A Successful Man

{{Infobox film

| name = A Successful Man

| image = A Successful Man poster.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Humberto Solás

| producer = Humberto Hernández

| writer = Humberto Solás
Juan Iglesias

| starring = César Évora

| music =

| cinematography = Livio Delgado

| editing = Nelson Rodríguez

| distributor =

| released = {{film date|df=yes|1986|12||Havana Film Festival}}

| runtime = 116 minutes

| country = Cuba

| language = Spanish

}}

A Successful Man ({{langx|es|Un hombre de éxito}}) is a 1986 Cuban drama film directed by Humberto Solás. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/457/year/1987.html |title=Festival de Cannes: A Successful Man |accessdate=23 July 2009 |work=festival-cannes.com |archive-date=22 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622174105/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/un-hombre-de-exito |url-status=dead }} and it was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1987 |title=15th Moscow International Film Festival (1987) |accessdate=21 February 2013 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194338/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1987 |archivedate=16 January 2013 }} It won Best Production Design and Grand Coral - First Prize in the 1986 Havana Film Festival. The film was selected as the Cuban entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 60th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Plot

The film portrays three decades in the life of an affluent Cuban. Javier Argüelles, an opportunistic young man from Cuban middle class, survives all kind of political changes in Havana, from 1932 to 1959, while his brother Darío is persecuted and killed because of his leftist ideas.{{Citation |last=Solás |first=Humberto |title=Un hombre de éxito |date=1988-01-15 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089288/?ref_=tt_urv |type=Drama |access-date=2024-01-09 |others=César Évora, Raquel Revuelta, Daisy Granados |publisher=Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos (ICAIC)}}