Cuban director Tomas Gutierrez Alea's breakthrough film is a philosophically political work that remains notable for its explicit sexuality--quite daring and surprising, given the year (1968) and the regime (Communist Cuba)--and for its smooth melding
of the surreal and the neorealist.
In 1961 Havana, wealthy landlord Sergio Carmona (Sergio Corrieri) despises the bourgeoisie, although he's outwardly bourgeois himself: He lives in a high-rise with a hi-fi and a blonde, high-fashion wife. He's not too bothered when the latter leaves him, joining other friends and relatives in
Cuba's massive, "brain-drain" emigration to Miami after the revolution. As Carmona wande...
Released:
1968
Rated:
NR
Length:
97 mins