"VISUALLY STAGGERING... DELIRIOUSLY CHOREOGRAPHED... SOY CUBA IS ONE GORGEOUS IMAGE AFTER ANOTHER. ASTOUNDING ... INCREDIBLE!"
Variety

"A SOVIET-CUBAN CELLULOID LOVE LETTER TO THE CASTRO REVOLUTION, FILMED IN BEAUTIFUL, PELLUCID MONOCHROME ... LYRICAL AND PASSIONATE AND VISUALLY DAZZLING"
The Guardian

"FOR ONCE THE BENIGN ORDER TO VIEW IT LARGE IS MANDATORY. CINEMA’S SINGULAR DREAM, SO OFTEN BETRAYED ELSEWHERE, IS TO DELIVER SUCH VISIONS AS THIS"
Time Out

An extraordinary hymn to the Castro revolution from Soviet director Kalatozov, this epic feature uses amazing camera techniques to beautiful, lyrical effect. The film takes in the decadence of Batista Havana as well as the grinding poverty and oppression of the Cuban people. The sweeping and even acrobatic camera work is impressive has influenced everyone from Tarkovsky to Martin Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson. An inexplicably neglected film for decades, this film masterpiece is at last receiving the recognition it deserves, and demands to be seen on the big screen.

Sunday 10 June @ 1.30pm Salisbury Arts Centre (Cafe & Bar open from 1pm).
Tickets £5. Booking: ONLINE By Phone: 01722 321 744 or on the door.

After the film our cinema programmer Patrick Bliss will give a talk with film clips on the cultural impact of this film.