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I Am Cuba

For you, I am the casino, the bar, the hotels. But the hands of these children and old people, are also me.

7.9(262)19642h 21m4

A study in contrasts set in and around Havana that explores Cuba's 1959 revolution: a young woman's fascination with the excess of an American-owned casino leads to her downfall in the eyes of her street vendor boyfriend; a tenant farmer revolts the only way he knows how, attacking the land he works; university students gain first-hand knowledge of political upheaval; and, in the hills outside the city, the members of a poor peasant family are patriotically swept up into the burgeoning revolt.

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Status
Released
Budget
$600K
Box office
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Language
English
  • rebellion
  • police
  • cuba
  • propaganda
  • peace
  • peasant
  • surrealism
  • cuban revolution
  • anthology
  • wealth
  • black and white
  • university

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Behind the camera

Produced in

Cuba, Soviet Union

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Videos

Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereTelluride Film Festival29 Aug 1992
    • PremiereSan Francisco International Film Festival18 Jun 1993
    • PhysicalBlurry, unsubtitled russian-dubbed VHS tape1 Mar 1995
    • Physical35 mm restoration original spanish language1 Sept 2005
    • Digital / OTT4K russian-dubbed9 Mar 2020
    • Digital / OTTrussian-dubbed with english subtitles29 Oct 2021
    • PhysicalThe Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-Ray23 Apr 2024
  • CubaCU

    • Theatrical26 Oct 1964
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP2 Jul 2003
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical (limited)Re-issue9 Oct 2008
    • PhysicalDVD16 Jun 2009
    • Theatrical (limited)Re-issue27 Jul 2023
  • NetherlandsNL

    • TheatricalRe-release4 Dec 1997
    • TVNederland 38 Sept 2002
  • RussiaSU

    • Theatrical2 Nov 1964
    • TV(part 1)26 Jul 1965
    • TV(part 2)27 Jul 1965

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I Am Cuba was released on 26 October 1964.

Audience reviews

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  • C

    CinemaSerf

    6/4/2026

    7/10

    If you are ever going to watch a film that shows just how the seeds of revolution can germinate, then this is probably it. Using four separate scenarios, we follow the iniquities of a society that is crying out for change - but just not neccessarily coherently. It's that lack of cohesion that has hitherto allowed the Batista government to cling to power, but might we be about to see the joining up of those oppressed …

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