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Synopsis: In Havana, Cuba in the late 1950s, a wealthy family, one of whose sons is a prominent night-club owner, is caught in the violent transition from the oppressive regime of Batista to the government of Fidel Castro. Castro's regime ultimately leads the night-club owner to flee to New York.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Andy Garcia
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  2 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
47
Rotten Tomatoes:
25%
R
Year:
2005
144 min
$2,434,066
Website
2,298 Views


You need the earth

on your hands, not blood.

Take sanctuary at the farm.

My son doesn't need sanctuary.

He just needs

to reform his character,

for a man's character

is his destiny.

what book did you get that from?

Maybe you should read a couple.

where do you stand, Fico?

where do you stand?

Right here with my family.

l see that.

You're just a spectator.

You just watch the parade go by.

Let me tell you something, Fico.

Your days of hiding in this cork-lined

palace are numbered.

Pretty soon,

you and you and you

and you are gonna

have to make a decision.

Are you in the parade,

or are you not?

l have made my decision.

That means good night!

Good night in Cuban!

Buenas noches!

Buenas nochesto you all!

Good evening.

That depends.

lt usually does, doesn't it?

lt was a great show tonight.

Great show.

Do you know a guy named Peligro?

who?

Peligro.

ls he a percussionist?

would you know a guy

named Alberto Mora?

ls he a friend of yours?

Someone here to see you.

l had nowhere else to go.

Have you seen him?

All the time.

Next time you see him,

say good-bye.

when I get to the pearly gates,

you know what

I'm gonna ask for, don't you?

A bottle of Bacardi?

No, a case.

Don't forget the Victrola.

You're not going anywhere

without your dance partner.

okay, I'll stay.

Viejo.

what is he saying?

Uh-oh, the ticking clock.

Fico.

well, I wanted to say

that in our house,

Sunday dinneris not...

A moveable feast.

Uh-huh. All my sons

are welcome, but not...

Not after 6.

And it is 6 and 3 minutes, Fico.

l know, but I thought

he said after6.

okay. okay. Now, um...

l want to make a wish.

lf change is going

to come to our country,

l wish that our home

remains an island,

and that despite

all of our differences,

we always put family first.

And food second.

Salud.

Salud.

lt's a joke, my brother.

I'm just kidding.

So it's all in the family.

lt's all in the family.

l tell you,

l swear to God it is.

Hello, Senator. How are you?

I've been better.

l come to see your father.

No one knows more

about constitutional law.

Am I interrupting?

l mean, he's picking

for compliments, Senator.

okay, I'm gonna give you one.

Do you think the light

interrupts the day?

Sometimes.

we intend to pass

a resolution

that will remove Batista

through the constitutional

process.

Senator Cossio has asked me

to prepare a speech forhim.

This is the opening statement.

Uh, I've made reference to Seneca.

Read it aloud, Senator,

so we can hearhow it sounds.

okay.

Please.

Mr. Speaker,

l must protest...

as Seneca did in ancient Rome,

of the violence of office.

Today, we, the citizens of Cuba,

are being persecuted by a tyrant

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Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Guillermo Cabrera Infante (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡiˈʎermo kaˈβɾeɾa imˈfante]; Gibara, 22 April 1929 – 21 February 2005) was a Cuban novelist, essayist, translator, screenwriter, and critic; in the 1950s he used the pseudonym G. Caín. A one-time supporter of the Castro regime, Cabrera Infante went into exile to London in 1965. He is best known for the novel Tres Tristes Tigres (literally: "three sad tigers", published in English as Three Trapped Tigers), which has been compared favorably to James Joyce's Ulysses. more…

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