El brigadista

Overview

The Castro revolution was just consolidating its power when, in 1961, over 100,000 students were sent from their schools into the countryside to teach the peasants there how to read. Coinciding with the Bay of Pigs invasion, in this docudrama, 15-year-old Mario (Salvador Wood) has come to a tiny village in the Zapata swamps and gradually wins the villagers over to his task. At the same time, he receives an education in the realities of rural life from the hard-working peasants.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 2, 1978

Original language

Spanish

Spoken languages

Spanish

Countries

Cuba

Production

ICAIC

Cast

Adela Legrá,Salvador Wood,René de la Cruz,Patricio Wood,Javier González,Luis Rielo

Director

Octavio Cortázar

Writer

Octavio Cortázar

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0075785