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Memories of Overdevelopment 
Directed by Miguel Coyula Produced by David Leitner Written by Miguel Coyula
based on a novel by Edmundo DesnoesStarring Ron Blair
Susana Pérez
Lester MartínezMusic by Dika Durbuzovic, Hayes Greenfield, Miguel Coyula Distributed by Pirámide Release date(s) 4 December 2010 Running time 112 minutes Country Cuba Language Spanish, English Memories of Overdevelopment (Spanish: Memorias del Desarrollo) is a 2010 Cuban film. Written and directed by Miguel Coyula, the story is based on a novel by Edmundo Desnoes, also the author of the 1968 classic Memories of Underdevelopment. The film was produced by David Leitner and features Cuban actor, Ron Blair as the lead character. It is the first Cuban dramatic feature film with scenes filmed both in Cuba and the United States.
Contents
Story
Sergio Garcet is an intellectual who abandons the Cuban Revolution and 'underdevelopment' behind only to find himself at odds with the ambiguities of his new life in the 'developed' world. A portrait of an alienated man, an outsider with no clear-cut politics or ideology: A stranger in a strange land struggling with old age, sexual desire and ultimately, the impossibility for the individual to belong in any society.
Highly episodical, the film's narrative is a collage of flashbacks, daydreams, and hallucinations comprising live-action, animation, and newsreel footage assembled to suggest the way personal memory works, subjectively and emotionally.
Honors
- Best Cuban Film of 2010 by the International Film Guide.
- Second Best Cuban Film of 2010 by the Cuban Association of Cinema Press.
- Best Film of 2010 by Cinema Without Borders
Awards
- Best Director of Latinamerican Section, Málaga Film Festival, Spain 2011
- Cine Latino Award, Washington DC Independent Film Festival, USA 2011
- Special Jury Award, Encuentro Nacional de Video, Cuba, 2011
- Special Jury Award, El Almacén de la Imagen, Cuba, 2011
- FIPRESCI Award, Caracol Awards, Cuba, 2011
- Mention, Caracol Awards, Cuba, 2011
- UNEAC Award, Encuentro Nacional de Video, Cuba, 2011
- Best Film, Havan New Directors Film Festival, Cuba, 2011
- Best Original Music, Havana New Filmmakers Film Festival, Cuba, 2011
- FIPRESCI Award, Havana New Filmmakers Film Festival, Cuba, 2011
- SIGNIS Award, Havana New Filmmakers Film Festival, Cuba, 2011
- Editora Musical Award, Havana New Filmmakers Film Festival, Cuba, 2011
- Special Award, ACE Awards, USA, 2011
- Most Innovative, Cero Latitud Film Festival, Ecuador, 2010
- Best Narrative Feature, Dallas Video Fest, USA, 2010
- Best Feature, New Media Film Festival, USA 2010
- Special Mention, Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, USA, 2010
- Best Film, Havana Film Festival New York, USA, 2010
See also
External links
- Memories of Overdevelopment at the Internet Movie Database
- "Best Cuban Films of 2010" [1]"PDF (201 KB). International Film Guide. Abu Dhabi Film Commission.
- Greenberg, James (14 October 2010) "Memories of Overdevelopmen—Film Review", The Hollywood Reporter - review
- Menken, Robin (23 January 2011) "Best Film of 2010, according to CWB's critic, Robin Menken" Cinema Without Borders - review
- Reynaud, Bérénice (11 July 2010) "The Image and its Discontent". Senses of Cinema, Issue 55. - review
Categories:- 2010 films
- Cuban films
- Spanish-language films
- Films directed by Miguel Coyula
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