First Charge of the Machete (1969)
- Original title
- La primera carga al machete
- Directed by
- Manuel Octavio Gómez
- Genre
- docudrama, historical film
- Country
- Cuba
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 12 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This Cuban film recreates a key battle in the country's war for independence, using a documentary-style approach. It follows Cuban insurgents as they fight Spanish colonial forces with machetes.
historicaldocudramaintenseimmediatestylizedpolitically charged
What happens
La Première Charge à la machette (titre original : La primera carga al machete) est un film cubain réalisé par Manuel Octavio Gómez et sorti en 1969. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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