We went to see Soy Cuba.
It's a Russian film, made in Cuba, in 1964.
It's a bit triste but the cinematography is terrific. One long tracking shot starts with a party and a roof top 'beauty parade', then goes down the outside of the building, passes through sunbathers sipping cocktails and finishes underwater in the swimming pool.
In the story the Castro revolution is just beginning and in one scene a sympathiser's home is bombed. You don't actually see the plane, I imagine they didn't have enough in the budget, but it sounded real enough!
The film is rather long at 2:20 - but, if you like, you can find just the party sequence on YouTube.
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