A Successful Man
1985 film
- December 1986 (1986-12) (Havana Film Festival)
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A Successful Man (Spanish: 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.[4]
Cast
- César Évora - Javier Argüelles
- Raquel Revuelta - Raquel
- Daisy Granados - Rita
- Jorge Trinchet - Darío Argüelles
- Rubens de Falco - Iriarte
- Mabel Roch - Ileana Ponce
- Carlos Cruz - Puig
- Miguel Navarro - Lucilo
- Omar Valdés - Facundo Lara
- Ángel Espasande - Father Rubén
- Ángel Toraño - Ponce
- Isabel Moreno - Berta
- Nieves Riovalles - Darío's wife
- Jorge Alí - Baseball player
- Denise Patarra - Puig's girlfriend
- Max Álvarez - Priest
- Niola Montes - Mrs. Ponce
- Orlando Contreras - Darío's friend
See also
- List of Cuban films
- List of submissions to the 60th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Cuban submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: A Successful Man". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
- ^ "15th Moscow International Film Festival (1987)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- ^ Solás, Humberto (15 January 1988), Un hombre de éxito (Drama), César Évora, Raquel Revuelta, Daisy Granados, Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos (ICAIC), retrieved 9 January 2024
External links
- A Successful Man at IMDb
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Cuban submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
- The Recourse to the Method (1978)
- A Successful Man (1987)
- Letters from the Park (1988)
- Supporting Roles (1989)
- The Beauty of the Alhambra (1990)
- Hello Hemingway (1991)
- Adorable Lies (1992)
- Strawberry and Chocolate (1994)
- Think of Me (1996)
- Vertical Love (1997)
- Nothing More (2002)
- Suite Habana (2003)
- Viva Cuba (2005)
- El Benny (2006)
- The Silly Age (2007)
- Fallen Gods (2009)
- Habanastation (2011)
- Behavior (2014)
- The Companion (2016)
- Sergio and Sergei (2018)
- A Translator (2019)
- Buscando a Casal (2020)
- Nelsito's World (2023)
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