Julio García Espinosa

Entangling Shadows (1998)

Documentary that celebrates 100 years of cinema in Latin America and talks about the origins and the development of cinema in this subcontinent. Its structure is based in 12 short films directed by various Latin American directors. These are: 1) "Los inici ...

Reina y Rey (1994)

Reina is an old and lonely widow whose only companion is a little black dog called Rey. When the dog disappears, Reina begins to question her own existence. Suddenly, her old patrons (who had left Cuba twenty years ago) return to Miami to stay for a week a ...

La bella del Alhambra (1989)

In 1920s Havana, Rachel is a showgirl who longs to become a headliner at the incredibly popular Alhambra theater. On her way to attain that, she loses the love of her life and falls into the clutches of a passion that nearly destroys her career. ...

The Useless Death of My Pal, Manolo (1989)

Cheo visits his friend, Manolo, who he hasn't seen for many years. They drink to celebrate their reunion and fondly recall the times they spent together in years past. As they reminisce, the two friends confront the revolution, evaluate their lives, and ba ...

Son o no son (1980)

An episodic film featuring the musical, choreographic and comedic skills of a variety of actors and actresses. ...

One Way or Another (1977)

In Miraflores, Cuba, the growing romance between Mario, a factory worker, and Yolanda, a schoolteacher, throws into relief the differences in their perspectives and values in Revolutionary Cuba. ...

La sexta parte del mundo (1977)

The Battle of Chile: Part II (1976)

Chronicles the events immediately surrounding the CIA- supported coup itself. ...

The Battle of Chile: Part I (1975)

The chronicle of the political tension in Chile in 1973 and of the violent counter revolution against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende. ...

The Other Francisco (1975)

Based on the novel Francisco by Anselmo Suárez y Romero, "The Other Francisco" is a socio-economic analysis of slavery and class struggle through the retelling of the original novel. The film contrasts the romantic conceptions of plantation life found in ...

Third World, Third World War (1970)

Critical testimony on American war crimes in Vietnam. A film both didactic and conscious of itself, bringing together a number of resources, techniques and documentary styles – a true paradigm of imperfect cinema. ...

Sexto aniversario (1969)

A commemoration of the 6th anniversary of the beginning of the Cuban revolution. 500,000 campesinos invited to celebrate the occasion pour into Havana. ...

The First Charge of the Machete (1969)

Cuban peasants wield machetes in a violent uprising against Spanish authorities in the late 19th century. ...

Lucía (1968)

Traces episodes in the lives of three Cuban women, each named Lucía, from three different historical periods: the 1890s, the 1930s, and the 1960s. ...

The Adventures of Juan Quin Quin (1967)

The adventures, fortunes and misfortunes of resourceful peasant Juan Quin Quin - in turns bullfighter, guerrilla fighter and sacristan - who never resigns himself to his fate. Set against the backdrop of 1950s Cuba and steeped in the island's countryside t ...

Un día en el solar (1965)

The daily life of the residents of one house, most of whose lives, in accordance with the customs of southern countries, take place in the courtyard, reflects the national character, the customs of the common people, their talent, and, most importantly, th ...

Cuba '58 (1962)

Three stories reconstructing the start of the triumphant Cuban revolution which deposed Batista. ...

Cuba Dances (1961)

Featured in a musical environment possible light anywhere in the world, adapted to a Cuban city makes good use of music. The argument is based on the desires and efforts of middle-income families, to hold a quinceanera at a level greater than that permitte ...

El joven rebelde (1961)

Pedro is a young peasant who leaves home to join the Rebel Army, based in Sierra Maestra. ...

This Is Our Land (1959)

The unfair distribution of land in Cuba encourages the support of the peasants to the revolution. ...

La vivienda (1959)

Urban reform during the first months of the Cuban revolution is the subject of this documentary ...

Y si ella volviera (Guantanamera) (1957)

Sonia, a school teacher, is excited about her new post in the Cuban beach town of Caibarien since her childhood friend Guillermo lives there. However she finds Guillermo a tormented soul and evil lurks in town. ...

El mégano (1955)

Documentary that portrays the life of a coal-mining town south of Havana, around 1955, prior to the triumph of the revolution. ...

Memória Cubana (2010)

Through the files of Cuban cinema news program Noticieros ICAIC Latinoamericanos, the documentary shows the most relevant events of the second half of the 20th century as seen by the documentary filmmakers of the island. During three decades and under the ...

Titón: From Havana to Guantanamera, 1928-1996 (2008)

A look at the life and work of Cuban filmmaker Tomas Gutierrez Alea. ...

Rocha Que Voa (2002)

Documentary about the relationship between filmmaker Glauber Rocha and Cuba. ...

Claves, 4: Memories of Cuban cinema (1984)

Documentary in four parts on Latin American cinema. Fourth episode: in Cuba, the ICAIC, created in the aftermath of the Castro revolution, is at once a film school, a production company and a state cultural branch. Cuban filmmakers testify to the situation ...

ORG (1979)

Explores the complex relationship between the spirit, body, and mind. The film is a nightmare with closed eyes because it counts among the most terrible moments of my life, my second exile, which lasted a very long time. Inspired by an ancient Hindu legend ...