
Manuela
1966-06-30 · 41 min · ★ 8.0
During the last days of the struggle against dictator Fulgencio Batista, a young peasant woman joins the guerrilla in the Sierra Maestra.
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- Humberto Solás
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- ICAIC
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- Cuba
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- Released
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Adela Legrá
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