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Sergio Giral (born 2 January 1937) is a Cuban-American film writer and director. He was raised in New York City, as an aspiring young painter in the days of the Beatnik generation.
In 1962, Oscar-winning cinematographer Nestor Almendros invited Giral to work together at the ICAIC (The Cuban Film Institute). It was there, after a series of shorts and documentaries, that Giral filmed a trilogy (The Other Francisco, Rancheador and Maluala) about slavery in 19th Century Cuba and the Caribbean. The Other Francisco was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Diploma.[1]
In 1991 Giral returned to the United States. He resides in Miami. Dos Veces Ana was his first feature film made in USA.
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02 January 1975
Based on the novel Francisco by Anselmo Suárez y Romero, "The Other Francisco" is a socio-economic analysis of slavery and class struggle through the retelling of the original novel.
01 January 1973
Based on a real event, the action takes place in Havana in 1931, during the dictatorship of Gerardo Machado.
02 January 1979
A historical epic, cast in the style of a realistic narrative with symbolic overtones, about runaway slaves and their hunters in the mid-nineteenth century, which weaves an analysis of the factional divisions between coffee and sugar interests, plantation owners and smallholders, around the drama of the Rancheador searching for the mythical rebel slave leader, Mother Manchora.
03 December 1979
In 19th century Cuba, runaway African slaves known as 'Cimarrons' hiding in settlements in the eastern mountains.
01 January 1986
Gabriel de la Concepcion Valdes (Plácido) is accused of leading a conspiracy against the Spanish colonial government.
02 December 1990
The plot is situated in Cuba during the early '50s, before the cuban revolution. A prostitute gets in love with a boxer to whom she devotes her life.
