Filmed in the US but acted in Spanish, El Super is a warmhearted spin on the plight of Cuban exiles in old, cold New York. The coldness is not only figurative but literal: the refugees arrive in the Big Apple in the dead of winter, and hole up in a barely heated basement apartment. "El Super" is lonely building superintendent Reymundo Hidalgo-Gato. Himself a Cuban expatriate of ten years' standing, Hidalgo-Gato feels totally out of place in New York, yet he has very little in common with his newly arrived countrymen. Hidalgo-Gato's appealing star turn is matched by the sprightly performance of leading lady Elizabeth Pena. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Cast
Raymundo Hidalgo-Gato - El Super
Zully Montero - Aurelia
Raynaldo Medina - Pancho
Efrain Lopez Neris - Bobby
Juan Granda - Cuco; Hilda Lee; Elizabeth Peña - Aurelita; Orlando Jimenez Leal
Credit
Leon Ichaso - Director, Orlando Jimenez Leal - Director, Gloria Pineyro - Editor, Orlando Jimenez Leal - Cinematographer, Manuel Arce - Producer, Leon Ichaso - Producer, Manuel Arce - Screenwriter, Leon Ichaso - Screenwriter, Ivan Acosta - Play Author
