El brigadista
El brigadista
1978, Spanish. Directed by Octavio Cortázar.
The Castro revolution was just consolidating its power when, in 1961, over 100,000 students were sent from their schools into the countryside to teach the peasants there how to read. Coinciding with the Bay of Pigs invasion, in this docudrama, 15-year-old Mario (Salvador Wood) has come to a tiny village in the Zapata swamps and gradually wins the villagers over to his task. At the same time, he receives an education in the realities of rural life from the hard-working peasants.
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Spanish
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- Released
- 2 January 1978
- Country
- Cuba
- Written by
- Octavio Cortázar
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El brigadista runs 119 minutes (1h 59m).
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El brigadista isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 January 1978. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed El brigadista?
El brigadista (1978) was directed by Octavio Cortázar and stars Patricio Wood, Salvador Wood, René de la Cruz.