Reynaldo Agustín Miravalles de la Luz (22 January 1923 – 31 October 2016), known as Reinaldo Miravalles,http://www.estherenalgunaparte.com/reinaldo-miravalles-trabajando-de-nuevo-en-la-habana/ was a Cuban actor residing in
Miami
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Old Havana
Old Havana ( es, link=no, La Habana Vieja) is the city-center (downtown) and one of the 15 municipalities (or boroughs) forming Havana, Cuba. It has the second highest population density in the city and contains the core of the original city of ...
. He died on 31 October 2016 in Havana at the age of 93.
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (; December 11, 1928 – April 16, 1996) was a Cuban film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed more than twenty features, documentaries, and short films, which are known for his sharp insight into post-Revolu ...
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*1961: ''El joven rebelde'' (directed by
Julio García Espinosa
Julio García Espinosa (5 September 1926 – 13 April 2016) was a Cuban film director and screenwriter.Las Doce Sillas'' (directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, The film is based on the
picaresque novel
The picaresque novel ( Spanish: ''picaresca'', from ''pícaro'', for "rogue" or "rascal") is a genre of prose fiction. It depicts the adventures of a roguish, but "appealing hero", usually of low social class, who lives by his wits in a corru ...
with the same title, ''
The Twelve Chairs
''The Twelve Chairs'' ( rus, Двенадцать стульев, Dvenadtsat stulyev) is a classic satirical novel by the Odesan Soviet authors Ilf and Petrov, published in 1928. Its plot follows characters attempting to obtain jewelry hidden ...
'' by Soviet writer duo
Ilf and Petrov
Ilya Ilf (Ilya Arnoldovich Feinsilberg or russian: Илья Арнольдович Файнзильберг, 1897–1937) and Yevgeny Petrov (Yevgeniy Petrovich Katayev or russian: Евгений Петрович Катаев, 1902–1942 ...
. Reynaldo Miravalles stars the protagonist, an enterprising
con man
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Ostap Bender
Ostap Bender (russian: Остап Бендер; in ''The Twelve Chairs'' he called himself Ostap-Suleyman-Berta-Maria-Bender- Bey, in ''The Little Golden Calf'' he called himself Bender-Zadunaysky, in later novels he was also called Ostap Ibragim ...
. Set in a tropical context, it is starkly similar to the Soviet one of the novel. A notable difference is that in the Cuban version the hero "sees the light", becomes corrected and joins Cuban revolutionary youth in ''
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Zafra is the hometown of Fray Ruy Lopez, author ...
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sugar cane
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harvesting). as Oscar
*1964: ''Preludio 11'' (directed by Kurt Maetzig) as Priest
*1965: ''Desarraigo'' (directed by Fausto Canel)
*1966: ''Papeles son papeles'' (directed by Fausto Canel)
*1971: ''Una pelea cubana contra los demonios'' (directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea)
*1973: ''El Hombre de Maisinicú'' (directed by Manuel Pérez)
*1976: ''Rancheador'' (directed by
Sergio Giral
Sergio Giral (born 2 January 1937) is a Cuban-American film writer and director. He was raised in New York City, as an aspiring young painter in the days of the Beatnik generation.
In 1962, Oscar-winning cinematographer Nestor Almendros invited ...
Miguel Littín
Miguel Ernesto Littin Cucumides (born 9 August 1942) is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, film producer and novelist. He was born to a Palestinian father, Hernán Littin and a Greek mother, Cristina Cucumides.
Career
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*1979: '' Los sobrevivientes'' (directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea) as Vicente Cuervo
*1979: '' La viuda de Montiel'' (directed by Miguel Littin)
*1982: ''
Alsino and the Condor
''Alsino and the Condor'' ( es, Alsino y el cóndor) is a 1982 List of Nicaraguan films, Nicaraguan film directed by Chilean filmmaker Miguel Littín. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It won the Golden Prize a ...
'' ( es, Alsino y el cóndor) (a
Nicaraguan
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film directed by
Miguel Littín
Miguel Ernesto Littin Cucumides (born 9 August 1942) is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, film producer and novelist. He was born to a Palestinian father, Hernán Littin and a Greek mother, Cristina Cucumides.
Career
Miguel Littin dir ...
) as El Pajarero
*1983: ''El señor presidente'' (directed by Manuel Octavio Gómez) as Fiscal
*1984: ''Los pájaros tirándole a la escopeta'' (directed by Rolando Díaz)
*1984: ''El corazón sobre la tierra'' (directed by Constante Diego)
*1985: ''Svindlande affärer'' (directed by Janne Carlsson) as Kubansk polischef
*1985 '' Time to Die'' ( es, Tiempo de morir) (Colombian drama film directed by
Jorge Alí Triana
Jorge Ali Triana Varon (born April 4, 1942 in Bogotá, Colombia) is a Colombian theatre director
A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production s ...
) as Casildo
*1985: ''Baragua'' (directed by José Massip)
*1987: ''De tal Pedro tal astilla'' (directed by Luis Felipe Bernaza) as Pedro Quijano
*1987: ''Cubagua'' (directed by Michael New) as Stakelum / Carballo / Diego de Ordaz
*1988: ''Vals de la Habana vieja'' (directed by Luis Felipe Bernaza) as Epifanio
*1991: ''Alicia en el pueblo de Maravillas'' (translated as ''
Alice in Wondertown ''Alice in Wondertown'' (original title in Spanish: ''Alicia en el pueblo de Maravillas'') is a 1991 film directed by Daniel Díaz Torres and produced by the ICAIC (Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry). Theatre release date: July 13, ...
'',) (directed by
Daniel Díaz Torres
Daniel Díaz Torres (31 December 1948 – 16 September 2013) was a Cuban film director and screenwriter. His 1985 film ''Wild Dogs'' was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.
Selected filmography
* ''Wild Dogs
Wild ...
, a controversial film of satire, absurdity and horror, seen as a criticism of the problems of Cuban society. Critic Juan Antonio García Borrero has been planning to include in a book under a tentative title ''Diez películas que estremecieron a Cuba'') (''Ten Films That Shook Cuba'')
*1991: '' Sandino'' (directed by Miguel Littin) as The Ceramist
*1991: ''El Encanto del Regreso'' (directed by Emilio Oscar Alcalde) as El viejo
*1992: ''Mascaró, el cazador americano'' (directed by Constante (Rapi) Diego)
*1994: ''Quiéreme y verás...'' (directed by Daniel Díaz Torres)
*1994: ''El reino de los cielos'' (directed by Patricia Cardoso)
*2003: '' El Misterio Galíndez'' (directed by
Gerardo Herrero
Gerardo Herrero Pérez-Gamir (born 28 January 1953) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. He is a prolific promoter of international coproductions and collaborations between Spain and Hispanic American countries.
From 1993 to ...
) as Don Angelito
*2003: ''Dreaming of Julia'' (directed by Juan Gerard) as Waldo
*2008: ''Cercanía'' (directed by Rolando Díaz) as Heriberto
*2013: ''Esther en alguna parte'' (directed by Gerardo Chijona, It is a Cuban-Peruvian co-production shot in Cuba based on a novel by
Eliseo Alberto
Eliseo Alberto de Diego García Marruz (September 10, 1951 – July 31, 2011) was a Cuban-born Mexican writer, novelist, essayist and journalist. His numerous works include the novel ''Caracol Beach''. Alberto was nicknamed Lichi.
Biography
Albert ...
. It was the first Cuban film of Miravalles after the 22-year hiatus) as Lino Catalá. He was awarded the Havana Star Prize for Best Actor for his role in the film at the 15th
Havana Film Festival New York
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