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Memories of Underdevelopment (Memorias del subdesarrollo) (1973)

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Average Rating: 7.4/10
Reviews Counted: 7
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Release Date: May 17, 1973 Wide

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A bourgeois intellectual finds himself ambivalent to the changes going on in revolutionary Cuba.

Unrated, 1 hr. 37 min.

Documentary, Drama, Art House & International

Directed By: Tom�s Guti�rrez Alea

In Theaters: May 17, 1973 Wide

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The eventual worldwide recognition of Underdevelopment as one of Cuba's finest films speaks as much for the frozen moment it captures as for its unimpeachable quality.

October 21, 2010 Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly

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Michael Joshua Rowin

L.A. Weekly

A stirring blend of narrative fiction, still photography and rare documentary footage.

May 14, 2003 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

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Inspired by French nouvelle vague and Italian neorealism, Gutierrez Alea tells a picaresque and penetrating character study of a Cuban bourgeois trying to find his identity among the people living in the recently established socialist regime of Fidel Castro. A look on the underdeveloped Latin America that is deep down

September 10, 2008

Pierluigi Puccini

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I was reading through my Reviews, when I realized that not only have I NOT graced the Profile with a Review of a Cuban Film --- but, I don't have anything by TOMAS GUTIERREZ ALEA even referenced. What was I thinking?!?! I should be thrashed!!!!! For MEMORIES is that rare Film that Enlightens as it Entertains. An

November 13, 2009

Jose Vazquez

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