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Memorias del subdesarrollo = Memories of underdevelopment / El Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos presenta ; realización, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea ; producción, Miguel Mendoza

Additional Titles
Memories of underdevelopment
Published
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2018]
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert
Additional Creators
Gutiérrez Alea, Tomás, 1928-1996, Mendoza, Miguel, Desnoes, Edmundo, 1930-, Corrieri, Sergio, Granados, Daisy, Núñez, Eslinda, Valdés, Omar, Cruz, René de la, Suárez, Ramón F., Rodríguez, Nelson, 1938-, Brouwer, Leo, 1939-, Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica, and Criterion Collection (Firm)

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Language Note
Spanish dialogue (Dolby digital mono); optional English subtitles.
Summary
Sergio, through his life following the departure of his wife, parents and friends in the wake of the Bay of Pigs incident. Alone in a brave new world, Sergio observes the constant threat of foreign invasion while chasing young women all over Havana before finally meeting Elena, a young virgin girl he seeks to mold into the image of his ex-wife, but at what cost to himself?
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ISBN
9781681434940
1681434946
Sound Characteristics
digital
optical
mono
Dolby digital
Video File Characteristics
NTSC
Digital File Characteristics
video file
DVD video
region 1
Form of work
Motion pictures
Note
Screenplay by Edmundo Desnoes and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, based on the novel by Edmundo Desnoes.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1968.
Special features: new interviews; Titón: from Havana to "Guantanamera," a 2008 feature-length documentary on director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea's life and career; segment from a 1989 audio interview with Gutiérrez Alea; segments from 2017 interviews with actor Daisy Granados and editor Nelson Rodríguez from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' visual history collection archives; trailer; essay by author Joshua Jelly-Schapiro.
Creation/Production Credits Note
Director of photography, Ramón F. Suárez ; editing, Nelson Rodríguez ; music, Leo Brouwer.
Participant/Performer Note
Sergio Corrieri, Daisy Granados, Eslinda Núñez, Omar Valdés, René de la Cruz.
Technical Details
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen presentation, Dolby Digital mono.
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