Sun, Mar 01
|Arthouse at Blue Star
03/01: Fresa Y Chocolate / Strawberry and Chocolate (Cinephile Sunday: Cuba)
(Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, 1993) One of the most popular films in Cuba it achieved unparalleled international acclaim, becoming the first Cuban film to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film. This movie represented a cultural milestone in its release.
Time & Location
Mar 01, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Arthouse at Blue Star, 134 Blue Star, San Antonio, TX 78204, USA
About the Event
In 1979 Cuba, flamboyant gay artist Diego (Jorge Perugorría) attempts to seduce the straight and strait-laced David (Vladimir Cruz), an idealistic young communist, and fails dismally. But David conspires to be "friends" with Diego so he can monitor the artist's subversive life for the state. As Diego and David discuss politics, individuality and personal expression in Castro's Cuba, a genuine friendship develops between the two.
Directed by Tomas Gutierrez Alea, one of Cuba’s greatest and most contradictor filmmakers. "An early supporter of Fidel Castro and the head of the revolution’s underground film unit, he made “Stories of the Revolution” (1960) about the overthrow of the Batista regime. He founded the national film unit. Yet his own films have questioned life under Castro: The famous “Memories of Underdevelopment” (1968) is about an intellectual adrift in revolutionary Havana, and now here is a film in which Diego taps his brow and says,…
Tickets
General Admissions
$10.00
+$0.82 Sales Tax
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