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Year
1964
Runtime
141 min.
Director
Mikhail Kalatozov
Genre
Drama
Rating *
8.2
Votes *
6,220
Checks
2,372
Favs
401
Dislikes
15
Favs/checks
16.9% (1:6)
Favs/dislikes
27:1
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  1. marienbad's avatar

    marienbad

    Some really incredible camera work. 11 years 11 months ago
  2. flaiky's avatar

    flaiky

    Well this is a masterpiece. 8 years 10 months ago
  3. Railok's avatar

    Railok

    Without a doubt, "Soy Cuba" is beautifully filmed, fantastic cinematography and great staging which gives the movie a great power.

    However, as some has already pointed out, it is quite superficial (some would say stereotypical) and reflects the contemporary (1964) view that the Cuban government had of their recent revolutionary period. There are some historical anachronisms and the script by Yevtushenko and Pineda Barnet is not very subtle to say the least. It felt downright melodramatic at times when making things a little bit more natural could have elevated the movie tremendously.

    In terms of narrative structure, my thoughts were immediately drawn to Rossellini's "Paisà" (1946) which follows the same vignetté structure around a historical event (the invasion and liberation of Italy by Allied forces in Paisà, the Cuba Revolution in Soy Cuba) and the use of actors with little to no previous experience.
    7 years 3 months ago
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  1. This movie ranks #11 in Scott Tobias's The New Cult Canon
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  2. This movie ranks #17 in iCheckMovies's 1960s Top 100
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  3. This movie ranks #24 in IMDb's 1960s Top 50
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  5. This movie ranks #39 in ASC's 100 Milestone Films in Cinematography of the 20th Century
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  6. This movie ranks #61 in Spike Lee's Essential List of Films for Filmmakers
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  7. This movie ranks #112 in Empire's The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time
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  8. This movie ranks #266 in Mark Cousins's The Story of Film: An Odyssey
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  9. This movie ranks #270 in Sight & Sound's The Greatest Films of All Time
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  10. This movie ranks #323 in TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest Films
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  11. This movie ranks #396 in The New York Times's Book of Movies
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  12. This movie ranks #516 in Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
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  14. This movie ranks #837 in The Guardian's 1000 Films to See Before You Die
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  15. This movie ranks #852 in Time Out's 1000 Films to Change Your Life
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  16. This movie ranks #1494 in The Criterion Collection
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