The Survivors (1979)
1979 · 2h 10m · Drama, Comedy
Genres: Drama, Comedy
A bourgeois Cuban family of aristocratic origin locks itself into its mansion when the Cuban Revolution comes to power, waiting for the new regime to be overthrown. As time passes, they regress to older and older systems of political order, from capitalism to feudalism to "primitive savagery."
Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Writers: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Antonio Benítez Rojo
Music by: Leo Brouwer
Cinematography: Mario García Joya
Editor: Nelson Rodríguez
Cast
Enrique Santisteban as Sebastián OrozcoJuanita Caldevilla as Doña LolaGermán Pinelli as Pascual OrozcoAna Viñas as Fina OrozcoReynaldo Miravalles as Vicente CuervoVicente Revuelta as Julio OrozcoLeonor Borrero as CucaCarlos Ruiz de la Tejera as Manuel OrozcoYael Teruel as Finita Orozco (niña)Ana Lillian Renteria as Finita OrozcoFrancisco Puentes as Julito Orozco (niño)Patricio Wood as Julito OrozcoMore like this
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