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Español
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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...
Series
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2008?]
Language
Español
Description
This tense, action-packed political thriller chronicles the romance between two young revolutionaries in 1950s Havana as they fight for their lives against Batista's secret service. Based on real events from the early days of the revolution.
3) Cuba
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A sweeping story of two old flames who become caught up in the turbulence an exhilaration of Cuba's 1959 revolution.
Publisher
Maya Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Español
Description
Ernesto lives in a state of constant limbo: He's excited at the prospect of obtaining an exit visa, and terrified at the thought of wasting away in Havana. But when this conflicted Cuban falls deeply in love, he realizes that sometimes one must make sacrifices in order to achieve true happiness.
6) Havana
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
High-rolling poker player Jack Weil is trying to make one big score in 1958 Havana. But his plan doesn't include falling for Roberta, wife of revolutionary Arturo Duran. After Arturo is removed by the police, Jack is drawn closer to Roberta and his last chance for the big score is threatened.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
Fleeing the chaos of World War I and the terror of the Soviet Revolution, practical, sensible Pearl Kahn and her lovestruck, impulsive younger sibling Frieda sail for America to join their sister in New York. But discriminatory new immigration laws bar their entry, and the young women are turned back at Ellis Island. With few options, Pearl and Frieda head for Havana, Cuba, convinced they will find a way to overcome this setback. At first, life in...
Publisher
CBS / Paramount Network Television
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"It's the sixth season and the redhead is up to some of her most hilarious shenanigans. First, Lucy meets Bob Hope at a baseball game by masquerading as a hot dog vendor, then a tobacco-chomping pitcher. Next, even the great Orson Welles is powerless to stifle Lucy's acting bug when she 'assists' him in his magic act. Then at Little Ricky's birthday party, Lucy climbs out on a ledge to keep a promise that Superman will appear After escapades in Florida...
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Español
Description
Cuba, 1948. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and desire unite them as they chase their dreams and each other from Havana to New York to Paris, Hollywood and Las Vegas. Bonus features include the U.S. trailer, the making of Chico & Rita, and audio commentary with Director Fernando Trueba.
12) Original sin
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
"Wealthy Cuban merchant Luis Vargas only knows his bride-to-be through letters of love. And when his family finally meets Julia on their wedding day, he is left breathless by her beauty and smoldering sexuality. But behind that beauty, a devious mind is at work. For even as they satisfy their hunger for one another, her thoughts drift toward quenching a desire that is solely hers. And when Luis is deprived of his business, his bank account, and his...
Publisher
Lionsgate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Español
Description
Human extremes: love and lovelessness, friendship and loneliness, make-ups and break-ups. When it comes to people and love, what do you look for? How do you know when it's true? And how do you keep it if you finally find it?
Publisher
Mr. Bongo Films
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Español
Description
A study of Cuban society before and after the revolution as seen through the eyes of a Europeanized intellectual, a landlord and self-styled writer, who is too idealistic to leave for Miami but too decadent to fit into the new society.
16) The Perez family
Publisher
Seville
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Set in 1980, free-spirited Dottie Perez is leaving Cuba for America, her head filled with dreams of movies, mascara and dates with John Wayne. Strait-laced Juan Perez is headed for a reunion with Carmela, the wife he hasn't seen in 20 years. But when an overworked immigration officer mistakes Dottie and Juan for husband and wife, the stage is set for a merry marital mix-up, and some very unpredictable romances.
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Español
Description
Cuba, 1948. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and desire unite them as they chase their dreams and each other from Havana to New York to Paris, Hollywood and Las Vegas.
Publisher
ArtMattan Productions
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Français
Description
Dancing the twist in Bamako (drama): a romance fraught with the drama of political change and infused with the musical energy of the 60s in Mali, only recently independent from French colonial rule. Samba, a young, idealistic socialist, works toward creating a more just nation by day and dances with girlfriend Lara to the Beach Boys, Otis Redding, and the Supremes by night.
The Mali Cuba connection (documentary): In the midst of the Cold War, ten...
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