- Actors: José Andrade, Maudelet Badia, Elena Bolaños, Rolando Brito, Alina Canizares
- Directors: Fernando Pérez
- Writers: Fernando Pérez, Eduardo del Llano, Humberto Jiménez
- Producers: Camilo Vives, Francisco Herrera, Rafael Rey
- Format: Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Import
- Language: Spanish
- Subtitles: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: New Yorker Video
- Release Date: Mar 19 2002
- Run Time: 106 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005TNEW
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Product Description
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Where's Cuba? Fernando Perez's colorful tapestry of fantasy and street realism is a troubled love letter to Cuba. Fisherman and musician Luis Alberto Garcia is an abandoned child searching for his mother (aptly named Cuba) in an allegorical journey. He's just one of Perez's orphans, along with a social worker who faints every time she hears the word "sex" and a passionate ballet dancer who promises God her celibacy if she can get the role of Giselle and then falls for her new partner. The metaphorical tales have a tendency to become so abstract they almost dissolve, but the heady sex and throbbing music power it through to the imaginative and sweet climax with magic and color and earthy eroticism. If he never gets an answer to his question, his lush portrait at least sketches his mother country's identity crisis. --Sean Axmaker
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Customer Reviews
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La poésie, la magie, toute latine
Nov 3 2003
Format:DVD
J'ai vu ce film au FFM de Montréal. Le film a plusieurs niveaux: le premier est celui de contes enfantins, le second une parabole au sujet des émotions et expériences de vie et le troisieme niveau est une métaphore politique. J'ai accédé aux deux premiers avec délices, mais ce n'est qu'après reflexion que j'ai compris la richesse de la métaphore.
Ce film, dont la beauté est aux antipodes du cinéma nord américain, peut être un plaisir pour les cubains mais aussi un ravissement pour les blasés d'Hollywood.
Ce film, dont la beauté est aux antipodes du cinéma nord américain, peut être un plaisir pour les cubains mais aussi un ravissement pour les blasés d'Hollywood.
Beautiful, magical, thoughtful portrait of Cubans today
Dec 25 2001
Format:DVD
This movie follows several characters during the Dia de Santa Barbara in Habana CUBA, illustrating how even the lives of veritable strangers are often intimately intertwined. This movie was released in selected markets in the US but was never marketed very widely, and it is a shame because it would have been an eye-opener for many and would have brought the beauty of Cuban art to Americans who are ridiculously barred from experiencing this on their own
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Beautiful, magical, thoughtful portrait of Cubans today
Dec 25 2001
Format:DVD
This movie follows several characters during the Dia de Santa Barbara in Habana CUBA, illustrating how even the lives of veritable strangers are often intimately intertwined. This movie was released in selected markets in the US but was never marketed very widely, and it is a shame because it would have been an eye-opener for many and would have brought the beauty of Cuban art to Americans who are ridiculously barred from experiencing this on their own
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Loved it ...
Mar 17 2003
Format:DVD
One of my all-time favorite movies. Dance, sex, voudou, tourists, and a german ecologist intersect in Cuba. A bittersweet commedy with mystical overtones (undertones?) that winds up to a suspenseful conclusion.
Excellent Movie
Jan 17 2009
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I am Cuban, so I might be bias, but I loved this movie. It is a bit deep and definitely not an easy watch, one has to actually think in order to enjoy it.
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