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      El Super

      1979 1h 30m Comedy List
      92% Tomatometer 13 Reviews 71% Audience Score 50+ Ratings A Cuban building superintendent (Raymundo Hidalgo-Gato) lives in New York with his wife (Zully Montero) and daughter, dreaming of Havana. Read More Read Less

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      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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review TV Guide Staff TV Guide Leon Ichaso's feature directing debut (with Orlando Jimenez-Leal) is an unsentimental portrait of life in exile -- both physical and self imposed - shot through with surprising humor. Dec 7, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member a film that sums up the cuban saga...in exile! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Billed as a comedy. Actually heart breaking. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member "The Day After Tomorrow" 2004 [img]http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/153/857583.jpg[/img] "Dead Calm" 1988 [img]http://www.nicolekidmanunited.com/NicoleKidmanFilmography/DeadCalm/filmoDeadCalm_L12.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.nicolekidmanunited.com/NicoleKidmanFilmography/DeadCalm/filmoDeadCalm_cover.jpg[/img] Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      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
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 30m