David Kepesh es un crítico cultural alérgico al compromiso que ve cómo Consuela Castillo, una alumna, despierta en él un sentimiento de posesividad sexual que hace que su vida y sus prejuicios se tambaleen.
Un viejo pescador cubano, Santiago, sale a la mar todos los días, aunque la mala suerte le persigue y no consigue regresar con una buena captura. Una mañana sale a navegar en su pequeña barca y, mientras espera con el cebo en el agua, un pez, aparentemente enorme, pica el anzuelo. A partir de ahí se entabla una durísima lucha entre el viejo pescador y el pez.
Un policía es culpado injustamente de la muerte de otros agentes. Tras ser expulsado del cuerpo, decide vengarse de los hombres que no le creyeron. Su nuevo trabajo será el de guardaespaldas de la novia de un gran jefe del crimen.
Liberado tras pasar unos años preso en Cuba como preso político, un cubano se reune de nuevo con su mujer y su hija en Miami.
In Havana, where economic difficulties are numerous, two young people try to find out if love and aspirations can survive in a city defined by adversity.
A Cuban businessman's daughter elopes with a professor instead of marrying a banker's son.
A rampant, street level story of mentorship and everyday heroism in tough circumstances. An inner city coach's son, estranged in his youth from his father, spends five years on ball fields in inner city Oakland and Havana, following the lives of two extraordinary youth baseball coaches, Roscoe in Oakland and Nicolas in Havana. The coaches meet on videotape and two years of red tape later, Coach Roscoe and nine Oakland players travel to Havana to play Coach Nicolas' team. For one week, the players and coaches eat, dance, swim, argue and play baseball together. But when the parent of an Oakland player is murdered back home, it brings back the inescapable reality and challenges of life in an American inner city.
A tough-as-nails burglary crew from the streets, a Cuban cartel, heavy into voodoo, ruthless Albanian gangsters, and a blood diamond deal that erupts into all out violence. This throws the criminal underworld into chaos. Double-crosses and brazen gangland executions entwine everyone in a street war that plays out to an explosive ending.
Un día como cualquier otro en la Habana. Barbaro, uno de los taxistas del lugar, conduce al Maestro Pio Leiva a un programa de radio al que llega tarde. Los dos se hacen amigos y deciden formar una banda.
República Popular de Angola, África. Un lejano y aislado puente, protegido por tropas cubanas, debe ser abastecido. La caravana parte hacia su destino. En el camino enfrentará al destacamento especial Cobra, de las fuerzas enemigas de la UNITA.
This documentary, shot entirely on location in Havana, includes many band members' insights into this revival, and features performance footage of an All-Stars' concert at the city's Salon of Dreams.
Rebuild, in the same place of events, a trial held in 1969 to four men, accused of sabotage for having caused the fire of a forest plan that caused the death of eight people and large material losses. At the same time, it analyzes retrospectively the circumstances that contributed to the occurrence of the crime.
Bjorn, ciudadano sueco quien afirma ser profesor de literatura, llega a Cuba y alquila un cuarto en la casa de Amancio, un ex-policía, licenciado por motivos de salud y hombre de rígidos principios morales que su familia no comparte. La familia típicamente habanera de Amancio, no sabe qué hacer con el extranjero a quien sin embargo intentan hospedar en su casa por puros fines monetarios. Una historia acerca de la amistad, los estereotipos, la aventura y el amor.
Prior to Fidel Castro's reign, Cuba was open to immigration. However, once Castro proclaimed himself dictator of Cuba, one of the largest exodus recorded began, one that continues today, 47 years after the Cuban Revolution. Six central characters of the film discuss in detail their personal experiences through Operation Pedro Pan, the Freedom Flights, El Mariel, the Rafter Crisis, and the Cuban Visa Lottery.
Today, as in the spring of 2016, when this film was shot, the debate about the future of the island encourages Cuba and its inhabitants. A journey into the thoughts and stories of the Cubans of the interior reveals the complexity of the Cuban reality and its uncertainties in the face of a future that is far from being mapped out beforehand. This documentary analyzes the situation in Cuba after the reestablishment of relations with the United States, which began in 2014 and was initiated by the president of the United States, Barack Obama, and the Cuban head of state, Raúl Castro
With 20 tracks featuring 10 artists and including classics such as “CHAN CHAN”, “A BUENA VISTA VOY YO” and more, with “La Vida Es Un Carnaval” as a bonus track, the group will lead you to the streets of the Caribbean island, to make you take part of the unspoiled Cuban joy of life.
The new 'Buena Vista Social Club' perfoming live in Amsterdam.
Octubre de 1967. David prepara su ingreso en la Universidad. Sus compañeros practican la conquista femenina como un deporte competitivo. David conquista a la bella del curso y provoca los celos y las intrigas del resto, pero también se gana la amistad de la responsable política del grupo, conocida por su seriedad y sus libras de más. Entre los prejuicios de uno y la sinceridad de otros, David alcanzará a completar su educación sentimental.