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Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (Spanish pronunciation:; December 11, 1928 – April 16, 1996) was a Cuban film director and screenwriter. Gutiérrez Alea wrote and directed more than twenty features, documentaries, and short films, which are known for his sharp insight into post-Revolutionary Cuba, and possess a delicate balance between dedication to ...
- 16 April 1996 (aged 67), Havana, Cuba
Apr 30, 2024 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (born December 11, 1928, Havana, Cuba—died April 16, 1996, Havana) was a Cuban film director. After earning a law degree in Cuba, he studied filmmaking in Rome (1951–53). A supporter of Fidel Castro, he helped develop Cuba’s film industry after 1959 and made the communist regime’s first official feature film ...
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Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. Director: Strawberry & Chocolate. Cuba's greatest and best-known director, Tomas Gutierrez Alea fell in love with cinema at an early age, began as a documentarian much influenced by Italian neorealism and came into his own as an artist during Fidel Castro's regime.
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Jun 06, 2024 – Jun 27, 2024. Cinematic giant Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (1928–1996) is widely regarded as Cuba’s foremost filmmaker. From comedies and satires to historical epics, his stylistically daring films explore life in postrevolutionary Cuba.
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, apodado Titón (La Habana, 11 de diciembre de 1928-ibídem, 16 de abril de 1996), fue un influyente cineasta cubano. Escribió y dirigió más de 20 largometrajes, documentales y cortos, conocidos por su influencia en la Cuba post-Revolucionaria, y su delicado equilibrio entre la dedicación a la Revolución cubana y la ...
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Oct 5, 2003 · Learn about the life and work of Alea, the most famous and influential Cuban director, who explored the complexities of the Cuban revolution in his films. Discover his neorealist, satirical and experimental style, and his role in the New Latin American Cinema.
Jul 20, 1997 · TOMAS GUTIERREZ ALEA was already ill with the cancer that would soon kill him when he made ''Strawberry and Chocolate,'' the bittersweet comedy that in 1995 became the first Cuban film to go into ...
