucia.
Director:	Humberto Solas.
Format:	1 videocassette (160 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS
Imprint:	ICAIC, 1968.
Language:	Spanish
Notes:	El Instituto cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematograficia ; direction, Humberto Solás ; script, Humberto Solas, Julio García Espinosa, Nelson Rodriguez. Originally issued as a motion picture in 1968. Credits Scenography, Pedro García Espinosa ; photography, Jorge Herrera ; music, Leo Brouwer. Performer Raquel Revuelta, Eslinda Nuñez, Adela Legra, Eduardo Moure, Ramon Brito, Adolfo Llaurado.
Plot:	Lucia is an anthology film, three separate stories related by the common theme of women in revolution. It tells the stories of three Lucias, one in 1895, when the Cubans fought for independence from the Spaniards (a situation that resolved with U.S. intervention and purchase of Cuba from Spain); in 1933, when Cuban popular resistance against the dictator Geraldo Machado resulted in failure; and 1960 in the aftermath of the victory of the revolution led by Fidel Castro. They are women from three different classes; the first is upper class, the second is from the middle class, the third is working class. They have three different ranges of potential action, and responses. Each story is hung on a love drama. In the first, the woman has an affair with a Spanish soldier, in which she must betray her own family. In the second, a young woman abandons her family and class to go underground with her soon to be slain husband; in the third, a young wife learns how to read and write and work in collective agriculture, in spite of a traditionally macho husband who tries to keep her in the house. The events of each life portrayed focus around issues of politics, feminism and gender battles. Solas, the director, explains, that he made women the protagonists because `women are traditionally the number one victims in all social confrontations. The woman-s role always lays bare the contradictions of a period and makes them explicit.-... Lucia was extremely well received in Cuba, won many international awards, and is now an international classic.- (Aufderheide)
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba
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Title:	Memorias del subdesarrollo / Memories of underdevelopment.
Director:	Tomas Gutierrez Alea.
Format:	1 videocassette (97 min.) ; sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. VHS.
Imprint:	New York, N.Y. : New Yorker Video, c1999.
Language:	Spanish with English subtitles
Notes:	El Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematografrica. Based on the novel: Memorias del subdesarrollo. Edmundo Desnoes. Originally issued as a motion picture in 1968. Photography, Ramon F. Suarez ; editor, Nelson Rodriguez ; music, Leo Brouwer ; director and screenwriter, Tomas Gutierrez Alea. Cast: Sergio Corrieri, Daisy Granados, Eslinda Nuñez, Omar Valdez, Rene de la Cruz. Winner, International Federation of Film Critics Award, 1968.
Plot:	A study of Cuban society before and after the revolution as seen through the eyes of a man who is a landlord and self-styled writer. Based on the book by Edmundo Desnoes, Memories of Underdevelopment is an international classic, a complex sociopolitical study of a once-wealthy Cuban man who remains in Havana when his family leaves for the United States after the revolution. Director Gutierrez Alea deftly mixes documentary, fantasy, and fiction narrative in a film that takes the viewer inside the mind of a man caught between capitalist and revolutionary worlds.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba. Literary adaptation
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Title:	Diarios de motocicleta / The motorcycle diaries
Director:	Walter Salles
Format:	1 videodisc (127 min.) ; sd., col. 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1)
Imprint:	United States : Universal, Edition: Widescreen ed. 2005
Language:	Spanish with optional soundtrack in French; optional subtitles in English or French.
Notes:	Focus Films ; produced by Michael Nozik, Edgard Tenenbaum, Karen Tenkhoff ; screenplay by Jose Rivera ; director, Walter Salles. Based on the books Notas de viaje, by Ernesto Guevara, and Con el Che por Sudamérica, by Alberto Granado. Originally released as a motion picture in 2004. Special features: Deleted scenes; the making of " The motorcycle diaries"; " A moment with Gael García Bernal"; " Toma Uno ('Take one') with Gael García Bernal"; " Music of the road : an interview with composer Gustavo Santaolalla." Participants: Gael García Bernal, Mía Maestro, Rodrigo de la Serna.
Plot:	An inspirational adventure, based on the true story of two young men whose thrilling and dangerous road trip across Latin America becomes a life-changing journey of self-discovery.
Subjects:	Feature films. South America. Description and travel. Guevara, Ernesto, 1928-1967.
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Title:	Muerte de un burocrata / Death of a Bureaucrat.
Director:	Tomas Gutierrez Alea.
Format:	1 videocassette (85 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format [PAL]
Imprint:	Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba : Video ICAIC, c2000.
Language:	Spanish and English.
Notes:	Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficas ; un filme de Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. Clásicos del cine Cubano. Note Originally produced as motion picture in 1966. Credits Photography, Ramón P. Suárez ; music, Leo Brouwer. Performer Salvador Wood, Manuel Estanillo, Silvia Planas.
Plot:	This satirical critique of bureaucracy during the early period of the Cuban Revolution follows the efforts of a woman who tries to collect her dead husband-s pension. The husband, who worked in a factory that made plaster busts of revolutionary heros, invented a machine which increased productivity, churning out thousands of busts per hour. He unfortunately got caught in the machine and met an untimely end. Singing his praises at his funeral, his friends decide to bury him with his identification card, as a tribute to his true proletarian heroism. After his burial, when his wife tries to collect his pension, she is told it is impossible without the identity card. Aided by her nephew, a dutiful socialist youth, she wanders through a labyrinth of brain-dead bureaucracy. The nephew is forced to exhume his uncle-s corpse to retrieve the card. Endless lines to obtain signatures and mountainous government forms attended by bored, unthinking employees utterly frustrate attempts to rebury the deceased proletarian. Finally, the nephew is carted away in a straitjacket after strangling the cemetery administrator.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba
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Title:	Nada + / Nothing more
Director:	Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti
Format:	1 videodisc (88 min.) ; sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1)
Imprint:	S.l. : First Run Features, 2003?
Language:	Spanish with English subtitles.
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picture in 2001. Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC) ; D.M.V.B. Films (Francia) ; P.H.F. Films (España) ; con la participación de Marvel Movies (Italia), Canal+ (España) ; escrito por Manolito Rodríguez, Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti ; producida por Camilo Vives, Sarah Halioua, Antonio Pérez Pérez, Thierry Forte ; dirigida por Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti. Director of photography, Raúl Rodríguez Cabrera ; art director, Guillermo Ramírez Malberti ; music, Edesio Alejandro ; editing, Antonio Pérez Reina. Participants: Thais Valdés, Nacho Lugo, Daisy Granados, Paula Alí, Verónica López, Luis Manuel Iglesias, Asunción Balaguer.
Plot:	A lighthearted story of a Cuban postal worker and how she copes with her dreary life.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba.
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Title:	Una novia para David / A Girlfriend for David
Director:	Orlando Rojas
Format:	1 videocassette (106 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS.
Imprint:	[Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba] : Video ICAIC : NTSC, c2000.
Language:	Spanish
Notes:	Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos ; un filme de Orlando Rojas. Photography, Livio Delgado ; edited by Nelson Rodríguez ; music by Pablo Milanés. Originally produced as motion picture in 1985. Performer María Isabel Díaz Lago, Jorge Luis Alvarez, Francisco Gattorno, Edith Massola.
Plot:	A young Cuban begins an amorous pursuit of his high school-s beauty but finds himself falling for the honesty and charm of a less attractive girl.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba.
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Title:	The old man and the sea.
Director:	John Sturges.
Format:	1 videodisc (86 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD.
Imprint:	Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2000.
Language:	English or French language soundtracks (mono) with optional subtitles in English or French ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
Notes:	Warner Bros. Pictures ; directed by John Sturges ; produced by Leland Hayward ; screenplay by Peter Viertel ; a Leland Hayward Production ; a Warner Bros. presentation. Standard screen format on side A, widescreen format on side B. Based on the book by Ernest Hemingway. Originally released as a motion picture in 1958. Special features: Interactive menus ; scene access ; theatrical trailer ; Hemingway : the legend and the sea, behind-the-scenes documentary. Credits Music composed and conducted by Dimitri Tiomkin ; director of photography, James Wong Howe ; editing, Arthur P. Schmidt. Performer Spencer Tracy, Felipe Pazos, Harry Bellaver.
Plot:	An aging Cuban fisherman, alone in a small skiff, catches a magnificent marlin and must defy the sea, marauding sharks, and his own flagging strength to bring his great catch home.
Subjects:	Feature Films. Cuba. United States. Literary adaptation.
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Title:	The old man and the sea.
Director:	John Sturges.
Format:	1 videodisc (90 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD.
Imprint:	United States: Lance Entertainment, 2001?]
Language:	English.
Notes:	Yorkshire Television ; produced by Robert E. Fuisz ; directed by Jud Taylor ; written for television by Roger O. Hirson. Based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway. Originally produced for television broadcast in 1990. Credits Music, Bruce Broughton; editor, Fredric Steinkamp; director of photography, Tony Imi. Performer Anthony Quinn, Alexis Cruz, Gary Cole, Patricia Clarkson, Joe Santos, Valentina Quinn, Francesco Quinn, Paul Calderon, Sully Diaz.
Plot:	An aging Cuban fisherman, alone in a small skiff, catches a magnificent marlin and must defy the sea, marauding sharks, and his own flagging strength to bring his great catch home.
Subjects:	Feature Films. Cuba. United States. Literary adaptation.
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Title:	Operacion Fangio
Director:	Alberto Lecchi
Format:	1 videocassette (93 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS (PAL)
Imprint:	Buenos Aires : Foco, 2001. -- (Cine argentino)
Language:	Spanish
Notes:	Productora ICAIC (Cuba), ALEPH Producciones, El Paso Producciones y Tesela P.C. (España), Hasta la Victoria y El Puente Producciones (Argentina) ; guión, Manuel Pérez, Claudia Furiati, Claudio Pustelnik ; producida por Camilo Vives, Fernando Sokolowicz, Alberto Lecchi ; dirección, Alberto Lecchi. Credits Cinematography, Hugo Colace ; art direction, Raúl Oliva ; editing, Miguel Ángel Santamaría ; music, Iván Wyszogrod. Originally released as a motion picture in 1999. Performer Darío Grandinetti, Laura Ramos, Ernesto Tapia, Fernando Guillén, Gustavo Salmerón, Arturo Maly.
Plot:	The recreation of events in Havana, February 1958, when a young combat soldier in opposition to the Batista tyrrany, kidnaps the Argentine racecar driver Juan Manuel Fangio    "El calendario de la Fórmula 1 apunta a La Habana, para febrero de 1958. En las calles del Malecón tendrá lugar la primera fecha del campeonato. El gran circo del automovilismo desembarca en la Isla del Caribe, encabezado por su figura máxima, el quíntuple campeón mundial Juan Manuel Fangio. Pero el día de la carrera él no estará sentado en su Maserati, sino que permanecerá cautivo de un pequeño grupo de jóvenes inexpertos, pertenecientes al Movimiento 26 de Julio, opositores a la dictadura del presidente Batista y revolucinarios. De esa manera el mundo conocerá las atrocidades de una Cuba sometida por la venalidad y la corrupción."--Container    . The story of the February 1958 visit to pre-Castro Cuba by the legendary Argentine car racing champion Fangio, and the events which ensued during the historic Second Cuban International Automobile Race.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba. Argentina. Juan Manuel Fangio, 1911. Kidnapping, 1958
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Title:	Operacion fangio.
Director:	Alberto Lecchi.
Format:	1 videocassette (103 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS (PAL)
Imprint:	[Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba] : Video ICAIC, c2000.
Language:	Spanish
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1999. Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográfico ; un filme de Alberto Lecchi.Screenplay, Claudia Furiati, Claudio Fustelnik, Manuel Pérez ; music, Ivan Wyszograf. Performer Dario Grandinetti, Laura Ramos, Ernesto Tapia, Fernando Guillén.
Plot:	No es un documental, aunque se le parece. Resulta que en febrero de 1958 se correría el Gran Premio de Fórmula 1 de La Habana. Pocos meses antes, en agosto de 1957 Juan Manuel Fangio había obtenido su título de quíntuple campeón mundial. Asi que, las expectativas de la carrera estaban puestas en Fangio (que había obtenido el primer lugar en las puebas clasificatorias) y en el inglés Stirling Moss (que clasificó segundo). Pero el M-26-7 (Movimiento 26 de julio) liderado por Fidel Castro tenía otros planes... Se proponían secuestrar a Fangio para llamar la atención del mundo sobre los horrores de gobierno de Batista. El film comienza con las imágenes en blanco y negro de Noticuba, que muestran las optimistas noticias oficiales sobre la realidad cubana. De allí en más, la narración es simple, consistente con la tecnología de la época: los autos, la televisión, la radio, el teléfono. Se insinúa la situación de opresión del pueblo cubano, aunque no se muestra mucho en concreto. El guión da por sentado que el espectador conoce perfectamente la situación del país justo antes de la Revolución (Batista fue derrotado en agosto de ese mismo año). En este aspecto, el film es básicamente retórico, y trata de convencer al público acerca de la validez de la postura revolucionaria. Se han recreado imágenes de La Habana, con su viejo esplendor, cuando los edificios mostraban su magnificencia. También están allí los mismos autos que hoy (que entonces eran nuevos), y el pueblo invadiendo el Malecón de La Habana durante las pruebas clasificatorias para la carrera. La reconstrucción de los autos (especialmente la Masseratti de Fangio y la Ferrari de Moss) es esmerada y sumamente prolija. Hay mucho primer plano, tanto de Fangio como de Pilar y Julian que conforman el triángulo protagónico. Todo parece indicar que el pueblo cubano profesaba una especie de reverencia hacia el quíntuple campeón mundial. Tal vez sea esa especie de fervor que despiertan ciertos ídolos deportivos. Y Fangio aparece como un tipo extremadamente mesurado (ni siquiera cuando lo secuestran a punta de pistola pierde el aplomo) y totalmente desinteresado de las cuestiones políticas (yo solo vine a correr una carrera, no me interesa la politica). El papel que juegan las fuerzas militares y policiales de Batista no es muy auspicioso que digamos; en realidad los pintan como imbéciles. Lo cual produce un efecto paradojal: parecen mas tontos que malos, asi como los revolucionarios parecen mas astutos que buenos. Sin importar de que bando se coloque cada uno en la contienda ideologica, subestimar al contrario es, sin duda, un gran error. Y la subestimación es, justamente, la clave del desenlace. Un aspecto a remarcar es la música. Especialmente destinada a resaltar el suspenso (cometido que cumple a la perfección), es dinámica y pegadiza y aporta ritmo al film. Operación Fangio, una historia simple pero bien contada. (por Socorro Villa )
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba. Argentina. Juan Manuel Fangio, 1911. Kidnapping, 1958
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Title:	Un paraíso bajo las estrellas / A Paradise Under the Stars
Director:	Gerardo Chijona
Format:	1 videodisc (90 min.) ; sd., col. 4 3/4 in. (Region 1)
Imprint:	[Huntington Beach, Calif.] : Distributed by Vanguard Cinema, 2001
Language:	Spanish with English subtitles.
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1999. Nirvana ; Wanda Distribución presenta una producción ICAIC, Wanda Vision ; con la participación de TVE, et al. presentan un film de Gerardo Chijona ; dirección, Gerardo Chijona ; argumento, Gerardo Chijona, Constante Diego, Luis Agüero ; guión, Gerardo Chijona, Luis Agüero, con la colaboración de Senel Paz ; productores, Camilo Vives, José María Morales. Director of photography, Raúl Pérez Ureta ; editing, Rori Sainz de Rosas ; music, José María Vitier ; choreography, Santiago Alonso. Includes theatrical trailer. Participants: Thais Valdés, Vladimir Cruz, Daisy Granados, Enrique Molina, Litico Rodriguez. Awards: Cartagena Film festival: winner Best picture; Havana Film festival: winner Audience award.
Plot:	"The lovers, Sissy and Sergio, are victims of their parents turbulent past as they become entangled in a love story filled with misfortune and serendipity. Sissy is the rebellious daughter of an ex-Tropicana singer who aspires to perform at the club against her father's wishes. Sergio, her handsome lover, might also be her brother, which is a problem until she discovers photographs of him in the arms of another woman."--Container
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba. Tropicana (Nightclub : Havana, Cuba).
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Title:	Plaff! : demasiado miedo a la vida / Too afraid of life. Splat!
Director:	Juan Carlos Tabio.
Format:	1 videocassette (98 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS.
Imprint:	La Hanana, Cuba : ICAIC, 1988
Language:	Spanish with English subtitles.
Notes:	Pproduced by ICAIC ; Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematografica directed by Juan Carlos Tabio.
Plot:	This comedic film gives a nonconformist view about everything. The heroine is constantly attacked by a mysterious hand that throws eggs at her house. Limited by her prejudices and fears and incapable of finding a way out of her internal conflicts, she comes to a tragic and unexpected end. Apparently a comedy, Tabio also shows and criticizes real characters and situations of contemporary Cuban society.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba
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Title:	Las profecías de Amanda
Director:	Pastor Vega.
Format:	1 videocassette (90 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS.
Imprint:	Spanish with English subtitles.
Language:	[Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba] : Video ICAIC, c1999.
Notes:	en coproducción con Igeldo Komunikazioa Communication, S.L., Alter Producciones Cinematográficas y la participación del Programa Ibermedia ; el Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos presenta. Producer, Evelio Delgado ; director, Pastor Vega ; written by Aaron Vega y Pastor ; director of photography, Carlos Rafael Solis ; editor, Jacqueline Meppiel ; theme song, Carlos Varela. Performer Daisy Granados, Laura Ramos, Doren Granados, Marisela Berti, Luis Alberto García, Herón Vega, Hiram Vega.
Plot:	A young girl successfully predicts strange events much to everyone-s surprise. She possesses this unique gift her entire life. This is the recreation of a real life case of extrasensory perception that caught doctors and psychologists off guard The film is based on a real life story. It depicts Amanda, a simple and popular figure who since childhood has the gift of seeing the present, the past, and future of people she knows and others she has never seen before. Her gift provokes the interest, but also the fear of psychologists, journalists, friends, and relatives. All are amazed by Amanda-s exceptional paranormal experiences. These experiences are considered normal within the Caribbean religious environment, but would be seen as an example of magic realism from outside the area.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba
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Title:	Retrato de Teresa / Portrait of Teresa.
Director:	Pastor Vega.
Format:	1 videocassette (103 min.) . sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Imprint:	New York, NY . New Yorker Video, 1980
Language:	Spanish with English subtitles
Notes:	Released in cooperation with Center for Cuban Studies. Originally produced in Cuba in 1979 as a motion picture. Presented in its original wide screen format. Participants: Daisy Granados, Adolfo Llaurado, Alina Sanchez, Paual Pomares. El Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos ; producción, Evelio Delgado ; dirección, Pastor Vega. Script, Ambrosio Fornet, Pastor Vega ; photography, Livio Delgado ; editing, Mirita Lores ; music, Carlos Farinas.
Plot:	Teresa is a housewife and mother whose involvement in political and cultural groups incurs the displeasure of her husband.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba
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Title:	Se permuta / House for Swap.
Director:	Juan Carlos Tabio
Format:	1 videocassette (105 min.) ; sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
Imprint:	[Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba] : Video ICAIC : NTSC, c1999
Language:	Spanish
Notes:	Director writer, Juan Carlos Tabío ; producer, Sergio San Pedro ; story, Juan Carlos Tabío, Jesus Gregorio ; story idea, T.G. Alea ; music, Juan Márquez ; editor, Roberto Bravo ; director of photography, Julio Valdés. Performer Rosita Fornés, Isabel Santos, Mario Balmaseda, Ramoncito Veloz.
Plot:	This humorous film is set against the backdrop of Cuba-s housing shortage and the context of a socialist economy in which apartments can be traded and not sold. An interfering mother tries to control her daughter-s social status by trading apartments and moving to a better neighborhood. As the mother had hoped, the daughter meets and is engaged to the right type -- a Cuban bureaucrat with influence. The mother arranges a new five-way house trade so that they can all live together, but the daughter falls in love with a black architect, breaks off her engagement, and all the deals fall apart.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba.
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Title:	El siglo de las luces / The Century of Enlightment
Director:	Humberto Solas
Format:	3 videocassettes (247 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in..
Imprint:	[Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba] : Video ICAIC ; c1999.
Language:	Spanish.
Notes:	Dirección: Humberto Solás; adaptación, guión y diálogos: alba de Cèspedes, Jean Cassies, Humberto Solás; música: José María Vitier. Based on a book by Alejo Carpentier. Performer. Jacqueline Arenal, Francois Dunoyer, Rustan Urazaev, Frederic Pierrot.
Plot:	Three young aristocratic cousins in 18th century Havana befriend an idealistic French merchant, Victor who protects them from various troubles, ultimately exposing the crooked financial agent who manages their inheritance. The epic political adventure converges on the Haitian revolution the populist revolts in Paris, Freemason plots and peasant uprisings in Spain. Victor gains political and military power in these turbulent times, his activities crisscrossing the lives of the cousins, including former lover Sophie. Based on the novel of the same name by famed author Alejo Carpentier. Tres jóvenes aristócratas: Sofía, Carlos y Esteban reciben al misterioso Victor Hugues en su mansión habanera. La belleza de Sofía despierta en el francés una gran pasión que los llevará a vivir insólitos acontecimientos. Una historia acerca de la incidencia de la Revolución Francesa en el Caribe basada en la novela homónima de Alejo Carpentier.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba. Literary adaptation
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Title:	Soy Cuba / IA Kuba / I am Cuba
Director:	Mikhail Kalatozov
Format:	1 videodisc (141 min.) ; sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. DVD, Dolby mono.
Imprint:	Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment : Milestone Film & Video,, c1999.
Language:	Spanish and Russian, subtitles in English.
Notes:	Mosfilm (USSR) ; ICAIC (Cuba) ; presented by Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese ; directed by Mikhail Kalatozov ; script by Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Enrique Pineda Barnet. Originally released as a motion picture in 1964. Camera director, Sergei Urusevkii ; editor, N. Glagoleva ; music, Carlos Fari~nas. Cast: Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Vud, Jose Gallardo, Raul Garcia.
Plot:	Four stories show the rise of the Communist revolution in Cuba, Battista-s Havana and the poverty and oppression of the Cuban people. A series of vignettes illustrates the extremes of wealth and poverty, the exploitation, and the passions that led to the Cuban Revolution. A co-production between Cuba and the Soviet Union, I Am Cuba is a wildly schizophrenic celebration of Communist kitsch, mixing Slavic solemnity with Latin sensuality. Kalatozov-s astonishingly acrobatic camera takes the viewer on a rapturous roller coaster ride of the sensuous decadence of Fulgencio Batista-s Havana and the grinding poverty and oppression of the Cuban people. The film languished for three decades in a Russian archive before being re- discovered.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba
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Title:	Soy Cuba / IA Kuba / I am Cuba
Director:	Mikhail Kalatozov
Format:	1 videocassette (141 min.) ; sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. VHS.
Imprint:	New York, NY : Milestone Film & Video, 1996
Language:	Spanish and Russian, subtitles in English.
Notes:	Mosfilm (USSR) ; ICAIC (Cuba) ; presented by Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese ; directed by Mikhail Kalatozov ; script by Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Enrique Pineda Barnet. Originally released as a motion picture in 1964. Camera director, Sergei Urusevkii ; editor, N. Glagoleva ; music, Carlos Fari~nas. Cast: Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Vud, Jose Gallardo, Raul Garcia.
Plot:	Four stories show the rise of the Communist revolution in Cuba, Battista-s Havana and the poverty and oppression of the Cuban people. A series of vignettes illustrates the extremes of wealth and poverty, the exploitation, and the passions that led to the Cuban Revolution. A co-production between Cuba and the Soviet Union, I Am Cuba is a wildly schizophrenic celebration of Communist kitsch, mixing Slavic solemnity with Latin sensuality. Kalatozov-s astonishingly acrobatic camera takes the viewer on a rapturous roller coaster ride of the sensuous decadence of Fulgencio Batista-s Havana and the grinding poverty and oppression of the Cuban people. The film languished for three decades in a Russian archive before being rediscovered.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba
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Title:	El Super : a cuban-american comedy.
Director:	Leon Ichaso and Orlando Jiménez Leal.
Format:	1 videocassette (80 m.). sd., col. VHS
Imprint:	New York. New Yorker Video, 1998
Language:	Spanish with English subtitles.
Notes:	Based on the original play by Ivan Acosta. Videocassette release of the 1979 motion picture. MPAA rating: not rated. Participants: Juan Granda, Reynaldo Medina, Zully Montero, Elizabeth Peña. Directed by Leon Ichaso and Orlando Jiménez Leal.
Plot:	The trials of a homesick exiled Cuban who labors as an apartment-house super in Manhattan. Hidalgo-Gato is excellent as a comically sad outsider, still in transit after a decade away from his homeland.
Subjects:	Feature films. United States. Cuba. Emigration and immigration. Cuban Americans. New York (State).
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	Thirteen days
Director:	Roger Donaldson.
Format:	1 videodisc (142 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD, widescreen, Dolby digital, DTS surround sound.
Imprint:	United States: New Line Home Entertainment, 2001, c2000.
Language:	English
Notes:	presented by New Line Cinema in association with Beacon Pictures ; a Roger Donaldson film ; produced by Armyan Bernstein, Peter O. Almond and Kevin Costner ; written by David Self ; directed by Roger Donaldson. DVD release of the 2000 motion picture. Based on the book The Kennedy tapes : inside the White House during the Cuban Missile Crisis, edited by Ernest R. May and Philip D. Zelikow. Special features: filmmaker commentary with Kevin Costner, Roger Donaldson, David Self and others, historical commentary, documentary -Roots of the Cuban Missile Crisis-, documentary -Bringing history to the silver screen-, historical figures biography gallery, visual effects scene demonstrations, deleted scenes with director commentary, cast and crew filmographies, theatrical trailers; DVD-ROM content: script to screen screenplay, link to original website. Credits Cinematographers, Andrezej Bartkowiak, Roger Deakins, Christopher Duddy ; editor, Conrad Buff ; original music, Trevor Jones ; production designer, Dennis Washington. Performer Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Steven Culp, Dylan Baker.
Plot:	Oct. 1962, for thirteen extraordinary days the world stood on the brink of destruction. Krushchev wouldn-t back down, President Kennedy wouldn-t give in. Inspired by the real-life events that took place in the Kennedy White House.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba. United States. Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.
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Title:	La ultima cena / Last Supper.
Director:	Tomas Gutierrez Alea.
Format:	1 videocassette (75 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS
Imprint:	Cuba : Vídeo ICAIC, 2000.
Language:	Spanish. English subtitles.
Notes:	El Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematograficos ; producción, Santiago Llapur, Camilo Vives ; argumento y dirección, T.G. Alea ; guión, Tomas Gonzalez, Maria Eugenia Haya, T.G. Alea. Photography, Mario Garcia Joya ; editor, Nelson Rodriguez ; music, Leo Brouwer. Originally produced as motion picture in 1976. A foreign film (Cuba). Performer Tomás González, María Eugenia Haya, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea.
Plot:	The horror, brutality and religious hypocrisy of the slave system are brilliantly brought to life in this account of an incident that allegedly took place on a Cuban sugar estate in the mid- 1790s during Easter Holy Week. A plantation owner invites twelve slaves to dine with him in imitation of Christ-s last supper with his disciples. During the supper, he becomes increasingly drunk, expounds upon Christianity to the slaves and promises that the next day, Good Friday, there shall be no work on the estate. The next morning, the slaves hold the plantation owner to his word.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	La Ultima Cena / The Last Supper.
Director:	Tomas Gutierrez Alea.
Format:	1 videocassette (110 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Imprint:	New York : New Yorker Films Video, 199-?] Descript
Language:	Spanish , enhanced English subtitles.
Notes:	Producción, Santiago Llapur, Camilo Vives ; argumento y dirección, T.G. Alea ; guión, Tomas Gonzalez, Maria Eugenia Haya, T.G. Alea. Credits Photography, Mario Garcia Joya ; editor, Nelson Rodriguez ; music, Leo Brouwer. Originally produced as motion picture by El Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematograficos in 1976. A foreign film (Cuba). Performer Nelson Villagra, Silvano Rey, Alberto Garcia, José Antonio Rodriguez, Samuel Claxton, Mario Balmaseda.
Plot:	Set in Havana at the end of the 18th century, a guilt-ridden count invites twelve of his plantation slaves to a last supper during which he attempts to teach them what he sees as the crucial elements of Christianity, namely, submissive obedience to their master and joy in suffering. When the count breaks his word, however, and forces the slaves to work the next day (Good Friday), they revolt and the count-s punishment is swift and brutal.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	Vampiros en La Habana / Vampires in Havana.
Director:	Juan Padron
Format:	1 videocassette (80 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Imprint:	ICAIC, 1983.
Language:	Spanish
Notes:	TVE. ICAIC . DURNIOCK PROD, Cuba-España-Alemania, 1985. Director: Padrón, Juan. Animación : José Reyes, Mario García Montes, Noel Lima, Guión : Juan Padrón, Ernesto Padrón, Fotografía : Adalberto Hernández, Música: Rembert Egües.
Plot:	This animated cartoon takes place in Havana in 1933, the period of the Machado dictatorship. Although he doesn-t know it, Pepito, the hero of the film, is a vampire and the grandson of Count Dracula. His uncle, Werner Amadeus Dracula, developed a potion to enable vampires to tolerate daylight and has been feeding it to his nephew since the age of five. The plot involves two interconnected story-lines: in one Werner Amadeus- plan to provide his potion to vampires around the world without cost is challenged by two opposing vampire groups -- a business group from Dusseldorf and a mob from Chicago. Both groups are on their way to Havana to get rid of Werner and his potion. At the same time, Pepito is working with an underground group of spies and insurrectionists to overthrow the Machado dictatorship.
Subjects:	Feature Films. Animated films. Cuba
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	La vida es silbar / Life Is to Whistle
Director:	Fernando Pérez.
Format:	1 videodisc (106 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. (Region 1)
Imprint:	New York, N.Y. : New Yorker Video, 2002
Language:	Spanish dialogue, English subtitles.
Notes:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998. Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos ; un coproduccion con Wanda Distribucion de Filmes ; producer, Rafael Rey ; writers, Humberto Jiménez, Fernando Pérez, Eduardo del Llano ; director, Fernando Pérez. Cinamatographer, Raul Perez Ureta ; editor, Julia Yip ; music, Edesio Alejandro. Special features: original theatrical trailer. Participants: Luis Alberto Garcia, Isabel Santos, Coralia Veloz, Rolando Brito, Bebe Pérez, Claudia Rojas. Awards: Havana Film Festival, 1998: Best Film, Best Director (Fernando Pérez), Best Actress (Claudia Rojas), Best Cinematography (Raúl Pérez Ureta)
Plot:	Three characters in present-day Havana must choose between clinging to their self-restricting beliefs, or getting rid of them to live more freely. Ballerina Mariana has promised God celibacy if she gets the role of "Giselle"; social-worker Julia always faints after hearing a certain word; and pot-smoking percussionist Elpidio was abandoned by his mother, coincidentally named Cuba, some time ago and has not yet gotten over the loss.
Subjects:	Feature films. Cuba, Havana (Cuba)
Location:	View Catalog Record
Title:	La virgen de la Caridad
Director:	Ramón Peón García (La Habana, 1897-San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1971)
Format:	1 videocassette (88 min.) : b&w and ; 1/2 in (PAL
Imprint:	Rio De Janeiro : Funarte Cinema Latinoamereicano. 1999. (Tesouros do cinema latino-americano).
Language:	Silent Films
Notes:	Fecha de Estreno: 1930. Director: Ramón Peón. Argumento: Enrique Agüero Hidalgo. Fotografía: Ricardo Delgado. Escenografía: Ernesto Caparrós. Edición: Ramón Peón. Intérpretes: Miguel de Santos (Yeyo), Diana V. Marde (Trina), Matilde Mauri (Ritica), Francisco Muñoz (Don Pedro), Guillermo de la Torre (Fernández), Julio Gallo (Canuto), Roberto Navarro (Matías), Francisco Herreo (Nicomedes), Estela Echazábal (Rufina/La Virgen de la Caridad), Ernesto Antón (Hortensio), Rafael Giròn (juez), Laura del Río (Catana), Gonzalo E. Piqui (notario), M. del Valle (Tula), Olimpia Fernández (Beba), Ramón Peón (mambí), Juan Antonio López Gabell, Sergio Miró, Mario Vasseur, Enrique Agüero Hidalgo.
Plot:	Rarely seen and vital for anyone interested in the history of Cuban cinema, this silent feature was directed by Ramon Peon, who made at least 70 films in Cuba and Mexico from 1920 to 1960. The story concerns the rivalry between two men--one honest, one corrupt--vying to marry a wealthy rancher's daughter. When all seems lost for the honest man, he prays to the Virgin Mary for help. Some sources list this as the last silent feature produced in Cuba.    Argumento basado en la novela homónina de Enrique Agüero Hidalgo y adaptado por Ramón Peón. Yeyo vive con su abuela Ritica Betancourt en la finca La Bijirita. La anciana se entristece al recordar a su hijo, que murió en la Guerra de Independencia de forma heroica. Para alegrarla, Yeyo la lleva a una fiesta, a donde quiere asistir para verse con Trina, su amor secreto. La joven llega acompañada de su padre (Don Pedro del Valle, el cacique del lugar), quien piensa que yeyo no es digno de su hija.    Tiempo después, durante las fiestas de la Patrona de Cuba en el pueblo, reaparece Guillermo Fernández, hijo de un poderoso terrateniente ganadero, que se había ausentado desde la guerra independentista. Lo reconoce Matías, un ser malvado que odia a Yeyo. Fernández se interesa por Trina, sobre todo al saberla hija del jefe local. Con Matías, Fernández maquina la forma de despojar de la finca La Bijirita a sus legítimos dueños. Aprovecha las buenas relaciones que ha logrado establecer con Don Pedro y le pide la mano de su hija. Este accede y rápidamente, acuerdan el día de la boda. La joven envía un mensaje a Yeyo, donde le cuenta todo y le propone la fuga. Yeyo, algo confundido, consulta a su abuela. Ella, después de censurarlo, le aconseja que implore a la Virgen de la Caridad para que lo "ilumine".    Mientras Yeyo está orando ante la imagen religiosa, Nicomedes —el dueño de la casa en que se han refugiado luego de ser desalojados— se dispone a colocar un cuadro en el lado opuesto de la pared donde está colgada aquella. Cuando lo hace, la imagen de la Virgen cae y se deshace en pedazos. En el interior del cuadro, Yeyo descubre la propiedad de la finca, que había sido escondida allí por su abuelo. Rápidamente, el joven cabalga hacia el pueblo para detener la boda y pedir que se haga justicia. Con su llegada, logra salvar a tiempo no solo la finca, sino también a su amada, ya que Trina estaba a punto de ser obligada a casarse con el malvado Fernández. Una vez desenmascarado el villano, Yeyo es aceptado finalmente por Don Pedro como esposo de su hija.
Subjects:	Feature Films. Cuba. Silent films.
Location:	View Catalog Record

 

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