I Am Cuba

I Am Cuba

Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov

Produced by ICAIC, Mosfilm

1964141 min7.9 / 10

A visually stunning, ideologically charged portrait of Cuba's revolution told through interconnected stories of moral corruption, peasant resistance, and collective awakening.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is I Am Cuba one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 93% of films.

  • Is I Am Cuba sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.

  • Does I Am Cuba end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 62% of films.

  • Is I Am Cuba scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is I Am Cuba violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.

  • Is I Am Cuba easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

89/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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Rarity93

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Surprise78

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Love95

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