El Super (1979)
Directed by León Ichaso / Orlando Jimenez-Leal
Sub-Genres - Urban Drama |
Release Date - Apr 28, 1979 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 80 min. |
Countries - Cuba, United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Filmed in the US but acted in Spanish, El Super is a warmhearted spin on the plight of Cuban exiles in old, cold New York. The coldness is not only figurative but literal: the refugees arrive in the Big Apple in the dead of winter, and hole up in a barely heated basement apartment. "El Super" is lonely building superintendent Reymundo Hidalgo-Gato. Himself a Cuban expatriate of ten years' standing, Hidalgo-Gato feels totally out of place in New York, yet he has very little in common with his newly arrived countrymen. Hidalgo-Gato's appealing star turn is matched by the sprightly performance of leading lady Elizabeth Pena.
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survivor, alienation, Cuba, exile, homesickness, humor, immigrant, loneliness, refugee, school, slice-of-life, struggle, superintendent, Winter, apartment, city, news, Spain
