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Motherland or Death

Patria o Muerte, Russia, 2011, 99 min, DVD, HD, Human Rights, Politics, Social Issues, Society
What does a person imagine when they hear about Cuba? Especially those who have never been to this sea-locked state in the Caribbean basin. They probably think of cabriolets driven by glowing fair-haired men in colorful shirts, drinking cocktails and dancing with mulatto ladies, the endless ocean reflected in their eyes. In reality there only exists the endless ocean that cuts the island from the rest of the world. It is hard to find any other country where the discrepancy between its image and reality is as huge as on Cuba. For more than 50 years the state has been following the battle cry of the winning revolution - “Patria o Muerte”. For more than 50 years the battle cry has been a daily dilemma for several Cuban generations. Our movie is about people who were born before the revolution and now are coming closer to the end of their lives when it becomes clear that for them “Motherland” equals “Death”.

Director:
Vitaly Manskiy
Producer:
Natalya Manskaya, Gennadiy Kostrov
Director of photography:
Leonid Konovalov, Vitaly Manskiy, Yulia Galochkina
Sound:
Grigoriy Batiev, Maria Ushenina, Sergey Ovcharenko, Tatiana Komisarova, Dmitriy Komissarov
Editor:
Maxim Karamishev
Languages:
Spanish
Subtitles:
English
Vertov. Real cinema (Production company) 12, Tverskaya Street bld.8
125009 Moscow, Russia
Genfilm (Production company) 33, Povarskaya Street
121069 Moscow, Russia
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105082 Moscow, Russia
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East Silver 2011 East Silver Caravan Silver Eye nominee
Diploma of the Guild of film critics and film scholars - Kinotavr Film Festival 2011, Russia
IDFA 2011, The Netherlands
The Student Jury for Documentary Competition Award - Krakow FF 2012, Poland

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