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El Maná

1960 (estimated) Theatrical Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos

Studio
Instituto Cubano del Arte

Synopsis

This film marked the initiative to create a Department of Animation upon the recent creation ot the ICAIC, although it was not the film that inaugurated the Department. Produced in the style of UPA, this film deals with the theme of the need to work from the viewpoint of a peasant who sits down expecting everything to come to him without effort. Meanwhile, his neighbors work and collect the fruits, while he remains without anything.

Characters

Peasant, Neighbors

Credits

Directing

Director
Jesús de Armas

Production notes

Full studio name is Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos.