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Alice in Wondertown (1991)

Alice in Wondertown poster
Original title
Alicia en el pueblo de Maravillas
Directed by
Daniel Díaz Torres
Genre
comedy film
Country
Cuba
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A satirical film that uses absurd and horror elements to criticize Cuban society. It stirred major controversy in the country upon release.

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What happens

Alice in Wondertown (original title in Spanish: Alicia en el pueblo de Maravillas) is a 1991 film directed by Daniel Díaz Torres and produced by the ICAIC (Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry). Theatre release date: July 13, 1991. It was a film of satire, absurdity and horror, seen as a criticism of the problems of Cuban society, and it caused a significant controversy in the country. Cinema critic Juan Antonio García Borrero has been planning to include it in a book under a tentative title Diez películas que estremecieron a Cuba (Ten Films That Shook Cuba) (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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