The Lost City

The Lost City

A place you leave is a place that lives forever.

2005144 min6.2 / 10

A melancholic historical drama about a wealthy Cuban family's displacement and loss amid political upheaval, anchored by nostalgia for a vanished world.

In Havana, Cuba in the late 1950's, a wealthy family, one of whose sons is a prominent nightclub owner, is caught in the violent transition from the oppressive regime of Batista to the Marxist government of Fidel Castro. Castro's regime ultimately leads the nightclub owner to flee to New York.

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