Hello Cubans

1963 · 30 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 1,979 VOTES · DIR. Agnès Varda

Overview

A photo montage of Cubans filmed by Agnès Varda during her visit to Cuba in 1963, four years after Fidel Castro came to power. This black & white documentary explores their socialist culture and society while making use of 1500 pictures (out of 4000!) the filmmaker took while on the island.

Documentary1960s

Dialogue Timeline — 330 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:27 HI THERE, CUBANOS
00:02:41 Visitors are surprised by how Cuba's moving
00:03:33 and the more socialist color.
00:04:35 ...likes air and freedom.
00:05:29 In English, Eugene Wall.
00:06:21 "Our Man in Havana."
00:07:05 smiling leader
00:07:46 I think it's better to persuade people.
00:08:43 Another man of the people: President of the Republic, Osvaldo Dorticos.
00:10:45 He spoke of Cuban women like a Cuban.
00:11:31 of 3 ingredients: Spanish, African
00:12:32 Sugarcane spells wealth.
00:14:34 One youth was killed by counter-revolutionaries.
00:15:19 The man puts his hand on the woman's shoulder.
00:16:00 They allowed 4 days to cross the Caribbean.
00:16:48 shot at and hunted down
00:17:24 Around there, once
00:19:02 a sort of African Aphrodite, with many lovers
00:20:00 orchestrated by the saucepans.
00:21:08 abounding in tragic sensuality.
00:22:07 104 years old.
00:23:29 guard stores and public buildings...
00:24:27 like the caretaker in Hemingway's house.
00:25:19 mythological films like "El Otro Cristobal" by Gatti.

Cast & Characters

Michel Piccoli Récitant Juan Almeida Self Alejo Carpentier Self Fidel Castro Self Raúl Castro Self Camilo Cienfuegos Self Selma Diaz Self Osvaldo Dórticos Torrado Self Héctor García Mesa Self Calixto García Self

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed330
Dialogue density11.0 lines / min
First line00:00:27
Final line00:25:19

Production Record

DirectorAgnès Varda
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes1,979