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Memories of Underdevelopment
Memorias del subdesarrollo
Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
1968•1h 37m•NR•★ 7.7
Drama
Synopsis
A bourgeois Cuban intellectual remains in Havana after his family flees to Miami following the Bay of Pigs invasion, wandering the city as an alienated observer of the new socialist order. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea's complex modernist cornerstone of Latin American cinema.
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Cast & Crew
DirectorTomás Gutiérrez Alea
WriterTomás Gutiérrez Alea
CinematographyRamón F. Suárez
MusicLeo Brouwer
Principal Cast
Sergio CorrieriSergio Carmona Mendoyo
Daisy GranadosElena
Eslinda NúñezNoemi
Omar ValdésPablo
René de la CruzElena's brother
Yolanda Farr
Ofelia González
JG
Jose Gil AbadTechnical Specifications
Runtime1h 37m (97 mins)
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DirectorTomás Gutiérrez Alea
LanguagesSpanish, English
CountryCU
StudioICAIC
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