[United States] : New Yorker Video, [2008]
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Notes:

• In Spanish optional subtitles in English.
• Nelson Villagra, Silvano Rey, Luis Alberto Garcia, José Antonio Rodríguez, Samuel Claxton, Mario Balmaseda, Idelfonso Tamayo, Julio Hernández, Tito Junco.
• Originally released as a motion picture in 1976.
• DVD Region 1.
• Special features: scene selections booklet interview with director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea.
• Set in Havana at the end of the 18th century, a guilt-ridden count invites twelve of his plantation slaves to a last supper during which he attempts to teach them what he sees as the crucial elements of Christianity, namely, submissive obedience to their master and joy in suffering. When the count breaks his word, however, and forces the slaves to work the next day (Good Friday), they revolt and the count’s punishment is swift and brutal.

Subjects:

• Cuba — History — To 1810 — Drama.
• Cuba — Social conditions.
• Slavery — Cuba — History — 18th century — Drama.
• Slavery and the church.
• Slaveholders — Cuba — Drama.
• Christianity — Drama.
• Slaves — Cuba — Drama.
• Last Supper — Drama.
• Foreign films — Cuba.
• Motion pictures, Cuban.
• Feature films. lcgft
• Historical films. lcgft
• Fiction films. lcgft

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