Alice in Wondertown (1991)
- 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
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 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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