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The Cuban masterworks collection [videorecording] = Obras maestras del cine cubano /

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Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: FRF912556D | First Run FeaturesFRF912563D | First Run FeaturesFRF912570D | First Run FeaturesFRF912587D | First Run FeaturesFRF912594D | First Run FeaturesLanguage: Spanish, English Summary language: English Publication details: [Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba] : Video ICAIC ; [United States] : First Run Features [distributor], c2006.Edition: Five disc collector's edDescription: 5 videodiscs (529 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

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video

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videodisc

Other title:

Obras maestras del cine cubano

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Contents:

Aventura de Juan Quin Quin = The adventures of Juan Quin Quin / director, Julio García Espinosa (104 min. : b&w ; 1967) -- Un hombre de éxito = A successful man / director, Humberto Solás (103 min. : col. ; 1986) -- Cecelia / director, Humberto Solás (127 min. : col ; 1981) -- Amada / dirección, Humberto Solás (105 min. :col. ; 1982) -- Doce sillas = The twelve chairs / director, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (90 min. : b&w ; 1962)

Summary: Now finally available in North America are five masterworks from revolutionary Cuba. Beautifully restored and directed by three legendary filmmakers, they reveal a unique perspective of their country -- one which Americans are unaccustomed to seeing. Each film is a worthy addition to the canon of great world cinema, and rare bonus films and materials further enhance our understanding of the rich historical and cultural heritage from which they emerged. THE TWELVE CHAIRS (A film by Tomas Gutierrez Alea) -- A comic story also filmed by Mel Brooks. On her deathbed, a rich woman reveals the hiding place of a fortune in jewels: inside one of the twelve identical parlor chairs, newly confiscated by the revolutionary authorities. The hunt for the twelve chairs is on! CECILIA (A film by Humberto Solas) -- Cuba, 1830. The son of a rich colonial family falls in love with a proud, beautiful, but poor mulatto girl. But his father wants him to marry a woman from his own social class. AMADA (A film by Humberto Solas) -- In 1914 Havana, Amada, privileged but unhappily married to her husband, falls in love with her cousin Marcial, a young idealist. Will Amada follow her passion and escape her unfaithful husband? THE ADVENTURES OF JUAN QUIN QUIN (A film by Julio Garcia Espinosa) -- Juan Quin Quin, a poor but shrewd farmer, lives on his wits in pre-revolutionary Cuba -- as a circus performer, a bull-fighter, a coffee planter, even playing the part of Christ with a traveling theatre company. The he joins the Revolution A SUCCESSFUL MAN (A film by Humberto Solas) -- Cuba's history before the Revolution is chronicled through the story of two brothers, one a revolutionary man of action, the other an unscrupulous politician trying to steer a treacherous middle path between opposing political ideas. (First Run Features)Summary: Five restored classic films from Cuba.Summary: Aventuras de Juan Quin Quin (The adventures of Juan Quin Quin): A peasant farmer becomes a soldier in the Cuban revolution in this offbeat adventure comedy. His healthy cynicism towards the police, wealthy landlords, and the government serves him well after he joins up with a female guerilla. He rises to become a lieutenant as he waits for the signal for the rebellion to begin.Summary: Un hombre de éxito (A successful man): Cuba's history before the Revolution is chronicled through the story of two brothers, one a revolutionary man of action, the other an unscrupulous politician trying to steer a treacherous middle path between opposing political ideas.Summary: Cecilia: In 1830 Cuba, the son of a rich colonial family falls in love with a proud, beautiful but poor mulatto girl. His father, however, wants him to marry a woman from his own social class.Summary: Amada: Set in Havana in 1914, as World War I begins. Amada, a young conservative bourgeois woman unhappily married to an ambitious politician, and tied to obsolete values, falls passionately in love with her cousin Marcial, a young nonconformist who tries unsuccessfully to shake her out of her traditionalism with tragic results.Summary: Dolce sillas (The twelve chairs): A rich woman decides, before dying, to hide the family jewels under a chair lining. An ex-proprietor and his ex-driver find this out and undertake a desperate search for the treasure, which gives rise to amusing situations and incredible adventures.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD 0868 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050097917

Run time: approx. 529 min.

Special features: short Cuban films and documentaries; photogalleries; biographies; filmographies and more.

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The Cuban masterworks collection [videorecording] = Obras maestras del cine cubano /