Fires Within (1991)
- Starring:
- Greta Scacchi, Jimmy Smits, (more)
- Director(s):
- Gillian Armstrong
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Fires Within
A Cuban woman who escapes to America finds herself in political, financial, and romantic jeopardy in this taut drama. Cuban refugee Isabel (Greta Scacchi) flees her country and makes her way to Miami after her husband, Nestor (Jimmy Smits), a political activist, is sentenced to a long stay in a Cuban jail. In their dangerous voyage to the United States, Isabel and her daughter are rescued by Sam (Vincent D'Onofrio), a fisherman from Miami; Sam helped Isabel find her way in her new home, and a romance blossoms between the two. However, when Nestor is finally released from prison eight years later and escapes to Miami to be with his wife, he discovers that Isabel's affections are now divided between himself and Sam, while his daughter barely remembers or recognizes him. Danger faces all three sides of this romantic triangle; Sam is asked to use his boat to smuggle Cuban dissidents into Miami, Nestor falls in with a radical fringe group hoping to stage an armed invasion of Cuba, and Isabel, who has become involved with a numbers racket, is in deep trouble after several massive payments were made to someone who never placed a bet. Fires Within was also shown under the title Little Havana; it premiered in Miami, appropriately enough, in its short-lived theatrical release. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 87 mins
Complete Cast of Fires Within
- Greta Scacchi - Isabel
- Vincent D'Onofrio - Sam
- Bertila Damas - Estella Sanchez
- Angelina Estrada - Olga Rodriquez
- Carmen Lopez - Family Member
- Maria Vidal - Michele
- Mario Ernesto Sanchez - Family Member
- Ruben Rabasa - Sergio
- Michael McCleery - Deckhand
- Talya Ferro
- Oswaldo Calvo - Francisco
- Kevin A. Duffis - Jaime
- Jimmy Smits - Nestor
- Luis Avalos - Victor Hernandez
- Dan Ades - Felix
- Carlos Gomez - Cuban Singer
- Gail Levin
- Angel Figueroa - Cuban Singer
- Victor Rivers - Angel
- Lazaro Perez - Raul
- Earl Hindman - Sergeant
- Robert Escobar - Reporter
- Raul Davila - Reuben
- Celia Cruz - Herself
- Director(s):
- Gillian Armstrong
- Writer(s):
- Peter Barsocchini, Cynthia Cidre
- Producer(s):
- Lauren Lloyd, Wallis Nicita, Jim Bloom
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Situations, Adult Language, Questionable for Children)
- Categories:
- Romance
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