by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea · Mr Bongo Films · DVD · EAN 0711969112597
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«Memorias del subdesarrollo» is the movie by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (1968), starring Sergio Corrieri, Omar Valdés and René de la Cruz, on DVD.
Set in post-revolutionary Cuba, the film follows Sergio, a bourgeois intellectual who stays in Havana while his family emigrates to the United States after the Bay of Pigs invasion. The narrative mixes fiction and documentary material, portraying the alienation of one who observes historical change without taking sides.
Edition by Mr Bongo Films in the Essential World Cinema and Music series: black-and-white movie, in Spanish with English subtitles, on DVD region 2.
For fans of auteur cinema, classic Cuban cinema and social cinema; not recommended for under-15s.
