In 'Going in Style', three retirees and lifelong friends find themselves struggling to make ends meet. Faced with dwindling pensions and a despairing future, the trio decides to take matters into their own hands. They plan a bank heist to not only solve their financial problems but also regain a sense of purpose and excitement in their lives. As they embark on their daring adventure, they must navigate the challenges of planning and executing a successful robbery while dealing with their own personal struggles and the implications of their actions. Will their bold heist bring them the freedom they seek or lead them down a path of unexpected consequences?
Underwater! (1955) tells the thrilling story of a group of treasure hunters who embark on a perilous journey to find a sunken ship in the Caribbean Sea. They face various challenges including rival treasure hunters, dangerous underwater explosions, and encounters with sharks. The movie explores themes of greed, friendship, and the risks involved in such a daring adventure.
A fugitive from the police helps a beautiful farmer run her struggling banana plantation.
After separating from her husband, Nina embarks on a journey of self-discovery as she explores new relationships and rekindles lost love.
This documentary follows 76-year-old nomadic musician Miguel Del Morales during his travels throughout Cuba, Guantanamo and Trinidad. Amid his journey, he meets up with some long-lost friends and makes brand-new ones. This engaging film was shot with just one hand-held camera and was a Director's Fortnight feature at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. French filmmaker Karim Dridi directs and co-writes.
Lovely Anita dreams of escaping the monotony of her island home and sailing to bustling Havana. But when her abusive father promises her to the greasy local merchant, Anita does everything in her power to make her dream a reality.
This documentary follows the career of celebrated Cuban musician Benny More, who, before he made it big, started out as a farmer but eventually found his calling as one of the leading members of the band Matamoros. His talent has lived on decades after his death and is in full display in the numbers he performs in collected footage, including such hits as "Como Fue," "Batanga No. 2," "Hoy Como Aye," and more.
In Havana in the nineteen sixties, there were 140 movie theaters. Only a dozen remain today. For ten years, the cinema industry was a pillar of the Cuban Revolution, but the regime’s hardening and the economic recession precipitated its decline. Fifty years later, only a dozen movie theaters are still running in Havana, while a new generation of bold filmmakers struggles for the very existence of Cuban cinema. In the Heat of the Cold Years tells the story of Revolutionary Cuban cinema through the memories of a choral of elder filmmakers, such as Luciano Castillo, the director of the national film archives, as he scrambles for the preservation of this crumbling cultural legacy, and through a group of young Cuban filmmakers struggling to make their first feature film.
A group of merengue exponents tell about their experiences around the Caribbean rhythm that went around the world with a unique musical style. The best interpretations and best arrangements were in the 80's, which was without a doubt merengue's golden era.
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