A Successful Man Explained

A Successful Man
Director:Humberto Solás
Producer:Humberto Hernández
Starring:César Évora
Cinematography:Livio Delgado
Editing:Nelson Rodríguez
Runtime:116 minutes
Country:Cuba
Language:Spanish

A Successful Man (Spanish; Castilian: '''Un hombre de éxito''') is a 1986 Cuban drama film directed by Humberto Solás. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival[1] and it was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival.[2] It won Best Production Design and Grand Coral - First Prize in the 1986 Havana Film Festival. The film was selected as the Cuban entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 60th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[3]

Plot

The film portrays three decades in the life of an affluent Cuban. Javier Argüelles, an opportunistic young man from Cuban middle class, survives all kind of political changes in Havana, from 1932 to 1959, while his brother Darío is persecuted and killed because of his leftist ideas.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Festival de Cannes: A Successful Man . 23 July 2009 . festival-cannes.com . 22 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200622174105/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/un-hombre-de-exito . dead .
  2. Web site: 15th Moscow International Film Festival (1987) . 21 February 2013 . MIFF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194338/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1987 . 16 January 2013 .
  3. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

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