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.
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Cast
20 people
Patricio Wood
El brigadista
Also in
Last Days in Havana
Four Seasons in Havana
Salvador Wood
Known for
I Am Cuba
Death of a Bureaucrat
Sergio Vitier
Octavio Cortázar
Sergio San Pedro
René de la Cruz
Known for
Memories of Underdevelopment
Luis Rogelio Nogueras
Adela Legrá
Also in
Lucía
Manuela
Luis Rielo
Known for
Not For The Young
Luis Alberto Ramírez
(as Luis A. Ramírez)
Javier González
Also in
Guardafronteras
Octagon and Mascara Sagrada in Fight to the Death
Mario Balmaseda
Also in
One Way or Another
House Swap
Octavio Cortázar Director
United States release May 14, 1978 · Produced in Cuba
Production
ICAIC
Production
Cuba
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Cuba · January 2, 1978
Theatrical
United States · May 14, 1978
New York City, New York
Germany
February 1, 1978 · Berlin International Film Festival
Portugal
September 11, 1984 · Figueira da Foz Film Festival
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