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Guantanamera (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Guantanamera' is a 1995 comedy film from Cuba, directed by Toms Gutirrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabo, featuring an ensemble cast. Screenplay by Eliseo Alberto and others. The film was produced by Camilo Vives.
Synopsis
When Aunt Yoyita dies during a visit to Gina in Guantnamo, Gina, along with Yoyita's childhood sweetheart, the aging Cndido, must take the body to Havana. To their annoyance, Gina's overbearing husband Adolfo, a punctilious undertaker with political ambitions, takes charge of the journey, including several transfers along the way between hearses.
On the road, they keep crossing paths with Mariano, a playboy trucker with a woman at every way station. He and Gina recognize each other: he was her student and wrote her of how much he loved her, then dropped out of school in embarrassment. Before they reach Havana, Gina realizes she can choose between Adolfo and Mariano.
Besides being a romantic comedy, the film is noted for depicting life in Cuba during the "Special Period" of the 1990s, a period of relative poverty for Cuba following the termination of Soviet aid to the country. The male protagonist, for example, was an engineer under the Soviet-supported regime, and now makes a living as a truck driver.
Cast
* Mirta Ibarra ... Gina
* Carlos Cruz ... Adolfo
* Jorge Perugorra ... Mariano
* Conchita Brando ... Yoyita
* Ral Eguren ... Candido
The film is named after the song 'Guantanamera' ("girl from Guantnamo") perhaps the best known Cuban song and that country's most noted patriotic song.
It was Gutirrez's last film.
See also
* List of Cuban films
References
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