Guantanamera (1995)
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Guantanamera, released in 1995, is the last film by Tom¯s Alea Gutierrez, a.k.a. Titon, Cuba's most celebrated director since the 1959 Revolution. As with Alea's 1993 film Strawberry and Chocolate, it was co-directed by Juan Carlos Tabfo who also collaborated on the writing of the screenplay. Both works mark a new critical phase in the history of Cuban cinema in so far as they take a much more irreverent approach to the island's social and political problems than state-produced films of previous years. The title of this on-the-road romantic comedy is also the title of a world famous Cuban song. Its unforgettable notes accompany the narrative, although its lyrics have been cleverly changed to fit the plot. The film starts when Yoyita, a now acclaimed diva,
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Carlos Tabfo, Special Period, Titon Cuba's, , Revolution Alea's, Strawberry Chocolate, Alea Gutierrez,
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