Memorias del subdesarrollo / El Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos presenta ; realización, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea ; producción, Miguel Mendoza.
Edition:
Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (unpaged : color illustrations ; 47 x 33 cm folded to 17 x 12 cm)
Title from title screen. Sergio Corrieri, Daisy Granados, Eslinda Núñez, Omar Valdés, René de la Cruz. Based on the novel by Edmundo Desnoes. Originally released as a motion picture in 1968. Wide screen (1.66:1 aspect ratio). New 4K restoration by the Cineteca di Bologna. Essay by author Joshua Jelly-Schapiro in container. Special features: B. Ruby Rich and José Antonio Évora (interview with the film critics; 2018) ; Edmundo Desnoes (interview with the author of the novel Memorias del subdesarrollo; 2018) ; Titón : from Havana to "Guantanamera" (documentary by Mirtha Ibarra, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, presenting his life and career; 2008) ; Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (segment from an audio interview with the director by Silvia Oroz for her 1989 book about the director) ; Daisy Granados (segment of an interview with the actress recorded for the Visual History Program at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; 2017) ; Nelson Rodríguez (segment of an interview with the film editor recorded for the Visual History Program at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; 2017) ; Theatrical trailer.
Summary:
Sergio, a Europeanized Cuban intellectual, is too idealistic to leave for Miami after the departure of his wife, parents and friends in the wake of the Bay of Pigs incident. But he is also too decadent to fit into the new Cuban society. Now 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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