Madagascar (1994)

Directed by

Fernando Pérez

Genre

drama film

Country

Cuba

Runtime

54 min

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 8 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.

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How it feels

A mother and daughter struggle to connect during Cuba's economic crisis. Their lack of communication deepens as they face difficult changes in their lives.

lyricalintrospectivemelancholicslow-burnatmospherictensepoignantquietmeditative

What happens

Madagascar is a 1994 Cuban film that marked Fernando Pérez's change of direction into a more lyrical approach to filmmaking, somehow stripped from the realistic documentary feel of his early work. The film chronicles the relationship and lack of communication between a mother and daughter during the Cuban economic crisis known as the Special Period. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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