Movielogr
Memories of Overdevelopment (2011)
Directed by Miguel Coyula
Overview
An intellectual leaves the Cuban revolution and ‘underdevelopment’ behind only to find himself at odds with the ambiguities of his new life in the ‘developed’ world. A portrait of alienation, of an outsider with no clear-cut politics or ideology. A stranger in a strange land struggling with old age, sexual desire and ultimately the impossibility for the individual to belong in any society. The film’s narrative is a collage of flashbacks, daydreams, and hallucinations comprising live-action, animation, and newsreel footage assembled to suggest the way personal memory works, subjectively and emotionally.
Length 113 minutes
Actors
Bill Clinton | Fidel Castro | Anna Gurji | Jorge Molina | Trent Harris | Abraham Amkpa | Jean Marie Offenbacher