Humberto Solás

Biography

Humberto Solás (14 December 1941 – 18 September 2008) was a Cuban film director, credited with directing the classic film Lucía (1968), which explored the lives of Cuban women during different periods in Cuban history. His cinematic style borrows from Luchino Visconti's spectacular mise en scene and is permeated by sometimes heavy melodrama. He started making shorts at a very young age, before directing his first medium length film Manuela, in 1966. The success of this film led him to direct Lucía, an ambitious period piece told in three stories in different moments of Cuban history, all as seen through the eyes of a different woman, each named Lucia. He later directed many different projects over the course of his career. Solás has won 13 awards for filmmaking and been nominated for an additional 9. His 1968 film Lucía won the Golden Prize and the Prix FIPRESCI at the 6th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1985 film A Successful Man was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1977 he was a member of the jury at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. He has twice served on the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival, in 1977 and 1997. In 20…

Directed

1. Lucía (1968) — Director
2. Barrio Cuba (2001) — Director
3. Cecilia (1982) — Director
4. A Successful Man (1986) — Director
5. Honey for Oshun (2003) — Director
6. Beloved (1982) — Director
7. One Day in November (1976) — Director
8. Manuela (1966) — Director
9. Nacer en Leningrado (1977) — Director
10. Cantata de Chile (1976) — Director
11. Variaciones (1962) — Director
12. El acoso (1965) — Director
13. El Retrato (1963) — Director
14. Le siècle des lumières (1993) — Director
15. Obataleo (1989) — Director
16. Simparelé (1974) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Rocha Que Voa (2002) — Self
2. Titón: From Havana to Guantanamera, 1928-1996 (2008) — Interviewee
3. Humberto & “Lucía” (2020) — Self
4. Memorias de Lucía (2003)
5. Claves, 4: Memories of Cuban cinema (1984) — Self