Up to a Certain Point (1985)

Original title

Hasta cierto punto

Directed by

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Cuba

Runtime

1h 08m

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A theater director begins a relationship with a female dockworker. His own machismo creates problems between them.

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What happens

Up to a Certain Point (Spanish: Hasta cierto punto) is a 1983 Cuban movie directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. It focuses on a theater director who starts up a relationship with a female dockworker. However, his machismo complicates matters. The movie is a general look at gender roles in Cuba as well as the conflict between machismo and the idealized image of liberated women under communism. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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