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Strawberry and Chocolate
Fresa y chocolate
Directed byTomás Gutiérrez Alea
Juan Carlos Tabío
Written byStory:
Senel Paz
Screenplay:
Senel Paz
Produced byCamilo Vives
Frank Cabrera
Georgina Balzaretti
StarringJorge Perugorría
Vladimir Cruz
Mirta Ibarra
Francisco Gattorno
Distributed byMiramax Films (USA)
Release date
1994
Running time
108 min
LanguageSpanish
BudgetUnknown

Strawberry and Chocolate (Template:Lang-es) is a Cuban-Spanish-Mexican co-produced film, directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío, based on the short story "The Wolf, The Forest and the New Man" (in Spanish, El Lobo, el bosque y el hombre nuevo) written by Senel Paz in 1990. Senel Paz also wrote the screenplay for the film.

Synopsis

The story takes place in Havana, Cuba in 1979. David (Vladimir Cruz) is a university student who meets Diego (Jorge Perugorría), a gay artist unhappy with the Castro regime's attitude toward the LGBT community as well as the censored conceptualization of culture. David's homophobic classmate, Miguel, plans to use David to spy on Diego, a person whom they see as aberrant and dangerous to the Communist cause; Diego, for his part, initiates the friendship with sexual intentions.

Cast

Reception

Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert comments that "nothing unfolds as we expect. Strawberry and Chocolate is not a movie about the seduction of a body, but about the seduction of a mind. It is more interested in politics than sex — unless you count sexual politics, since to be homosexual in Cuba is to make an anti-authoritarian statement whether you intend it or not."[1]

The title refers to a comment by David that he knew immediately that Diego was gay when he chose strawberry ice cream even though chocolate was available.

Awards and nominations

Won

1995
1994
  • Berlin International Film Festival: Silver Berlin Bear—Special Jury Prize, Teddy—Best Feature Film
  • Gramado Film Festival (Brazil): Audience Award, Kikito Critics Prize, and Golden Kikito awards in the categories of Best Latin Film, Best Actor (tie between Cruz and Perugorría), and Best Supporting Actress (Ibarra)
1993
  • Havana Film Festival:[2] Grand Coral—First Prize, Audience Award, FIPRESCI Prize, OCIC Award, ARCI-NOVA Award, and the categories of Best Direction, Best Actor (Perugorría), Best Actress (Luisina Brando), Best Supporting Actress (Ibarra), and Best Screenplay.

Nominated

Notes

  1. ^ Ebert, Roger. "Strawberry and Chocolate" (review), Chicago Sun-Times, February 10, 1995. Retrieved October 14, 2006.
  2. ^ http://www.habanafilmfestival.com/

See also

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