The Survivors (1979)

  • NR
  • 01/06/1979 (CU)
  • Drama
  • 2h 10m

Overview

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.

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Director, Screenplay

Antonio Benítez Rojo

Writer

Cast

Enrique Santisteban's headshot

Enrique Santisteban

Sebastián Orozco
Juanita Caldevilla's headshot

Juanita Caldevilla

Doña Lola
Reynaldo Miravalles's headshot

Reynaldo Miravalles

Vicente Cuervo
Germán Pinelli's headshot

Germán Pinelli

Ana Viñas's headshot

Ana Viñas

Vicente Revuelta's headshot

Vicente Revuelta

Leonor Borrero's headshot

Leonor Borrero

Carlos Ruiz de la Tejera's headshot

Carlos Ruiz de la Tejera

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