Wednesday 12 November 2025
20:00 – 22:15 | CCA Glasgow
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea I Cuba 1979 I 2h10m I Spanish with English subtitles I N/C 18
UK premiere of the restored version of this classic film which follows a bourgeois family living in the Cuban countryside who decide to seal their mansion off from the world and the rising 1959 revolution.
They’ve stockpiled food and hope to pass the time until the new government is overthrown. But as the years pass, the family begins to regress through increasingly rudimentary forms of social order – capitalism, feudalism, slavery, cannibalism – and worse. A film highly relevant for today.
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Content Advisory Notes:
This film contains mature themes and content that may not be suitable for all audiences.
- Alcohol Abuse & Drunkenness: The central plot revolves around a wealthy family’s decision to become permanent drunkards while locked in their mansion. The film features frequent and pervasive depictions of heavy drinking, intoxication, and the physical/mental deterioration that results.
- Thematic Elements: Strong exploration of class decay, social satire, and psychological breakdown under self-imposed isolation.
- Mild Sexual Content: Contains some implied sexual situations and innuendo in the context of drunken debauchery.