El Super

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El Super

1979

1h 30m

Comedy

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A Cuban building superintendent (Raymundo Hidalgo-Gato) lives in New York with his wife (Zully Montero) and daughter, dreaming of Havana.

Diane Haithman

Detroit Free Press

Whether we call it comedy or tragedy is irrelevant to those things that make this film special. The film does not proceed along a set story line, but is constructed of a series of realistic and endearing vignettes.

Aug 11, 2021

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K.C. Summers

Washington Post

The film is limited technically... but despite this, quality acting and a message of tolerance and survival comes through.

Aug 11, 2021

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Gary Arnold

Washington Post

While Hidalgo-Gato distinguishes himself in the subtlest performance, the supporting presences are consistently impressive: [especially] Zully Montero as El Super's wife [and] Elizabeth Pena as his daughter.

Aug 11, 2021

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Rick Chatenever

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Directed by Leon Ichaso and Orlando Jimenez-Leal, El Super is not a story-telling movie nearly so much as an evocation of a particular, peculiar -- and unique -- sense of time, place and culture.

Aug 11, 2021

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Colin McEnroe

Hartford Courant

El Super should be seen by people who want to understand the experience of displaced Cubans, by Cubans who want a unique perspective on their own worlds and by filmgoers who simply want to see a funny, sad, enlightening film.

Aug 11, 2021

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Candice Russell

Miami Herald

In a compassionate voice it speaks to immigrants of every nationality trying to fit into this sometimes less-than-welcoming Land of Opportunity.

Aug 11, 2021

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a film that sums up the cuban saga...in exile!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Billed as a comedy. Actually heart breaking.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Leon Ichaso

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Raymundo Hidalgo-Gato

El súper

Zully Montero

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Reynaldo Medina

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Synopsis

A Cuban building superintendent (Raymundo Hidalgo-Gato) lives in New York with his wife (Zully Montero) and daughter, dreaming of Havana.

Director: Leon Ichaso, Orlando Jiménez Leal
Production Co: Max Mambru Films
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 30m