Havana during the XIV World Festival of Youth and Students (1997)

Havana, a rickshaw driving down the street.

Cartoon poster.

Half-ruined houses.

A woman hanging a flag out of the window.

Gate.

Children on the street, a girl on homemade roller skates.

A trip around the city (shot from a car).

Pedestrians and transport.

An unfinished building.

A flag on the upper landing.

A girl looking down from the balcony.

A man smoking on the balcony and waving to the cameraman.

A girl with a notepad.

An elderly woman smoking.

An entrance to a building.

Electricity meters.

People walking down the stairs.

A boy getting his head shaved at a barbershop.

A radio.

A barber cutting a man's hair.

A woman writing using carbon paper.

Portrait of Fidel Castro.

Female workers in a sewing studio.

Traffic on the road.

A janitor sweeping the street.

A man reading an ad.

Children playing volleyball.

Portrait of Ernesto Che Guevara on the wall of a house.

The street.

Laundry drying on the balcony.

Workers sitting on the sidewalk.

Children in front of the camera.

Musicians rehearsing.

The lead singer talks about the band in a mixture of English and Spanish.

A reel-to-reel tape recorder and tapes.

People at the entrance to their building.

Passers-by on the street.

A father combs his son’s hair.

A woman buys coffee.

Street trading.

A man looks out of the door.

Women on the street.

Men knock on doors.

People repairing a car, checking the engine.

A truck driver.

A taxi near a house.

Festival participants gathering for a rally.

A trading tent.

Blowing up the time code.

A man speaks out in support of Africa (in English, with the help of a Spanish interpreter).

Faces of the crowd.

Sergei Bodrov signs an appeal and tries to talk to an Arab.

An interview with a girl from Germany about the reasons for participating in the festival; then the girl talks in a mixture of Russian and English about the activities of her party, about trips to Russia and Belarus, about anti-imperialist activities, about the differences in the views of residents of West and East Germany.

An interview with Alexey, a continuation of the discussion of the anti-imperialist theme, the cult of personality of Che Guevara in Latin American countries, the political system of Russia and its position in the world; the connection between what is happening in Russia and Cuba, the mistakes of the USSR in relations with Cuba and the likelihood of holding the next festival in Russia are touched upon.

The beginning of the interview with a Russian living in Cuba: Andrey talks about life in Havana and the possibility of returning to Russia.