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Bitter Sugar

6.3

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Original title

Azúcar amarga

Year

1996

Running time

105 min.

Country

Cuba

Director

Leon Ichaso

Screenwriter

Leon Ichaso, Orestes Matacena

Cast

Music

José Ferro Jr., Manuel Tejada

Cinematography

Claudio Chea (B&W)

Producer

Azucar Films

Genre

Drama. Romance

Synopsis

Gustavo is a young Havana Communist who believes in the revolution; he hopes for a scholarship to study aeronautical engineering in Prague. But his faith in the new Cuba is tested: his father, a psychiatrist, can make four times as much playing piano at a hotel for foreigners; his sweetheart, Yolanda, wants a career as a dancer and longs for the riches of Miami; his younger brother Bobby simply wants to play rock music, and as a result is in constant trouble with the authorities. When Bobby takes a shocking step of revolt and Gustavo is refused service at a foreigners-only bar, the contradictions in his resolve to become a "new man" push him to the breaking point.

Awards: 1996: National Board of Review: Top Foreign Films

1996: Chicago Film Festival: Nominated for Best Film

1997: Satellite Awards: Nominated for Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language

1996: Satellite Awards: nominated to Motion Picture, International.

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Bitter Sugar

1996

Leon Ichaso

6.3

(158)