Havana 57

Summary Havana 1957, "Sin Capital of the World" - Mafia run nightclubs, sex, drugs, booze and gambling. President Batista heads a dictatorship benefiting wealthy Yankee corporations; student radicals rally with the poor, and revolutionaries. Ruben Velez, a young cop believes in law and order where his fellow officers control the population with torture, intimidation, and murder. His partner, a dirty cop cold-bloodily murders a student and Velez's outrage is met with indifference and a warning: play the game or suffer the consequences. Juliana a beautiful Tropicana dancer identifies the corpse of a dancer whose murder Velez investigates. Juliana, a mobster's lover, feeds Velez inside information on the mob and its business---is she carrying out some elaborate game? Playing off the cop against the mob? Or is she falling in love with Velez. View more details

Havana 57

Directed : Jim Purdy

Written : Jim Purdy Harlan Abrahams

Stars : Juan Riedinger Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll Paulino Nunes Elisabetta Fantone

5.4

Details

Genres : Drama

Release date : Mar 5, 2013

Countries of origin : Canada

Official sites : Official Facebook

Language : English

Filming locations : Havana, Cuba

Production companies : Leader Media TVC Casa Productora Havana 57

Summary Havana 1957, "Sin Capital of the World" - Mafia run nightclubs, sex, drugs, booze and gambling. President Batista heads a dictatorship benefiting wealthy Yankee corporations; student radicals rally with the poor, and revolutionaries. Ruben Velez, a young cop believes in law and order where his fellow officers control the population with torture, intimidation, and murder. His partner, a dirty cop cold-bloodily murders a student and Velez's outrage is met with indifference and a warning: play the game or suffer the consequences. Juliana a beautiful Tropicana dancer identifies the corpse of a dancer whose murder Velez investigates. Juliana, a mobster's lover, feeds Velez inside information on the mob and its business---is she carrying out some elaborate game? Playing off the cop against the mob? Or is she falling in love with Velez. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama

Release date : Mar 5, 2013

Countries of origin : Canada

Official sites : Official Facebook

Language : English

Filming locations : Havana, Cuba

Production companies : Leader Media TVC Casa Productora Havana 57

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