Havana (1990)
Genre: Drama / Romance
Duration: 144 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Stars: Robert Redford, Lena Olin and Alan Arkin
IMDb score:
6,1 (9.192)
Releasedate: 11 December 1990
Havana plot
"A gambler who trusted no one. A woman who risked everything. And a passion that brought them together in the most dangerous city in the world."
Professional gambler Jack Weil tries to win the battle of his life in a casino. But he has not taken into account his love for the beautiful wife of the revolutionary Arturo Duran. When Arturo is arrested by the police, Jack becomes completely captivated by Roberta and loses his last chance to make a big hit.
Actors and actresses
Jack Weil
Bobby Duran
Joe Volpi
Menocal
Marion Chigwell
Julio Ramos
Diane
Patty
Professor
Meyer Lansky
Reviews & comments
Noir
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- 101 messages
- 99 votes
An exceptionally atmospheric film that, however, lasts too long to hold your undivided attention.
Romance between poker player/adventurer Jack Weil and revolutionary Bobby Duran is well portrayed. Period is also well captured, you can see that quite a lot of money has been spent on the set, classic cars and general decoration.
As said, this film would have benefited from being kept half an hour shorter. Now it became a bit too long to sit through, which made you long for the end. All in all, still just 3*.
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scorsese
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- 13237 messages
- 11128 votes
Nice film in which a professional card player helps the wife of a Cuban revolutionary. This love drama takes place during the Cuban revolution. And these two elements are here technically well acquired with each other, if it were not for the fact that the romance sometimes takes over a bit too much. Robert Redford is well cast in this last collaboration with Sydney Pollack. The film could easily have been a bit shorter.
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blurp194
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- 5543 messages
- 4226 votes
On paper this should have been a brilliant film - Pollack as director, with a magnificent cast led by Redford and Olin, and the setting in sun-drenched Cuba, with all the cigar and old car romance that goes with it. But nothing comes of it, there is no spark, no sparkle. And then there is the tugging whiny music in the soundtrack. Very meh all.
Perhaps the film can be seen as a remake of Cuba - but even though that film has some flaws, it is still ten times better than this misconception.
I believe it's the least of Pollack's films I've seen so far.
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