René de la Cruz

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Horn of Plenty
Pipo
An unclaimed fortune, grown for centuries in a British bank account, becomes a potential windfall for Bernadito Castiñeiras and the residents of the tiny village of Yaragüey, Cuba. To receive his massive inheritance check, Bernadito must prove his lineage to the Castiñeiras nuns who first populated the region. In an isolated and impoverished town where many residents share the same surname, a feud breaks out between the "Castiñeiras" and "Castiñeyras" families.
Banderas, the Tyrant
Abilio del Valle
In Santa Fe de Tierra Firme, an imaginary Latin American country, the indigenous dictator Santos Banderas rules with an iron fist. A group of rebels trying to seize power by force while some liberals try a change of government legally.
The Last Rumba of Papa Montero
Explores the sensuous rhythms and movements of the dance style known as the rumba, as demonstrated by the celebrated Havana rumbero Papá Montero. Blending vintage documentary footage with meticulously staged recreations, the dancer's tragic assassination at Carnival is connected with the passing of a cultural era in Cuban life.
Mascaro, Hunter of the Americas
Oreste is a man in the thirties and looks somewhat disheveled. One day, he decides to leave the small port of Arenales where he has lived to leave without a certain direction aboard 'El Mañana', a dilapidated steamboat. Moments before sailing, you will meet two strange characters: Prince Patagón and Mascaró. Together, they will sail the sea and will have to face many challenges.
El socio de Dios
Another Woman
It reflects the transformation which a woman undergoes in the crisis of personal fulfillment that her husband is going through. In the middle of a complex process, marked by contradictions and failures, she will grow and express her independence as a human being. She will be another woman, determined to continue the difficult and unknown daily struggle.
Baraguá
Evaristo Encarnación
The film is based on the historical event known as the Protest of Baraguá.
Jíbaro
The first years of the Cuban Revolution characterized by social transformations and class struggles.
Polvo rojo
El brigadista
The Castro revolution was just consolidating its power when, in 1961, over 100,000 students were sent from their schools into the countryside to teach the peasants there how to read. Coinciding with the Bay of Pigs invasion, in this docudrama, 15-year-old Mario (Salvador Wood) has come to a tiny village in the Zapata swamps and gradually wins the villagers over to his task. At the same time, he receives an education in the realities of rural life from the hard-working peasants.
Río Negro
A documentary about a class struggle in the Escambray mountain range in Cuba.
Memories of Underdevelopment
Elena's brother
In the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs incident, Sergio chooses to stay behind in Cuba while his wife and family escape to neighboring Miami. Alone in a brave new world, Sergio observes the constant threat of foreign invasion while chasing young women all over Havana. He finally meets Elena, a young virgin girl he seeks to mould into the image of his ex-wife, but at what cost to himself?
La decisión
Transit
René
A doctor committed against the revolution decides to escape in a boat. A criminal friend introduced him to a modest revolutionary family to cover it up. During the events aspects of a society in transition are reflected.
Cuba '58
(segment "Un día de trabajo")
Three stories reconstructing the start of the triumphant Cuban revolution which deposed Batista.
Realengo 18
Nico
A group of peasants of Realengo 18 must face the greed of an American company trying to evict them from their place. One of the peasants will have to deal with the conflict of seeing her son join the rural guard who represses them.
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