Synopsis
Gustavo is a young Havana Communist who believes in the revolution; he hopes for a scholarship to study aeronautical engineering in Prague. But his faith in the new Cuba is tested: his father, a psychiatrist, can make four times as much playing piano at a hotel for foreigners; his sweetheart, Yolanda, wants a career as a dancer and longs for the riches of Miami; his younger brother Bobby simply wants to play rock music, and as a result is in constant trouble with the authorities. When Bobby takes a shocking step of revolt and Gustavo is refused service at a foreigners-only bar, the contradictions in his resolve to become a "new man" push him to the breaking point.
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
6.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
23.0%
Critic Consensus
100.0% Fresh • 1 critic reviews
Critic reception is largely positive, with 100% of 1 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize character-driven, romantic, emotional. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.
character-drivenromanticemotionalvisually strikingthought-provokingrealistic
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic scoreN/A
RT critic review count3
Rotten Tomatoes audience score72.0
RT audience rating count500
IMDb rating7.0
IMDb votes652
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 1996 | $450,060 | $899,833 |
| International | 1996 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 1996 | $450,060 | $899,833 |
Earnings / Profitability
Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Revenues |
| Theatrical Net Revenue | 1996 | $225,030 | $449,917 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 1996 | N/A | N/A |
| Digital Purchases ? | 1996 | N/A | N/A |
| Physical Rentals ? | 1996 | $4,934,000 | $9,864,855 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 1996 | $5,846,000 | $11,688,273 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 1996 | $189,025 | $377,930 |
| Total Revenues | 1996 | $11,194,055 | $22,380,975 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 1996 | $495,000 (est) | $989,684 (est) |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 1996 | $360,000 (est) | $719,771 (est) |
| Participations | 1996 | $448,000 | $895,714 |
| Residuals ? | 1996 | $798,000 | $1,595,491 |
| Interest & Overhead | 1996 | $99,000 | $197,937 |
| Total Expenses | 1996 | $2,200,000 | $4,398,598 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 1996 | $8,994,055 | $17,982,377 |
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|---|
 | Your Name. | 2017 | Shared genres: 3 | 96.1 | $-703,056,947 |
 | Life Is Beautiful | 1998 | Shared genres: 3 | 95.2 | $112,743,538 |
 | The Handmaiden | 2016 | Shared genres: 3 | 87.7 | $13,304,548 |
 | Good Bye Lenin! | 2004 | Shared genres: 3 | 86.1 | $47,020,884 |
 | Portrait of a Lady on Fire | 2019 | Shared genres: 3 | 85.7 | $7,881,494 |
Tooltips
- Budget Estimated using Machine Learning
- Digital Rentals: PVOD, VOD, & On-Demand
- Marketing & distribution costs to release Movie in Theaters. Includes: Online & Offline Ads, Posters, Trailer Production, and physical or digital copies (formerly "prints") sent to cinemas.
- Net Digital Purchase Revenue
- Net Revenues for Physical Rentals: VHS, DVD, BluRay (when appropriate)
- Physical Purchases: VHS $5,833,000, DVD $13,000, BluRay $0
- Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
- Theatrical box office grosses split into Domestic, International, and Worldwide totals.
- Union-modeled residuals using SAG-AFTRA and WGA schedules as a simplified estimate proxy.
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Budget Tooltip
Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
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