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Writers:
Edmundo Desnoes (novel)
Edmundo Desnoes (screenplay)
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Release Date:
17 May 1973 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Sergio, a wealthy bourgeois aspiring writer, decides to stay in Cuba even though his wife and friends flee to Miami... more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins more
User Comments:
One of the greatest films ever made more

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Also Known As:
Historias del subdesarrollo
Inconsolable Memories
Memories of Underdevelopment (USA)
Erinnerung an die Unterentwicklung (West Germany) (TV title) [de]
Memórias do Subdesenvolvimento (Brazil) [pt]
Memorie del sottosviluppo (Italy) [it]
Mnimes ypanaptyxis (Greece) [el]
Muistoja alikehityksen ajoilta (Finland) [fi]
Wspomnienia (Poland) [pl]
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Runtime:
97 min | West Germany:90 min (TV)
Country:
Cuba
Language:
Spanish | English
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Havana, Cuba

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Trivia:
Director Cameo: [Tomás Gutiérrez Alea]the director that Sergio is talking to at the ICIAC about the college film more
Movie Connections:
Followed by Memorias del desarrollo (2009) more

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15 out of 19 people found the following comment useful:-
One of the greatest films ever made, 16 June 2000
Author: Aw-komon from Studio City, CA

This isn't just a film of historical value; far from it. It is one of the greatest films ever made by anyone. The balance of elements that went into this venture came out magnificently poetic and real. The semi-documentary style is deeply influenced by 'Hiroshima Mon Amor' and other New Wave classics, but the sensibility is Alea's own and distinctly 'Latin American Intellectual.' There are very few films that can make me cry, this is one of them. Not because of the story, but simply because of the way it is made, the beautifully subtle way it is expressed. The leading character's central tragedy of not being able to reconcile his own deep feeling for his people with his intellectual standards because of their 'underdevelopment' and subsequent alienated existence or more precisely their inability to transcend their alienation to reach a more fulfilled state is one of the most touching and relevant themes I've ever seen in a film. It is more relevant more today, 30 years later than it was then, everywhere, not just in the island of Cuba with its mere 7 million inhabitants. A great performance by Sergio Corrieri (I Am Cuba) provides the required erotic undertone and comedic rhythms to convey the true feel of an intellectual 'playboy' existence in early '60s Cuba. The effect of this film is visceral and must be seen to be appreciated, words can hardly describe it. Suffice it to say that it uses all the resources of cinema and then some, but subtly and with maximum poetic control, and is a thousand times more valuable than most of the pretentious art films of today. If only one tenth of one percent of the audience that will see a piece of garbage like 'Mission Impossible 2' (which I sat and puked through I regret to say, because of all the hype about the 'action sequences' of John Woo, to kill a couple of hours which I'll never again be able to recover) this summer could somehow miraculously be forced to watch and understand this film and see its parallels within their own society of computerized complacent banality, the intellectual level of this country would shoot up overnight.

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