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Cumbite

1964 · 82 min

A slow, serious return-home story that weighs drought and division with quiet, observational patience.

Overview
A Haitian son returns from fifteen years in Cuba to find his home village afflicted with the double plague of drought and strife. A Cuban production from the director of Memories of Underdevelopment. In Spanish.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • isolation
  • survival
  • class
  • trauma
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Written by
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Starring
Ti Bombon, Catti, Elvira Cervera, Martha Evans, Polinise Jean, Lorenzo Louiz, Ambroise Macombe, Leonardo Morales
Cinematography
Ramón F. Suárez
Runtime
82 min
Country
Cuba
Languages
Spanish

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