Product Description

One of the most commercially successful and 'Hollywood' of all Cuban films, this tense, action-packed political thriller chronicles the romance between two young revolutionaries in 1950's Havana as they fight for their lives against Batista's secret service. The film is based on real events from the early days of the revolution, and hailed by critics worldwide.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #51289 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-07-22
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: Spanish
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 89 minutes

Review
A moving story of young people who loved and fought with the same passion. --Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago

Review
Part heroic epic and part political thriller....one of the most popular Cuban films! --Ann Marie Stock, Framing Latin American Cinema

Customer Reviews

A Cuban Epic Thriller
"Clandestinos"

A Cuban Epic Thriller

Amos Lassen

"Clandestinos" is the second film in First Run Film's new Cuban Masterworks Collection and it is a dynamite film. It is a tense political thriller which centers on the romance between two Cuban revolutionaries as they fight for their lives against the secret service of Batista in the 1950's. The film is based on actual events which occurred during the early days on the revolution in Cuba.
Fernando Perez, the director, is one of the, if not the, most prolific and innovative filmmakers working today in Cuba and "Clandestinos" is the most commercially successful Cuban films ever made. Remember that the revolution depicted in this film is the one that put Fidel Castro in power and it is about the young people who both loved and fought with the same strong passion.
The two young revolutionaries met and fell in love while working on an underground printing press. They fought independently from the groups that were led by Castro and at first they were simply content to disrupt public gatherings I a small way but they soon grew into committing major terrorist acts. The passion of the young lovers for each other and "the cause" will stay with you for a very long time after the film is over and there is a great deal to be learned here about human worth.