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Summary:

Sergio, a bourgeois intellectual Cuban, is alone after the departure of his wife, parents and friends in the wake of the Bay of Pigs incident. 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?

Table of Contents:

• Disc one: Memorias del subdesarrollo
• Theatrical trailer
• Disc two, 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)

Contributors:

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, 1938-2020 , editor of moving image work

Brouwer, Leo, 1939- , composer

Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

Criterion Collection (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

Spanish
English

Language Notes:

Spanish dialogue (Dolby digital mono); optional English subtitles.

Related Works:

Motion picture adaptation of: Memorias del subdesarrollo [by Desnoes, E.]

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 943

Alternate Titles:

English title on container and disc label: Memories of underdevelopment

Subjects:

Cuba — Social conditions — 1959-1990 — Drama

Cuba — Politics and government — 1959-1990 — Drama

Cuba — History — 1959-1990

Man-woman relationships — Drama

1959-1990

Politics and government

Man-woman relationships

Social conditions

Cuba

Genres:

Motion pictures

Film adaptations

Feature films

Fiction films

Drama

History

System Details:

DVD; NTSC; region 1; 16:9 presentation; Dolby digital 1.0.

Performers:

Cast: Sergio Corrieri, Daisy Granados, Eslinda Núñez, Omar Valdés, René de la Cruz.

Production Credits:

Director of photography, Ramón F. Suárez ; editing, Nelson Rodríguez ; music, Leo Brouwer ; screenplay by Edmundo Desnoes and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea.

General Notes:

Title from title screen.
Based on the novel by Edmundo Desnoes.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1968.
Wide screen (1.66:1).
New 4K restoration by the Cineteca di Bologna.
Includes a foldout insert with an essay by author Joshua Jelly-Schapiro.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (19 cm).

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono; Dolby digital

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

MEM 1968 DVD

ISBNs:

9781681434940
1681434946

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515219815
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC2937D

OCLC Numbers:

1044740191