Memorias del subdesarrollo /
English title: Memories of underdevelopment. Also known as: Historias del subdesarrollo
el Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográficos presenta ; realización, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea.
, Cuba Mexico
- 1 online resource (1 video file (97 min.)) : sound, black and white.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1968. Based on: Memorias del subdesarrollo / Edmondo Desnoes.
Cinematographer, Ramón F. Suárez; editor, Nelson Rodríguez; music, Leo Brouwer; musical director, Manuel Duchesno Cuzán. Cinematographer, Ramón F. Suárez; editor, Nelson Rodríguez; music, Leo Brouwer; musical director, Manuel Duchesno Cuzán.
Sergio Corrieri, Daisy Granados, Eslinda Núñez, Omar Valdés, René de la Cruz.
Malabre is a prosperous Havana businessman whose life has been appropriated by the Cuban revolution. Though his wife, family and friends flee the country in the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs, he is forced to confront his crippling isolation and failure to overcome the trappings of his former life. Edmundo Desnoes' classic novel is a blistering examination of cultural and political underdevelopment under the backdrop of one of the most controversial revolutions of our time.
In Spanish; with additional English subtitles.
Winner of 2 Awards, at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 1970: Don Quijote Award, and, FIPRESCI Prize Winner of a Richard and Hilda Rosenthal Foundation Award, at National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA 1974
Cubans--United States--Drama.
Cuba--History--Revolution, 1959--Drama. Cuba--Politics and government--1959-1990--Drama. Cuba--Social conditions--Drama. Cuba--Economic conditions--1959-1990--Drama.