Screenplay: Julio García Espinosa

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Julio García Espinosa. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


The Battle of Chile: Part 1: The Bourgeois Insurrection

1975 · Documentary · 100 min. · Chile

Direction Patricio Guzmán

Cast Salvador Allende · Abilio Fernández

Plot The first film in a two-part documentary on the fate of Allende's Popular Unity government filmed throughout Chile from February to September 1973. Part one examines the escalation of rightist...

8.2

1K votes

8.2

1K votes

De cierta manera

1977 · Documentary · 78 min. · Cuba

Direction Sara Gómez

Cast Mario Balmaseda · Yolanda Cuéllar · Mario Limonta · Isaura Mendoza

Plot Film about Miraflores, a housing development built in 1962.

7.0

34 votes

7.0

34 votes

Lucía

1968 · Movie · 160 min. · Cuba

Direction Humberto Solás

Cast Raquel Revuelta · Eslinda Núñez · Adela Legrá · Eduardo Moure

Plot Traces episodes in the lives of three Cuban women, each named Lucía, from three different historical periods: the Cuban war of independence (with Spain), the 1930's, and the 1960's.

6.7

229 votes

6.7

229 votes

El Mégano (S)

1955 · Documentary · 25 min. · Cuba

Direction Julio García Espinosa · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Plot A denunciation of the inhumane living and working conditions of coal in the Ciénaga de Zapata, on the southern coast of Cuba in the mid-twentieth century.

6.2

50 votes

6.2

50 votes

La bella del Alhambra (The Beauty of the Alhambra)

1989 · Movie · 108 min. · Cuba

Direction Enrique Pineda Barnet

Cast Beatriz Valdés · César Évora · Omar Valdés · Carlos Cruz

Plot Story shows the genesis of the career and the rise of Esther the most beloved actress of most popular theater in Havana at the turn of the 19th century.

6.1

73 votes

6.1

73 votes

6.1

28 votes

¡Viva la república!

1972 · Documentary · 100 min. · Cuba

Direction Pastor Vega

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Girón

1974 · Documentary · 118 min. · Cuba

Direction Manuel Herrera

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The Useless Death of My Pal, Manolo

1989 · Movie · 84 min. · Cuba

Direction Julio García Espinosa

Cast Mario Balmaseda · Pedro Rentería · Ikai Romay

Plot Cheo visits his friend, Manolo, who he hasn’t seen for many years. They drink to celebrate their reunion and fondly recall the times they spent together in years past. As...

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La guerra en Angola

1976 · Documentary · 102 min. · Cuba

War

Direction Miguel Fleitas

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A Day in a Solar

1965 · Movie · 85 min. · Cuba

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Tercer Mundo, Tercera Guerra Mundial

1970 · Documentary · 90 min. · Cuba

Direction Julio García Espinosa · Miguel Torres · Roberto Fernández Retamar

Plot Critical testimony about the crimes during the Vietnam War.

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Ustedes tienen la palabra

1973 · Movie · 106 min. · Cuba

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The Young Rebel

1962 · Movie · 83 min. · Cuba

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Sexto aniversario (S)

1959 · Documentary · 18 min. · Cuba

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Cuba Dances

1961 · Movie · 87 min. · Cuba

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California Dancing Club

1981 · Movie · 95 min. · Mexico

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Cuba '58

1962 · Movie · 78 min. · Cuba

Direction Jorge Fraga · José Miguel García Ascot

Cast Pedro Pablo Astorga · Sergio Corrieri · Ángel Espasande · José Antonio Rodríguez

Plot A reconstruction of the start of the triumphant Cuban revolution which deposed Batista. It includes asserters of interviews with those involved with the revolution.

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La vivienda (S)

1959 · Documentary · 21 min. · Cuba

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