Release, runtime and language

1968 · 99 mins · Spanish

Directed by

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Starring

Luis López, Eslinda Núñez, Daniel Jordan, Daisy Granados, Sergio Corrieri, Omar Valdés

After the Bay of Pigs, Sergio remains in Cuba as his wife and family flee to Miami. Isolated in a changing Havana, he feels the looming threat of foreign intervention and drifts through a series of brief affairs. When he meets Elena, he tries to shape her into his lost wife's image, forcing him to confront his own disintegration.