

Things I Left in Havana
1998-01-16 · 110 min · ★ 6.3
Three sisters leave Cuba in search of a better life in Madrid. While there, they encounter, among other things, other Cuban expatriates.
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- Directors
- Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
- Production companies
- Unavailable
- Countries
- Spain
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 2,700,000
Top Cast
Jorge PerugorríaIgor
Violeta RodríguezNena
Kiti MánverAzucena
Isabel SantosRosa
Daisy GranadosMaría
Charo SorianoLola
Pepón NietoJavier
Luis Alberto GarcíaBárbaro
María Isabel Díaz LagoNati
Azucena Hernández
Francisco MerinoAdolfo
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