El Súper (1979)
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Filmed in the US but acted in Spanish, El Super is a warmhearted spin on the plight of Cuban exiles in old, cold New York. The coldness is not only figurative but literal: the refugees arrive in the Big Apple in the dead of winter, and hole up in a barely heated basement apartment. "El… More Filmed in the US but acted in Spanish, El Super is a warmhearted spin on the plight of Cuban exiles in old, cold New York. The coldness is not only figurative but literal: the refugees arrive in the Big Apple in the dead of winter, and hole up in a barely heated basement apartment. "El Super" is lonely building superintendent Reymundo Hidalgo-Gato. Himself a Cuban expatriate of ten years' standing, Hidalgo-Gato feels totally out of place in New York, yet he has very little in common with his newly arrived countrymen. Hidalgo-Gato's appealing star turn is matched by the sprightly performance of leading lady Elizabeth Pena. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Fernanda Alijaro, Felipe del Río
- Written By
- Manuel Arce, Leon Ichaso
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Special Interest
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1979 Wide
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Cast
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Raymundo Hidalgo-Gato
as El Super
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Zully Montero
as Aurelia
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Raynaldo Medina
as Pancho
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Efrain Lopez Neris
as Bobby
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Juan Granda
as Cuco
- Hilda Lee
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Elizabeth Peña
as Aurelita
- Orlando Jimenez Leal
- Reynaldo Medina
- Ana Margarita Martinez Casado
- Phil Joint
- Raimundo Hidalgo-Gato
