Up to a Certain Point (Alea, 1983): Garden Cinema, 6pm
This film is part of the Cuban film season at the Garden Cinema. Full details here.
Chicago Reader review:
A short feature (1984) by Cuba’s Tomas Gutierrez Alea (Memories of Underdevelopment).
It seems to have been part of an official government assault on the
problem of “machismo” in Cuban society, though Alea is able to lighten
the schematism inherent in propaganda films with a fairly open shooting
style and attractive performances. Assigned to do a documentary on women
working in jobs traditionally held by men, a famous Cuban writer finds
himself falling in love with his principal subject, a feisty female
dockhand, but is ultimately unable to accept her independence.
Dave Kehr
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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