Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
- Original title
- Memorias del subdesarrollo
- Directed by
- Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Cuba
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 92 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A middle-aged writer stays in Havana after the Cuban Revolution while his family and friends flee to Miami. He wanders the city observing the changes around him and trying to connect with a woman he meets.
introspectivemelancholicslow-pacedreflectivevisually starkcontemplativebittersweetdetached
What happens
Memories of Underdevelopment (Spanish: Memorias del Subdesarrollo) is a 1968 Cuban drama film directed and co-written by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. The story is based on a novel by Edmundo Desnoes entitled Inconsolable Memories (Memorias del Subdesarrollo). It was Gutiérrez Alea's fifth film, and probably his most famous worldwide. The film gathered several awards at international film festivals. It was elected the 144th best film of all time in the Sight & Sound 2012 poll. It was ranked by The New York Times as one of the 10 best films of 1968. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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