Memories of underdevelopment
by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Sergio, through his life following the departure of his wife, parents and friends in the wake of the Bay of Pigs incident. Alone in a brave new world, Sergio observes the constant threat of foreign invasion while chasing young women all over Havana before finally meeting Elena, a young virgin girl he seeks to mold into the image of his ex-wife, but at what cost to himself?
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Politics and government, Teatro, Películas cinematográficas, Drama, Gobierno, Política, Social conditions, HistoryPlaces
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Memories of underdevelopment
2018
videorecording /
in Spanish
- Special edition.
1681434946 9781681434940
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Title from sell sheet.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1968.
Wide screen (1.66:1).
Special features: new interviews; Titón: from Havana to "Guantanamera," a 2008 feature-length documentary on director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea's life and career; segment from a 1989 audio interview with Gutiérrez Alea; segments from 2017 interviews with actor Daisy Granados and editor Nelson Rodríguez from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' visual history collection archives; trailer; essay by author Joshua Jelly-Schapiro.
Sergio Corrieri, Daisy Granados, Eslinda Nunez, Omar Valdes, Rene De La Cruz.
DVD.
Spanish dialogue; English subtitles.
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