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| Director: | Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | ||
| Producer: | Gerardo Herrero | ||
| Music: | José María Vitier | ||
| Cinematography: | Teo Escamilla | ||
| Editing: | José Salcedo | ||
| Country: | Spain | ||
| Language: | Spanish |
Things I Left in Havana (Spanish; Castilian: '''Cosas que dejé en La Habana'''|links=no) is a 1997 Spanish film directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón and co-written by Senel Paz. It stars Violeta Rodríguez, Jorge Perugorría and Kiti Mánver.
Three sisters from Cuba (Nena, Ludmila and Rosa) move to Madrid,[1] temporarily staying with their aunt María, who exploits them for labour, also intending for them to assimilate to Spanish culture.[2] Nena, an actress wannabe, falls romantically for Igor, a Cuban scoundrel with a heart of gold.
The screenplay was penned by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón and Senel Paz.[3] Produced by Gerardo Herrero, the film is a Sogetel and Tornasol Films production, with the participation of Canal+ and the collaboration of Sogepac. The film had a budget of slightly over 200 million ₧.[4]
Things I Left in Havana screened at the 42nd Valladolid International Film Festival in October 1997.[5] The film was theatrically released in Spain on 16 January 1998.[6]
|-| align = "center" | 1997 || 42nd Valladolid International Film Festival || colspan = "2" | Silver Spike || || |-| align = "center" rowspan = "2" | 1998 || 13th Goya Awards || Best New Actress || Violeta Rodríguez || || [7] |-| 45th Ondas Awards || Best Film Director || Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón || || [8] |}