Underplayed Gems

Cuba (1979)

Cuba poster
Directed by
Richard Lester
Genre
drama film, action film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 57m
Rated
R
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 53 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An English mercenary travels to Cuba in 1958 just before the revolution. He reconnects with a former lover and gets caught up in the political turmoil and personal conflicts.

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What happens

Cuba is a 1979 American adventure thriller film directed by Richard Lester and starring Sean Connery, portraying the build-up to the 1958 Cuban Revolution, filmed in Panavision. Lester developed the film out of a conversation with a friend, with significant influence from the 1942 film Casablanca. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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