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The King of Havana

Name: The King of Havana
Released: 1999

El Rey de La Habana

1999

Fresh out of reform school, a young man scrapes by on the desperate streets of 1990s Havana amid hunger, rum, and fleeting romance during one of Cuba's harshest decades. A raw, unsentimental portrait of survival.

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Part of 10 Movies Set in or About Cuba

This film is stop 9 of 10 in the hand-ranked outside-view route set in or about Cuba. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

This outside view can stamp Cuba in the 196 country film challenge.