MIAMI, United States. – From this Friday, January 17, to February 23, the 23 and 12 cinema in Havana will screen a film cycle in tribute to Cuban actor Reynaldo Miravalles (1923)which includes the most significant pieces of the performer, such as The man from Maisinicú, The twelve chairs, Like Pedro, Like a splinter, Rancher, The survivors and The birds shooting the shotgun.
In addition, the activities to honor Miravalles for his centenary include the projection of other representative works of his work as an interpreter. According to information from the Cuban Cinematheque quoted by the state news agency Prensa Latinathese will be: the heart on earth, Old Havana Waltz, Mascaró, the American hunter and esther somewhere.
According to this medium, the opening of the cycle “will foster an approach to this figure of the seventh art on the Island,” through the interview conducted by the singer-songwriter Amaury Pérez with Miravalles on the Cuban Television program “Con dos que se quieren.” .
In his long television career, Miravalles played hundreds of characters, including that of the peasant Melesio, with whom he achieved enormous popularity.
In 1991, he participated in one of the most controversial films in Cuban cinema, the black comedy Alice in wonderlandby Daniel Diaz Torres. In the information disclosed by the Cinematheque of Cuba and Prensa Latina, there is no evidence that this film is going to be exhibited.
In November 2016, Miravalles, who lived in Miami, United States, died in Havana at 93 years old, due to respiratory and cardiovascular complications.
At that time, the official media on the Island limited themselves to reporting on the death of the emblematic actor. In a concise way, rebel youth and Granma They published identical texts describing Miravalles as “an important figure on radio and television, and particularly in national cinema. His performances in the films are relevant The twelve chairs, The man from Maisinicú, The birds shooting the shotgun and many others,” they said.
