The Cuban masterworks collection = Obras maestras del cine cubano / Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica ; Icestorm.
Five restored classic films from Cuba. 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...
| Uniform Title: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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| Language: | Spanish English |
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In Spanish or Spanish with optional English subtitles.
Title and individual film titles on disc labels and container in English only. |
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[Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba] : [United States] :
Video ICAIC ; First Run Features [distributor],
[2006], ©2006.
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| Edition: | Five disc collector's edición. |
| Series: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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| Physical Description: | 5 videodiscs (529 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Variant Title: |
Obras maestras del cine cubano. [Parallel title] |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| Summary: |
Five restored classic films from Cuba.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. |
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| Note: | Special features: short Cuban films and documentaries; photogalleries; biographies; filmographies and more. Videorecording. |
| Call Number: | CP5 D0076493 VideoDVD PN1995.9.C8 C8 2006 VideoDVD |
| System Details: | DVD. |