Juan of the Dead

Juan of the Dead

  • Director: Alejandro Brugués
  • Countries of origin: Spain, Cuba
  • Language: Spanish, English
  • Release date: January 13, 2012
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Juan de los muertos
  • "Juan of the Dead" is The Republic of Cuba's first original zombie film directed by Alejandro Bruges and starring Andrea Duro , Jorge Molina , Alexis Diaz and others. 
    The film tells the story of Juan, a civilian who hunts zombies for profit after a sudden loss of disaster in the socialist country The Republic of Cuba . 

    Details

    • Release date January 13, 2012
    • Filming locations Havana, Cuba
    • Production companies La Zanfoña Producciones, Producciones de la 5ta Avenida, Soundchef Studios

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $18,000

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $12,000

    Gross worldwide

    $324,834

    Movie reviews

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    • By Jasper 2022-04-14 09:01:07

      What does the director want to say

      If you don't take it seriously, it's easy to be biased by the hot reviews. There are indeed ideological things, but the director has no clear position (except for the socialism of the Celestial Dynasty).

      There are several main characters in the film: Juan, Juan's daughter, Juan Jiyou, Jiyou's son, sissy, muscular man. For the sake of convenience, let's call them: Juan, daughter, gay, Miami, gay, strong man.

      1. Does the film black out socialism?

      Undoubtedly, it was indeed a...

    • By Winnifred 2022-04-14 08:01:01

      this is a good video

      The release of Zombie Juan is a foreign propaganda for the Cuban people to prove their values.

      The film directly expresses the views of many countries, such as the big black, China, the savior (the first sentence is in Russian), etc.

      The views of the protagonists represent a large part of the Cuban people's views on external things.

      If the zombies are the opposition, they might as well be called Mao Zuo. Even if the inhuman Mao Zuo is rampant, the news is still...

    • By Bryon 2022-04-14 08:01:01

      It is not easy to make a little money in the social environment of cannibalism.

      It is similar to "Shaun of Zombies". The background of the film is Cuba. Through a cold humor, it satirizes some of the status quo in the socialist society: all the turmoil is a trick of the reactionaries, and it is a conspiracy of the capitalist powers. It's always been on TV: a team of brave people takes control.

      In this society where cannibalism is gradually spreading, the protagonist works hard to do his own business and live hard. Follow the situation to make a little money, and...

    • By Libby 2022-04-14 08:01:01

      are relatives

      The story tells that Castro's revolutionary zombies are the revolutionary masses. A large number of normal Cuban people fled to the United States. The rest will either become zombies or be eaten by zombies, and even the scum is not left. If you understand this, you will understand the brainwashing people are zombies and China. How similar is it to a normal thinking person who was killed and persecuted to survive, either pretending to be a zombie or becoming a zombie, think about the difference...

    • By Arturo 2022-04-14 08:01:01

      Somos cubanos, somos populares

      When I saw the premiere of this work at the YANA Cinema in Havana, I only felt that the atmosphere in the cinema was very good. Those hilarious baggage, cold jokes, and spoofs were hilarious, but nothing was worth my tears. But later, when I seriously savored every scene and every line in this film, I was suddenly shocked and moved.
             I don't know why people always like to look for some ideology, ideology, etc. in this film, with various positions, and compare them. And I, as a person...

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    • By Camron 2022-04-18 09:01:20

      How the hell did this get shot with three million? . ....

    • By Garnett 2022-04-18 09:01:20

      Inherited the style of Zombie Sean, but added a political flavor with strong national significance. In the film, the government insists that foreign forces [alluding to U.S. imperialism] are doing the trick, especially in the final animation, where the three people are reluctant to give up Juan and return to the homeland to fight, and the last commander is a fascist warlord with no internal organs. The whole film not only shows people's confusion in deification beliefs and scientific doubts,...

    • By Isaiah 2022-04-18 09:01:20

      Cubans laugh so...

    • By Nicholas 2022-04-18 09:01:20

      Hahaha, the protagonist Huang Bo will be...

    • By Destin 2022-04-18 09:01:20

      Revolution or...

    Movie plot

    In The Republic of Cuba, a country of socialism, Juan (Alexis Diaz) , a middle-aged man living at the bottom of society, has achieved nothing. He and his wife divorced, and his daughter Camilla ( Andrea Duro ) is not at all. its in the eyes. Juan spends his days hanging out with his two bad friends, Lazaro (Jorge Molina) and California (Andros Perugorría) , with no hope for the future. One day, the calm city was suddenly full of panic,...
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    Negative review

    The plot of "Juan of the Dead" is absurd and strange, and even the title of the film simply replaces "Shaun" with "Juan", but the biggest difference between this film and "Shaun of the Dead" The point is that it has too strong political overtones. A large number of sensitive political metaphors in the film have caused great controversy. For example, the "terrorists who create zombie viruses" are described as "anti-Communist people",...
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    Movie quotes

    • Juan: [answering phone] Juan of the dead, we kill your beloved ones, how can I help you?