Guantanamera
by Juan Carlos Tab?o, Tom?s Guti?rrez Alea

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Movie Review: 'Fresa y Chocolate' better, but watch them both
Summary: 4 Stars

First, there's the thrill of seeing Mirtha Ibarra and Jorge Perugorr?a in repeating appearanences, portraying vastly different characters. Of special note is Perugorr?a's demonstrated range and acting ability. I spent the first half-hour of Guantanamera thinking "That just can't be the same guy."

It was. Amazing stuff.

Also, the film itself presents a take on Cuban life that, while patently absurd to any American, no doubt rings all too true with anyone who has experienced life under Fidel's heavy thumb. Taken together, these two films represent 3 hours of what movies are all about: for me, they were enjoyable and educational; for the filmmakers, they scored a direct hit on the target of their disdain and sarcasm.

Movie Review: Left me laughing and crying all at the same time!!!
Summary: 5 Stars

If you have seen "Fresa Y Chocolate", then you already love Mirtha Ibarra and Jorge Perugorr?a. If not, then you will after having seen this film.

If Cheech & Chong, the Marx Brothers & Woody Allen had all collaborated, they couldn't have come up with a film more irreverent, more bitingly satirical, or more delicious with both romance and irony.

And speaking of irony, it seems both impossible that such a film could have come from Cuba in the 1990's, and yet equally impossible for it to have come from any other place. For we have been told, on the one hand, that such burlesque of the Cuban government is not tolerated. Yet, it has always seemed to me that the greatest art arises from the greatest suffering. And Cuba is one of the world's greatest examples of this paradox of human nature. For few nations have suffered as much as the people of Cuba have suffered through out her entire history. And yet, from that island emerges the most beautiful music on earth, and now this!!!

Do yourself a big favor: Don't miss this film!!!

Movie Review: A refreshing Cuban road movie not lacking a sense of irony
Summary: 4 Stars

Movie Review: Lovely!!! It's just like what I saw in Cuba
Summary: 5 Stars

Movie Review: A Charming Funeral Story Thats Witty and Wise
Summary: 4 Stars

General Video

• Genres > Art House & International
• By Country > Cuba
• By Original Language > Spanish
• Comedy > By Theme > Obsessive Quests
• Satire