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In a tale akin to "Romeo and Juliet," the friendship between two children is threatened by their parents' differences. Malú is from an upper-class family and her single mother does not want her to play with Jorgito, as she thinks his background coarse and commonplace. Jorgito's m...

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Corporate Authors: DDC Films, LLC, Quad Productions, TVC Casa Productora (Firm), Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión, Colmenita (Firm), Ingenio (Firm), Film Movement (Firm)
Other Authors: Cremata Malberti, Juan Carlos (Screenwriter, Director), Rodríguez, Manolito (Screenwriter), Brach, Eric (Producer), Duval Adassovsky, Nicolas (Producer), Tarrau Broche, Malú (Actor), Miló Ávila, Jorgito (Actor), Vega, Larisa (Actor), Jiménez Rodríguez, Luisa María (Actor), Elliot, Adam, 1972-
Format: Video DVD
Language:Spanish
Language Notes:In Spanish with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned.
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : Film Movement, [2007]
Series:Film Movement series ; v. 5, film 5.
Subjects:
Social stratification > Cuba > Drama.
Friendship in children > Cuba > Drama.
Mother and child > Cuba > Drama.
Cuba > Drama.
Clases sociales > Cuba > Teatro.
Amistad > Cuba > Teatro.
Social classes > Cuba > Drama.
Friendship > Cuba > Drama.
Mother-child relationship > Cuba > Drama.
Friendship in children.
Mother and child.
Social stratification.
Cuba.
Motion pictures > Cuba.
Feature films.
Youth > Feature.
Drama.
Motion pictures, Cuban.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, French.
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Summary:In a tale akin to "Romeo and Juliet," the friendship between two children is threatened by their parents' differences. Malú is from an upper-class family and her single mother does not want her to play with Jorgito, as she thinks his background coarse and commonplace. Jorgito's mother is a poor socialist who is proud of her family's social standing, and places similar restrictions on her son. What neither woman recognizes is the immense strength of the bond between Malú and Jorgito. When the children learn that Malú's mother is planning to leave Cuba, they decide to travel to the other side of the island to find Malú's father and persuade him against signing the forms that would allow it.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 2006.
Special features: biography of director, Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti; This month's short film: Cousin / director, Adam Elliot (Australia, animated, 4 min.).
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, region 1; widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 surround, NTSC.
Audience:Not rated.
Awards:Cannes Film Festival winner.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Alejandro Pérez Gómez ; editor, Angélica Salvador Alonso ; music, Amaury Ramírez Malberti and Slim Pezin ; production designer, Guillermo Ramírez Malberti.
ISBN:9781428160880
1428160884