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Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Cuba, 1968, 104 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles
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Memories of Underdevelopment is a landmark of global cinema and one of the most influential films to emerge from Latin America. Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and based on Edmundo Desnoes’ novel, it follows Sergio, a disillusioned writer who remains in post-revolution Cuba while his bourgeois peers flee. As he reflects on political upheaval, national identity, and failed relationships, the film combines fragmented storytelling, documentary footage, and still photographs to craft a stylistic tour-de-force. Witty and provocative, it remains a shining example of 1960s Cuban cinematic experimentation.
Hailed as one of the greatest films of all time in the 2022 Sight and Sound critics' poll, this classic is presented by Guy Baron, Senior Lecturer in Spanish at Aberystwyth University, and brought to WOW by Screen Cuba.
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