Adventures of Juan Quin Quin, The
Adventures of Juan Quin Quin, The
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Five restored classics from revolutionary Cuba, including the Tomas Guitierrez Alea comedy, The Twelve Chairs (1962, 90 mins.), about the hunt for the jewels of a dying rich woman; Julio Garcia Espinosa's irresistible satire that follows a farmer who joins the revolution in The Adventures of Juan Quin Quin (1967, 104 mins.); Humberto Solas'' Cecilia (1981, 127 mins.), a Cannes Film Festival hit about a love affair that transcends class boundarie s; Eslinda Nunez stars in Amada (Humberto Solas, 1982, 105 mins.), a fil m about an unhappy marriage and the power of idealism; and the Havanna Film Festival Grand Prize Winner A Successful Man (Humberto Solas, 1986, 103 mins.), a historical drama chronicling the lives of two polarized brothers in pre-revolutionary Cuba. In Spanish with optional English subtitles. Tomas Gutierrez Alea/Julio Garcia Espinosa/Humberto Solas---Cuba---1962-19 86---529 mins.

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  | Hedges#1

This Cuban film from early in Castro's regime is well made and entertaining, with large scale action scenes well done and a sense of humor. It would hold up against comparable films from other countries.

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