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El elefante y la bicicleta / El Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográficas y Channel IV presentan ; dirección, Juan Carlos Tabío ; análisis dramatúrgico y colaboración en la dirección, Rapi Diego ; guión, Eliseo Alberto Diego, Juan Carlos Tabío.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmLanguage: Spanish Subtitle language: English Publisher: [Havana, Cuba] : Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica, 1994Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (82 min.)) : sound, colorContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
Other title:
  • English title: Elephant and the bicycle
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Online resources: Production credits:
  • Cinematographer, Julio Valdés; editor, Lina Baniela; music, José Ma. Vitier.
Cast: Luis Alberto García (hijo), Liliam Vega, Raul Pomares, Martha Parre, Daisy Granados, Adolfo Llaurado, Patricio Wood, Fidelio Torres, Luis Alberto García, Paula Ali, Elvira Enriquez, Osvaldo Doimeadios, Serafín García.Summary: Returning to his home in 1925 to an island off the Cuban coast, an ex-con brings a silent film projector and a print of Robin Hood with him. All the islanders flock to enjoy this new experience. But with revolution in the air, repeated viewings of the film give it a new meaning in the eyes of its audience: they see a drama in which they, as underdogs, rise up against the capitalists, represented by the island's unpopular landowners.
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995.

Luis Alberto García (hijo), Liliam Vega, Raul Pomares, Martha Parre, Daisy Granados, Adolfo Llaurado, Patricio Wood, Fidelio Torres, Luis Alberto García, Paula Ali, Elvira Enriquez, Osvaldo Doimeadios, Serafín García.

Cinematographer, Julio Valdés; editor, Lina Baniela; music, José Ma. Vitier.

Returning to his home in 1925 to an island off the Cuban coast, an ex-con brings a silent film projector and a print of Robin Hood with him. All the islanders flock to enjoy this new experience. But with revolution in the air, repeated viewings of the film give it a new meaning in the eyes of its audience: they see a drama in which they, as underdogs, rise up against the capitalists, represented by the island's unpopular landowners.

In Spanish; with English subtitles.

Online resource; title from opening/closing credits (Digitalia Film Library, viewed December 14, 2015).

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