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Overview
Release Date:
17 May 1973 (USA) morePlot:
Sergio, a wealthy bourgeois aspiring writer, decides to stay in Cuba even though his wife and friends flee to Miami... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
Awards:
3 wins moreUser Comments:
A classic from a very troubled year moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Sergio Corrieri | ... | Sergio Carmona Mendoyo | |
| Daisy Granados | ... | Elena | |
| Eslinda Núñez | ... | Noemi | |
| Omar Valdés | ... | Pablo | |
| René de la Cruz | ... | Elena's brother | |
| Yolanda Farr | |||
| Ofelia González | |||
| Jose Gil Abad | |||
| Daniel Jordan | |||
| Luis López | |||
| Rafael Sosa | |||
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Eduardo Casado Revuelta | |||
| René Depestre | ... | Himself / Panelist | |
| Edmundo Desnoes | ... | Himself | |
| Pello el Afrokán | |||
| Jack Gelber | ... | Himself | |
| Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | ... | Himself | |
| Gilda Hernández | |||
| Fausto Pinelo | |||
| Beatriz Ponchova | |||
| Gianni Toti | ... | Himself / Panelist | |
| Julio Vega | |||
| René Villarreal | |||
| David Viñas | ... | Himself / Panelist | |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Historias del subdesarrolloInconsolable Memories
Memories of Underdevelopment (USA)
Erinnerung an die Unterentwicklung (West Germany) (TV title) [de]
Memórias do Subdesenvolvimento (Brazil) [pt]
Memorie del sottosviluppo (Italy) [it]
Muistoja alikehityksen ajoilta (Finland) [fi]
Wspomnienia (Poland) [pl]
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Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
97 min | West Germany:90 min (TV)Country:
CubaColor:
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1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoFilming Locations:
Havana, CubaMOVIEmeter: 
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Director Cameo: [Tomás Gutiérrez Alea]the director that Sergio is talking to at the ICIAC about the college film moreFAQ
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Sergio, a bourgeois intellectual living off of (seemingly tenuous) rental income as a property holder, decides to stay in Cuba. The conflict set up between his intellectual convictions and the reality of Cuban life in the wake of the revolution makes up the central problem of the film. The film presents a year in the life of the protagonist, a year culminating in the missile crises of 1962. What makes the film is the candid nature of it's reflections on the role of the intellectual in political life - certainly THE hot topic during the summer of 1968. The film is also a stylistic tour de force, welding together neorealistic drama, newsreel footage, montages of life in contemporary Havana as seen from Sergio's flat (through a telescope), and some filmed Shavian-styled debates amid the action. Far from being a typical propaganda piece, the films treatment of the future of the revolution was very open ended, candid, and thoughtful. It's a film that emerges from the debates about the future and which stages it's own participation in that debate. The film features two significant cameos: Edmundo Desnoes - the author of the novel on which the film is based, and Gutierez Alea himself. Both cameos occur in diegetic reflections about art: a debate about literature in the case of Desnoes, and a talk with a young director in the case of Alea. This film is almost impossible to find in the US thanks to the Cuban expatriate zealot nonsense. It's available in Mexico though - on a fairly well mastered DVD. It's worth seeking out. It's one of the best Cuban films ever and one of the greatest films of the new wave era.