Strawberry and Chocolate (Sense & Sensibility)

Strawberry and Chocolate

Fresa y chocolate. Cuba-Mexico 1993 | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | vostEN | 110’ | 35mm | Cast : Jorge Perugorría, Vladimir Cruz, Mirta Ibarra

► Silberner Bär, Berlinale 1994

Havana, 1979. David, member of the Communist Youth, meets Diego, a gay artist living on the fringe. While nothing seems to connect them, their eagerness to listen to each other allows their relationship to blossom.

« The movie has real strength and charm, especially in the way it leads us to expect a romance, and then gives us a character whose very existence is a criticism of his society. » (Roger Ebert).