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Orlando Jiménez Leal

Havana, Cuba

Orlando Jiménez Leal was born in 1941 in Havana, Cuba. He is a director and cinematographer, known for El Super (1979), Improper Conduct (1984) and Me olvidé de vivir (1980).

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Improper Conduct poster
5.1

The story of the persecution of homosexuals and intellectuals in Cuba under Fidel Castro's dictatorship, from the beginning of the Cuban Revolution (1953-59) until the early 1980s. Interviews with relevant personalities of Cuban culture who suffered persecution demonstrate that concentration camps for gays existed in Cuba.

Improper Conduct

1984

P.M. poster
6.6

Controversial cinéma vérité analysis of Havana’s lumpenproletariat in waterfront bars and cafés shortly after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion.

P.M.

1961

Me olvidé de vivir poster
9.5

Julio Iglesias, internationally famous spanish singer, ends his Europe-wide tour in Paris. Before setting off to perform in America, decides to take a brief holiday in the quiet and peaceful Contadora Island in Panama. There, he meets Claudia, a german archaeology tour guide, for whom he'll start falling for, possibly jeopardizing the whole future of his concert tours.

Me olvidé de vivir

1980

8A poster
7.0

The Kafkaesque world of Cuba under Castro's rule is brought to light in this reconstruction of the 1989 trial and execution of General Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez, the highest-ranking general and hero of the revolution, and commander of the Angolan and Ethiopian campaigns.

8A

1993

8A poster
7.0

The Kafkaesque world of Cuba under Castro's rule is brought to light in this reconstruction of the 1989 trial and execution of General Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez, the highest-ranking general and hero of the revolution, and commander of the Angolan and Ethiopian campaigns.

8A

1993

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NR

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La Otra Cuba

1984

El Super poster
7.6

February, 1978. Roberto and Aurelia are Cuban exiles living in New York City with their 17-year-old daughter. For ten years Roberto's been the super of an apartment building, firing up the boiler, repairing windows, and moving bags of garbage. He's homesick for Cuba, stuck in repetitive conversations about the Bay of Pigs, Castro, and life back home. After receiving some tragic news, Robert makes up his mind to quit the city and move to Miami.

El Super

1979