This first gay filmic offering from Cuba actually plays a good deal better than it sounds.
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12/30/06
Strawberry & Chocolate (1993)
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Reviews Counted:19
Fresh:15
Rotten:4
Average Rating:6.6/10
Theatrical Release:03-07-2009
Synopsis: This acclaimed, Oscar-nominated film set in Cuba follows the unlikely friendship between David (Vladimir Cruz), an uptight conservative, and Diego (Jorge Perrugoria), his flamboyantly gay neighbor.... [More]
Starring: Jorge Perugorria, Vladimir Cruz, Mirta Ibarra
Director: Tomas Gutierrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabio
Reviews for Strawberry & Chocolate
Top CriticIt's rather long-winded and the politics are pretty boring to an outsider.
07/03/09
Top CriticStrawberry & Chocolate (Fresa y Chocolate) has a special place in cinema history.
07/03/09
Its subject now reveals itself as political and social freedom in Castro’s Cuba and this is what makes it an intelligent companion piece to Memories of Underdevelopment, Alea’s earlier film.
07/03/09
A clear call for tolerance, deftly executed by a director for whom the personal and the political were indivisible.
07/03/09
Top CriticA superb Cuban film from 1993, a little classic about gay freedom and its aspirations versus Fidel Castro and his Marxist straitjacketing.
07/03/09
Watching his funny and likeable Havana-set comedy is like chancing upon some undiscovered early gem by Godard or Woody Allen, and yet it has a worldliness and drollery that is all its own.
07/03/09
Top CriticBeautiful.
06/12/04
It verges on the preachy, but it's a generous and intriguing film.
07/03/09
While the central story may lack edge, ‘Strawberry and Chocolate’ remains an entertaining, thoughtful take on the absurdity of confusing sexuality and politics.
07/03/09
Top CriticIt’s a clear-eyed critique of the revolution’s treatment of gay Cubans and, as such, it’s a brave and important piece of film-making.
07/03/09
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The film's premise (friendship between a straight and gay man) may be familiar, but set in Cuba the tale's particular context adds freshness and political alertness, resulting in a charming film with a quasi-hopeful message
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