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"The Cuban Masterworks Collection"
1962-1986
Directed by Tomas Gutierrez Alea / Julio Garcia Espinosa / Humberto Solas

Five restored classics from revolutionary Cuba, including the Tomas Guitierrez Alea comedy, The Twelve Chairs (1962, 90 minutes), about the hunt for the jewels of a dying rich woman; Julio Garcia Espinosa's irresistible satire that follows a farmer who joins the revolution in The Adventures of Juan Quin Quin (1967, 104 minutes); Humberto Solas' Cecilia (1981, 127 minutes), a Cannes Film Festival hit about a love affair that transcends class boundaries; Eslinda Nunez stars in Amada (Humberto Solas, 1982, 105 minutes), a film about an unhappy marriage and the power of idealism; and the Havanna Film Festival Grand Prize Winner A Successful Man (Humberto Solas, 1986, 103 minutes), a historical drama chronicling the lives of two polarized brothers in pre-revolutionary Cuba. Spanish with optional English subtitles. 529 minutes.