Director
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Composer
Leo Brouwer
Cast
Nelson Villagra, Silvano Rey, Luis Alberto García
Edition 1981
120'
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1976
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Drama
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Dialogue:
Spanish
During Holy Week at the end of the 18th century, a count visits his Havana sugar mill on a day a slave has run away. The count tells his cruel overseer, Don Manuel, to pick 12 slaves who will be guests at the count's table. Don Manuel objects, but to no avail. The twelfth guest is the recaptured runaway. During the dinner the count uses religious analogies to lecture his guests on the perfect happiness possible in slavery. They in turn tell stories and make requests. He promises no work on Good Friday, but he leaves early that morning and Don Manuel rouses the slaves for a long day of cutting cane. They rebel. Which side will the count take?
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Credits
Directors
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Composers
Leo Brouwer
Cast
Nelson Villagra, Silvano Rey, Luis Alberto García
Scenario
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Maria Eugenia Haya
Director of Photography
Mario Garcia Joya
Producers
Santiago Llapur, Camilo Vives
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Dialogue
Spanish
Countries of production
Cuba
Screenplay based on
"El ingenio" (Manuel Moreno Fraginals)
Year
1976