Hello Hemingway
1990 · 85 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 105 VOTES · DIR. Fernando Pérez
Overview
The plot, set in Havana in the last period of Fulgencio Batista's dictatorship, follows a young girl whose aspirations to obtain a scholarship in America, against the odds, are paralleled with her reading of Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea".
Dialogue Timeline — 1,019 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:00 To Alfonso, my father.
00:05:02 Wait up, cousin.
00:08:02 to be able to present at the embassy.
00:11:25 I mean, to me.
00:14:47 oh, you were born a lucky girl, indeed.
00:17:28 shorthand, typing, trade. Those that end soon and yield money sooner.
00:20:26 Lets see.
00:23:27 Chances are my big fish is moving around them.
00:26:20 oh, Hemingway, Larita.
00:28:51 I promised him that some day Id climb those steps and get my degree.
00:31:07 Wow, how scary.
00:34:25 No, sirree, Ill iron it; you werent born to work; you were born to study.
00:37:34 These girls are the devil himself
00:40:52 For you, for me, for all the children here.
00:44:13 What nonsense are you saying? Why, cant you study here anyway?
00:46:50 A heap of women in this house
00:50:00 - Now therell be no more abuse indeed.
00:55:01 except for birds of prey and big and strong birds.
00:58:07 Amen.
01:01:38 The old man looked around the sea and now he realized how alone was.
01:07:01 I cant even focus on my studies because of the shame
01:09:40 I was worried about you. Don't tell me youll flunk the year for a mere cold.
01:13:15 Hey, and the people he killed, too. Look, I didn't know you were pro-Batista.
01:17:51 and I was alone in the middle of the ocean
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,019
Dialogue density12.0 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line01:17:51
Production Record
DirectorFernando Pérez
LanguageSpanish
IMDb votes105