Reynaldo Agustín Miravalles de la Luz (22 January 1923 – 31 October 2016), known as Reinaldo Miravalles, was a Cuban actor residing in

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. His birthplace is Callejón del Chorro,

Old Havana Old Havana () is the city-center (downtown) and one of the 15 municipalities (or boroughs) forming Havana, Cuba. It has the second highest population density in the city and contains the core of the original city of Havana. The positions of the ...

. He died on 31 October 2016 in Havana at the age of 93.

Filmography

*1957: ''Papalepe'' (directed by Antonio Graciani) *1960: '' Historias de la Revolución'' (directed by

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Tomás Gutiérrez- Alea (; December 11, 1928 – April 16, 1996) was a Cuban film director and screenwriter. Gutiérrez Alea wrote and directed more than twenty features, documentaries, and short films, which are known for his sharp insight i ...

) *1961: ''El joven rebelde'' (directed by Julio García Espinosa) as Sergeant *1962: '' Las Doce Sillas'' (directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, The film is based on the

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with the same title, ''

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'' by Soviet writer duo

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. Reynaldo Miravalles stars the protagonist, an enterprising

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. Set in a tropical context, it is starkly similar to the Soviet one of the novel. A notable difference is that in the Cuban version the hero "sees the light", becomes corrected and joins Cuban revolutionary youth in ''

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'' campaign) (

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harvesting). as Oscar *1964: ''Preludio 11'' (directed by Kurt Maetzig) as Priest *1965: ''Desarraigo'' (directed by Fausto Canel) *1966: ''Papeles son papeles'' (directed by Fausto Canel) *1971: ''Una pelea cubana contra los demonios'' (directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea) *1973: ''El Hombre de Maisinicú'' (directed by Manuel Pérez) *1976: ''Rancheador'' (directed by Sergio Giral) as Francisco Estévez *1978: '' El recurso del método'' (directed by

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) *1979: '' Los sobrevivientes'' (directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea) as Vicente Cuervo *1979: '' La viuda de Montiel'' (directed by Miguel Littin) *1982: '' Alsino and the Condor'' () (a

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film directed by

) as El Pajarero *1983: ''El señor presidente'' (directed by Manuel Octavio Gómez) as Fiscal *1984: ''Los pájaros tirándole a la escopeta'' (directed by Rolando Díaz) *1984: ''El corazón sobre la tierra'' (directed by Constante Diego) *1985: ''Svindlande affärer'' (directed by Janne Carlsson) as Kubansk polischef *1985 '' Time to Die'' () (Colombian drama film directed by Jorge Alí Triana) as Casildo *1985: ''Baragua'' (directed by José Massip) *1987: ''De tal Pedro tal astilla'' (directed by Luis Felipe Bernaza) as Pedro Quijano *1987: ''Cubagua'' (directed by Michael New) as Stakelum / Carballo / Diego de Ordaz *1988: ''Vals de la Habana vieja'' (directed by Luis Felipe Bernaza) as Epifanio *1991: ''Alicia en el pueblo de Maravillas'' (translated as '' Alice in Wondertown'',) (directed by

Daniel Díaz Torres Daniel Díaz Torres (31 December 1948 – 16 September 2013) was a Cuban film director and screenwriter. His 1985 film ''Wild Dogs (film), Wild Dogs'' was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''Wi ...

, a controversial film of satire, absurdity and horror, seen as a criticism of the problems of Cuban society. Critic Juan Antonio García Borrero has been planning to include in a book under a tentative title ''Diez películas que estremecieron a Cuba'') (''Ten Films That Shook Cuba'') *1991: '' Sandino'' (directed by Miguel Littin) as The Ceramist *1991: ''El Encanto del Regreso'' (directed by Emilio Oscar Alcalde) as El viejo *1992: ''Mascaró, el cazador americano'' (directed by Constante (Rapi) Diego) *1994: ''Quiéreme y verás...'' (directed by Daniel Díaz Torres) *1994: ''El reino de los cielos'' (directed by Patricia Cardoso) *2003: '' El Misterio Galíndez'' (directed by Gerardo Herrero) as Don Angelito *2003: ''Dreaming of Julia'' (directed by Juan Gerard) as Waldo *2008: ''Cercanía'' (directed by Rolando Díaz) as Heriberto *2013: '' Esther Somewhere'' (directed by Gerardo Chijona, It is a Cuban-Peruvian co-production shot in Cuba based on a novel by Eliseo Alberto. It was the first Cuban film of Miravalles after the 22-year hiatus) as Lino Catalá. He was awarded the Havana Star Prize for Best Actor for his role in the film at the 15th

Havana Film Festival New York The Havana Film Festival New York (HFFNY) is a film festival, based in New York City, that screens cinema from across Latin America with a special focus on Cuba and its Cinema of Cuba, film industry. It is a project of The American Friends of th ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miravalles, Reynaldo 1923 births 2016 deaths Cuban male film actors 20th-century Cuban male actors 21st-century Cuban male actors Cuban expatriates in the United States Male actors from Havana