1968 · drama · history
Lucía
Directed by Humberto Solás2h 41m1968
Traces episodes in the lives of three Cuban women, each named Lucía, from three different historical periods: the 1890s, the 1930s, and the 1960s.
Our read: Lucía (1968) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama · history entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / history, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- intense
- signature
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