Explosion in a Cathedral
Original title: El siglo de las luces
Synopsis
The French Revolution reaches the Caribbean with Victor Hugues, a merchant turned emissary of the new order. Esteban and Sofia watch ideals of liberty and equality arrive alongside terror and the guillotine. Alejo Carpentier turns their journey through the Antilles into a sweeping meditation on the promise and violence of revolution.
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