Strawberry and Chocolate (1993)

Original title

Fresa y chocolate

Directed by

Juan Carlos Tabío, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Genre

drama film, comedy film, comedy drama, romance film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Cuba, Mexico, Spain

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

R

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 84 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young communist student in Havana meets a gay artist and intellectual. Over shared meals and conversation, they form an unlikely friendship that challenges their beliefs about society and each other.

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What happens

Strawberry and Chocolate (Spanish: Fresa y chocolate) is a 1993 comedy-drama film, directed by Cuban filmmakers Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío, based on the short story "The Wolf, the Forest and the New Man" (in Spanish, El lobo, el bosque y el hombre nuevo). Senel Paz wrote the short story in 1990 and also wrote the screenplay for the film. It was the first Cuban film to be nominated for an Academy Award. It is an international co-production between Cuba and Mexico. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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