Memorias del subdesarrollo Memories of underdevelopment Gutiérrez Alea, Tomás 1928-1996 film director, screenwriter. Mendoza, Miguel film producer. Desnoes, Edmundo 1930- screenwriter. Corrieri, Sergio actor. Granados, Daisy actor. Núñez, Eslinda actor. Valdés, Omar actor. Cruz, René de la actor. Suárez, Ramón F. director of photography. Rodríguez, Nelson 1938- editor of moving image work. Brouwer, Leo 1939- composer (expression) Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica presenter. Criterion Collection (Firm) publisher. moving image videorecording Foreign films. Motion pictures, Cuban. Film adaptations. Feature films. Fiction films. Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Film adaptations. History. nyu 2018 Blu-ray special edition. monographic spa videodisc 1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (unpaged : color illustrations ; 47 x 33 cm folded to 17 x 12 cm) Sergio, a Europeanized Cuban intellectual, is too idealistic to leave for Miami after the departure of his wife, parents and friends in the wake of the Bay of Pigs incident. But he is also too decadent to fit into the new Cuban society. Now in a brave new world, Sergio observes the constant threat of foreign invasion while chasing young women all over Havana before finally meeting Elena, a young virgin girl he seeks to mold into the image of his ex-wife, but at what cost to himself? MPAA rating: Not rated. general El Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos presenta ; realización, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea ; producción, Miguel Mendoza. Title from title screen. Based on the novel by Edmundo Desnoes. Originally released as a motion picture in 1968. Wide screen (1.66:1 aspect ratio). New 4K restoration by the Cineteca di Bologna. Essay by author Joshua Jelly-Schapiro in container. Special features: B. Ruby Rich and José Antonio Évora (interview with the film critics; 2018) ; Edmundo Desnoes (interview with the author of the novel Memorias del subdesarrollo; 2018) ; Titón : from Havana to "Guantanamera" (documentary by Mirtha Ibarra, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, presenting his life and career; 2008) ; Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (segment from an audio interview with the director by Silvia Oroz for her 1989 book about the director) ; Daisy Granados (segment of an interview with the actress recorded for the Visual History Program at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; 2017) ; Nelson Rodríguez (segment of an interview with the film editor recorded for the Visual History Program at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; 2017) ; Theatrical trailer. Sergio Corrieri, Daisy Granados, Eslinda Núñez, Omar Valdés, René de la Cruz. Blu-ray; region A; 16:9 presentation; LPCM 1.0; this is a Blu-ray disc made for Blu-ray disc players and will not play in standard DVD players. In Spanish with optional English subtitles. Director of photography, Ramón F. Suárez ; editing, Nelson Rodríguez ; music, Leo Brouwer ; screenplay by Edmundo Desnoes and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. nwcu--- Cuba Social conditions 1959-1990 Drama Man-woman relationships Drama Cuba Intellectual life 20th century Drama Cuba Politics and government 1959-1990 Drama Desnoes, Edmundo 1930- Revolution (Cuba : 1959) Intellectual life Man-woman relationships Cuba 1900-1999 fast PN1997 .M46 2018b PN1993.5.C8 M466 2018 791.43/72 Memorias del subdesarrollo Desnoes, Edmundo, 1930- Memories of underdevelopment Memorias del subdesarrollo (Motion picture) New York, NY : Criterion Collection, [2018] 1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. 715515219815 Criterion collection ; 943 1681434938 9781681434933 CC2936BD Criterion Collection 715515219716 SFR 180716 20190122120632.0 in00003996705 eng