Raúl Pomares

Set in Cuba in early 1959, although the historical context is deliberately avoided in its epic backdrop, the story follows the persecution of a poor...

Directed mainly for kids, the film speaks of a Havana that reveals two distinct faces, from the everyday life of a couple of kids.

A young sociologist returns to Nuevitas, his hometown, to investigate the transformations taking place there, brought about by the advance of the...

A superstitious middle-aged woman falls in love with a taxi driver, while trying to learn the identity of the unseen person tossing eggs at her.

Alfredo for years has dreamed of living the exciting adventures he reads in the National Geographic magazine. Now that he is an old man, he believes...

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

After two years in jail, El Isleño returns to the island of La Fe, ruled by the dictator Francisco Gavilán. He arrives with a cinematograph and...

Three crooks in Havanna plan the bankrobbery of a lifetime

A story of survival and triumph of the human spirit.

Based on actual events, the film dramatizes the efforts of Cuban counterintelligence services in response to Operation Patty, a CIA plot to...

A story about teenagers, their parents and teachers, the conflicts that can arise in today's Cuban society, and their solutions. The film tells the...

Teresa is overwhelmed: with a husband, three young sons, a job as a crew leader in a textile factory, and volunteer commitments as cultural leader of...

A biting satire about life in contemporary Cuba. Alicia, a young drama instructor, is sent to the small town of Maravillas de Noveras, which is...

This Cuban feature examines the circumstances arising out of a woman's claim to have seen the Virgin Mary and to have been healed by waters from a...

The first years of the Cuban Revolution characterized by social transformations and class struggles.

Set in the early 1900s, this film charts the rule of a Latin American dictator as he moves from being a charming despot to a tyrannical ruler before...

In 1672 Cuban revolutionaries launch an uprising against the Spanish who are occupying the country. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017.

It reflects the transformation which a woman undergoes in the crisis of personal fulfillment that her husband is going through. In the middle of a...

Three characters in present-day Havana must choose between clinging to their self-restricting beliefs, or getting rid of them to live more freely....