Strawberry and Chocolate (Fresa y Chocolate) (1994)
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Reviews Counted: 20
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 4
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Critic Reviews: 4
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A man finds that friendship and understanding can span many boundaries -- age, politics, and gender preference among them -- in this comedy-drama from Cuba. David (Vladimir Cruz) is a student and ardent Communist whose personal life is in something of a slump; his girlfriend recently left him to marry another man after he took her to a hotel in hopes of seducing her, and she announced that she couldn't believe anyone could make love in such an ugly room. One day, David stops by the park and gets
Cast
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Jorge Perugorría
Diego -
Vladimir Cruz
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Mirta Ibarra
Nancy -
Francisco Gattorno
Miguel -
Jorge Angelino
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Marilyn Solaya
Vivian
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While the central story may lack edge, 'Strawberry and Chocolate' remains an entertaining, thoughtful take on the absurdity of confusing sexuality and politics.
Top CriticIts subject now reveals itself as political and social freedom in Castro's Cuba and this is what makes it an intelligent companion piece to Memories of Underdevelopment, Alea's earlier film.
A clear call for tolerance, deftly executed by a director for whom the personal and the political were indivisible.
It's a clear-eyed critique of the revolution's treatment of gay Cubans and, as such, it's a brave and important piece of film-making.
Watching his funny and likeable Havana-set comedy is like chancing upon some undiscovered early gem by Godard or Woody Allen, and yet it has a worldliness and drollery that is all its own.
It's rather long-winded and the politics are pretty boring to an outsider.
A superb Cuban film from 1993, a little classic about gay freedom and its aspirations versus Fidel Castro and his Marxist straitjacketing.
It verges on the preachy, but it's a generous and intriguing film.
Strawberry & Chocolate (Fresa y Chocolate) has a special place in cinema history.
The film's premise (friendship between a straight and gay man) may be familiar, but set in Cuba the tale's particular context adds freshness and political alertness, resulting in a charming film with a quasi-hopeful message
Intelligent political drama
This first gay filmic offering from Cuba actually plays a good deal better than it sounds.
Beautiful.
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Foreign Titles
- Erdbeer und Schokolade (DE)
- Strawberry and Chocolate (UK)
