Memorias del desarrollo (2010)

An intellectual leaves the Cuban revolution and 'underdevelopment' behind only to find himself at odds with the ambiguities of his new life in the 'developed' world. A portrait of ... See full summary »

Director:

Miguel Coyula

Writers:

Miguel Coyula (screenplay), Edmundo Desnoes (novel)

Stars:

Bill Clinton, Fidel Castro, Anna Gurji

5 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Bill Clinton	...	Himself
Fidel Castro	...	Himself
Anna Gurji	...	Model on Website
Jorge Molina	...	Mob leader
Trent Harris	...	Astronaut
Anais Borck	...	Waitress
Eileen Alana	...	Deirdre
Susana Pérez	...	Julia
Miguel Coyula	...	Student / Man at party / man at the park
Jorge Alí	...	Luis
Abraham Amkpa	...	Alex
David W. Leitner	...	Process Server / Yuca Bar customer #2 / Restaurant costumer / Man in subway
Fabien Pisani	...	Restaurant customer
Paul De Sousa	...	Mob Boss
Reb Fleming	...	Dorothy

Storyline

An intellectual leaves the Cuban revolution and 'underdevelopment' behind only to find himself at odds with the ambiguities of his new life in the 'developed' world. A portrait of alienation, of an outsider with no clear-cut politics or ideology. A stranger in a strange land struggling with old age, sexual desire and ultimately the impossibility for the individual to belong in any society. The film's narrative is a collage of flashbacks, daydreams, and hallucinations comprising live-action, animation, and newsreel footage assembled to suggest the way personal memory works, subjectively and emotionally.

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Plot Keywords:

cuban | underdevelopment | intellectual | alienation | revolution | 

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Taglines:

Exiled from the world

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

MySpace Official site

Country:

Cuba USA

Language:

English Spanish Japanese French

Release Date:

26 November 2011 (Belgium)

Also Known As:

Memories of Overdevelopment

Filming Locations:

Havana, Cuba

Box Office

Budget:

$50,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pirámide

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first Cuba-USA dramatic feature co-production, financed completely with independent investors from both countries over 5 years and featuring scenes filmed both in Cuba and the United States.

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Quotes

Sergio: I've reached a point in my life where the best thing I can do for humanity is to be as far away from it as possible.

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Connections

Follows Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)

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