Lucía
Three Cuban women named Lucía confront love, patriarchy, and political upheaval across a century of national transformation.
Overview
Three women, three eras, one name: a powerful exploration of identity and resilience.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- passionate
- politically charged
- melancholic
- historical cinema study
- arthouse evening
What critics said
Critics broadly regard the film as an ambitious, visually powerful Cuban historical drama whose episodic portrait of women connects private emotion with national change.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Three women named Lucía anchor separate episodes set in 1895, 1930, and 1968.
Each Lucía’s romantic and personal experience is shaped by a different phase of Cuba’s political history.
The three protagonists collectively trace changing possibilities for Cuban women across successive historical periods.
The long-form period structure and revolutionary subject matter support an expansive, visually emphatic historical presentation.
Films like Lucía, and why
The Emigrants
multi-period historical drama linking women’s lives to national political change
The House of the Spirits
formally ambitious historical drama centered on women, romance, and social transformation
The Official Story
politically engaged Latin American drama combining intimate relationships with revolutionary history
The Hour of the Furnaces
episodic historical storytelling and feminist attention to changing social conditions
Movie Details
- Director
- Humberto Solás
- Release Date
- 1968-10-01
- Runtime
- 161 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (32)
Cast
- Raquel Revuelta
- Eslinda Núñez
- Adela Legrá
- Eduardo Moure
- Ramón Brito
- Adolfo Llauradó
- Idalia Anreus
- Silvia Planas
- Flora Lauten
- Rogelio Blain
Common questions
- What is Lucía about?
- Three Cuban women named Lucía confront love, patriarchy, and political upheaval across a century of national transformation.
- What is Lucía like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Lucía as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Lucía violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Lucía as moderate.
- What did critics think of Lucía?
- Critics broadly regard the film as an ambitious, visually powerful Cuban historical drama whose episodic portrait of women connects private emotion with national change.
- Which films are like Lucía?
- Films with a similar feel include The Emigrants, The House of the Spirits, The Official Story, and The Hour of the Furnaces.
- How long is Lucía?
- Lucía runs 161 minutes.
