A Successful Man

Year: 1986

Runtime: 116 mins

Language: Spanish

Director: Humberto Solás

Drama

Javier Argüelles, a cunning young man from the Cuban middle class, manages to survive the turbulent political upheavals that reshape Havana between 1932 and 1959, using opportunism to adapt to each regime. Meanwhile, his brother Darío, whose left‑wing convictions make him a target, is persecuted and ultimately murdered.

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