''Lucía'' is a 1968 Cuban

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directed by

Humberto Solás Humberto Solás (4 December 1941 – 18 September 2008) was a Cuban film director, credited with directing the film ''Lucía'' (1968), which explored the lives of Cuban women during different periods in Cuban history. His cinematic style bor ...

, and written by Solás,

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. It was the winner of the Golden Prize and the Prix FIPRESCI at the 6th Moscow International Film Festival in 1969. The film is a

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, told in three stories in different moments of

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(the Cuban war of independence, the 1930s during the regime of Gerardo Machado and the 1960s), all as seen through the eyes of a different woman, each named Lucía. ''Lucia'' was digitally restored by the

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with funding from

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and

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and later screened at the Cannes Classics section of the 70th Cannes Film Festival in May 2017. The restoration also screened at the 55th New York Film Festival in the revivals section.

Cast

Part 1: Cuban War of Independence

* Raquel Revuelta as Lucía * Eduardo Moure as Rafael

Part 2: the 1930s

* Eslinda Núñez as Lucía * Ramón Brito as Aldo

Part 3: the 1960s

* Adela Legrá as Lucía * Adolfo Llauradó as Tomas

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