Guantanamera

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A fabulous little movie that you might find hard to find, but it's worth it. It's in Spanish, and subtitled, but again, worth it.

It's hard to review without giving away some of the plot, and the plot sounds dire, a bunch of misfits trying to transport a beloved aunt's body across the country to Havana for a funeral. It's so much more than that though, an exploration of love, god,... read more

Description: CALL NUMBER: DVD PN1995 .9 .M27 G83 2000 In this romantic comedy from the directors of Strawberry and Chocolate, Yoyita a now world famous diva, returns to her home town of Guantanamo for an elegant reception in her honor and a surprising reunion with her once beloved, Candido. Overjoyed with the rekindled memoirs of her first love, Yoyita's elated heart fizzles while in Candido's doting embrace. Joining Yoyita's funeral procession back to Havana are her sexy niece Gina, a former professor blacklisted for political nonconformity, and her husband Adolofo, a tasteless government official in charge of the funeral's proceedin CALL NUMBER: DVD PN1995 .9 .M27 G83 2000

In this romantic comedy from the directors of Strawberry and Chocolate, Yoyita a now world famous diva, returns to her home town of Guantanamo for an elegant reception in her honor and a surprising reunion with her once beloved, Candido. Overjoyed with the rekindled memoirs of her first love, Yoyita's elated heart fizzles while in Candido's doting embrace.

Joining Yoyita's funeral procession back to Havana are her sexy niece Gina, a former professor blacklisted for political nonconformity, and her husband Adolofo, a tasteless government official in charge of the funeral's proceedings. As the cortege winds westward across Cuba, its path keeps crossing that of Mariano, a gallant truck driver who once had a student crush on Gina and whose recurring presence crystallizes her doubts about her marriage .

Guantanamera is so fluid and easygoing, and its golden summertime ambiance so captivating, that one might bot immediately realize the film is also an ambitious and remarkably bold overview ov contemporary Cuba. ... (more) (less)