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The Beauty of the Alhambra

Name: The Beauty of the Alhambra
Released: 1989

La bella del Alhambra

1989

In 1920s Havana, an ambitious showgirl dreams of headlining the wildly popular Alhambra vaudeville theater, but her rise exacts a heavy price in love and ruin. A lush period melodrama of the Cuban stage.

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Part of 9 Essential Films from Cuba

This film is stop 8 of 9 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Cuba. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Cuba in the 196 country film challenge.