The Teacher
1977 · Movie · 113 min. · Cuba
In the early years of the Cuban revolution, a young Havana student volunteers to go to a poor rural region to teach peasants how to read and write; he's sent to the Ciénega de Zapata zone, where squads of anti-Castro guerrilla operate; he happens to teach the wife of a squad leader; trouble and confrontation ensues when government militia makes the little town its operations base.
Direction Octavio Cortázar
Cast Salvador Wood · Patricio Wood · René de la Cruz · Luis Rielo · Javier González · Adela Legrá · Maribel Rodríguez
Soundtrack Sergio Vitier
Screenplay Octavio Cortázar
Cinematography Pablo Martínez
Original title El brigadista
6.7
46 votes (FilmAffinity)
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