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- A macho but naive and inexperienced youth who believes passionately in Communism and the Cuban Revolution, finds his values undergoing an unexpected transformation after being befriended by a cultured young homosexual who's an ardent critic of the Castro regime.
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Strawberry and Chocolate (Spanish: Fresa y chocolate) is a 1993 internationally co-produced film, directed by Cuban filmmakers 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).
Diego, a cultivated, skeptical, homosexual young man, falls in love with a young heterosexual communist full of prejudices and doctrinal ideas. First come rejection and suspicion, but also fascination.
Jan 20, 1995 · Strawberry & Chocolate: Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío. With Jorge Perugorría, Vladimir Cruz, Mirta Ibarra, Francisco Gattorno. Story of two men who are opposites: one gay, the other straight; one a fierce communist, the other a fierce individualist; one suspicious, the other accepting; and how they come to love each other.
- (6K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío
- 1995-01-20
Feb 10, 1995 · It's the tension between our notions of Cuba and Diego's reckless behavior that gives "Strawberry and Chocolate" much of its fascination: Gutierrez Alea is showing us a man who takes chances with both his sexuality and his politics.
In 1979 Cuba, flamboyant gay artist Diego (Jorge Perugorría) attempts to seduce the straight and strait-laced David (Vladimir Cruz), an idealistic young communist, and fails dismally.
- (20)
- Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío
- R
- Comedy, Drama
A macho but naive and inexperienced youth who believes passionately in Communism and the Cuban Revolution, finds his values undergoing an unexpected transformation after being befriended by a cultured young homosexual who's an ardent critic of the Castro regime. Cast & Crew. Read More. Tomas Gutierrez Alea. Director. Jorge Perugorria. Diego.
Strawberry and Chocolate (Spanish: Fresa y chocolate) is a 1993 Cuban Mexican comedy drama movie directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío and is based on the 1990 short story The Wolf, The Forest and the New Man by Senel Paz.
