Things I Left in Havana

{{Infobox film

| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|Cosas que dejé en La Habana|nolink=y}}

| image = Things I Left in Havana poster.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón

| producer = Gerardo Herrero

| screenplay = {{Plain list|

Senel Paz
Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón

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| starring = {{Plain list|

Violeta Rodríguez
Jorge Perugorría
Kiti Manver
Broselianda Hernández
Isabel Santos
Daisy Granados
Charo Soriano
Pepón Nieto

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| music = José María Vitier

| cinematography = Teo Escamilla

| editing = José Salcedo

| distributor =

| studio = {{Ubl|Sogetel|Tornasol Films}}

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1997|10||Seminci|1998|01|16|Spain}}

| runtime =

| country = Spain

| language = Spanish

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Things I Left in Havana ({{langx|es|Cosas que dejé en La Habana|links=no}}) is a 1997 Spanish film directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón and co-written by Senel Paz. It stars Violeta Rodríguez, Jorge Perugorría and Kiti Mánver.

Plot

Three sisters from Cuba (Nena, Ludmila and Rosa) move to Madrid,{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MAvODQAAQBAJ&pg=PA354|page=354|publisher=Editorial Dykinson|location=Madrid|year=2016|isbn=978-84-9085-955-1|title=Emigración y relaciones bilaterales España-Chile. 1810-2015|chapter=El inmigrante latinoamericano en el cine español|first=Javier|last=Avilés Barandiarán}} temporarily staying with their aunt María, who exploits them for labour, also intending for them to assimilate to Spanish culture.{{Cite journal|url=https://gato-docs.its.txstate.edu/jcr:39d60529-833c-49fa-a63d-c182cf208d2c/rodriguezF07.pdf|journal=Letras Hispanas|volume=4|issue=2|year=2007|title=Subjetividad postcolonial a través de los recuerdos de la madre tierra: las islas del Caribe como ejemplo|first=Mª del Carmen|last=Rodríguez Fernández|page=21}} Nena, an actress wannabe, falls romantically for Igor, a Cuban scoundrel with a heart of gold.

Cast

{{Cast listing|

Violeta Rodríguez as Nena{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/things-i-left-in-havana-1200452537/|website=Variety|title=Things I Left in Havana|date=18 January 1998|first=Jonathan|last=Holland}}
Jorge Perugorría as Igor
Kiti Manver as Azucena
{{ill|Broselianda Hernández|es}} as Ludmila
Isabel Santos as Rosa
Daisy Granados as María
{{ill|Charo Soriano (actress)|es|Charo Soriano|lt=Charo Soriano}} as Lola{{sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=85}}
Pepón Nieto as Javier
{{ill|Luis Alberto García (actor)|es|lt=Luis Alberto García}} as Bárbaro{{Sfn|Barrow|2009|p=118}}
Isabel Díaz as Nati{{sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=85}}
{{ill|Francisco Merino|es|lt=Paco Merino}} as Adolfo{{sfn|Caparrós Lera|2005|p=85}}

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Production

The screenplay was penned by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón and Senel Paz.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.iai.spk-berlin.de/fileadmin/dokumentenbibliothek/Iberoamericana/34-2009/34_Barrow.pdf|first=Sarah|last=Barrow|title=Exilio y encuentro cultural en Cosas que dejé en La Habana|journal=Iberoamericana|year=2009|volume=9|issue=34|pages=117–126|jstor=41676845}} Produced by Gerardo Herrero, the film is a Sogetel and Tornasol Films production, with the participation of Canal+ and the collaboration of Sogepac.{{Sfn|Rodríguez Fernández|2007|p=24}} The film had a budget of slightly over 200 million ₧.{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1997/10/29/cultura/878079613_850215.html|website=El País|title=Los paraísos perdidos|date=29 October 1997|first=Francisco|last=Forjas}}

Release

Things I Left in Havana screened at the 42nd Valladolid International Film Festival in October 1997.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a7787/cosas-que-deje-en-la-habana/|website=Fotogramas|title=Cosas que dejé en La Habana|date=29 May 2008}} The film was theatrically released in Spain on 16 January 1998.{{Cite book|title=La Pantalla Popular. El cine español durante el Gobierno de la derecha (1996-2003)|first=José María|last=Caparrós Lera|location=Tres Cantos|publisher=Ediciones Akal|year=2005|isbn=978-84-460-2414-9|page=85|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1wJ8Hoa5FDEC&pg=PA85}}

Accolades

| align = "center" | 1997 || 42nd Valladolid International Film Festival || colspan = "2" | Silver Spike || {{won}} ||

| align = "center" rowspan = "2" | 1998 || 13th Goya Awards || Best New Actress || Violeta Rodríguez || {{nom}} || {{Cite web|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/cosas-que-deje-en-la-habana/|website=premiosgoya.com|title=Cosas que dejé en La Habana|access-date=6 February 2022}}

| 45th Ondas Awards || Best Film Director || Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón || {{won}} || {{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/1998/octubre/28/sociedad/ondas.html|website=El Mundo|title=Se fallan los premios de la 45 Edición de los Premios Ondas|date=28 October 1998}}