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Writers:
Edmundo Desnoes (novel)
Edmundo Desnoes (screenplay)
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Release Date:
17 May 1973 (USA) more
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Plot:
Sergio, a wealthy bourgeois aspiring writer, decides to stay in Cuba even though his wife and friends flee to Miami... more | add synopsis
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Memoiras del subdesarrollo is a stunning look into post Revolutionary Cuba. more (10 total)

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Also Known As:
Historias del subdesarrollo
Inconsolable Memories
Memories of Underdevelopment (USA)
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Runtime:
97 min | West Germany:90 min (TV)
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1.66 : 1 more
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Selected by the New York Times in 1974 as one of the ten best films of the year. more
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Followed by Memorias del desarrollo (2009) more

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Memoiras del subdesarrollo is a stunning look into post Revolutionary Cuba., 25 November 1999
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Author: Tim Radar (radar-17) from Olympia Wa

Memorias del subdesarrolo (memories of the underdeveloped) is a look into the life of a bourgeois young writer who decides to stay in his native Cuba following the Cuban revolution, and enters himself into a life of detachment, seclusion, and avoidance. Sergio (the writer) is juxtaposed with Elna (a young woman following the trends that are dictated to her) to show a clash in idealism, values, and moral that leads to dramatic court scene that ultimately puts in question the current state of Cuba opposed to the past. Alea's use of Sergio, Elena, Pablo (a petty bourgeois that flees to Miami), and the court shows Alea's insight into the great social change that followed the revolution. Through the course of the film you see the change in society that spurns it's, once, culturally elite to become detached from there surroundings and society, leaving only two options: flight, and seclusion. This film is a great look into a society, and a man trying to escape from it. .

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