TMDb Rating
7.0/10
9 verified votes
The Survivors (1979)
DramaComedy
130 min
Plot Summary
A bourgeois Cuban family of aristocratic origin locks itself into its mansion when the Cuban Revolution comes to power, waiting for the new regime to be overthrown. As time passes, they regress to older and older systems of political order, from capitalism to feudalism to "primitive savagery." Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017.
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DramaComedyTomás Gutiérrez AleaEnrique SantistebanJuanita Caldevilla1979
Director
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Top Cast
Enrique SantistebanJuanita CaldevillaGermán PinelliAna ViñasReynaldo Miravalles
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