Contact:
Sarah Miller
American Friends of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba
rsvp@hffny.com
212 6872146
Screening and Q&A: Memories of Overdevelopment
An Official Event of the Latin Media and Entertainment Week
Memories of Overdevelopment/ Memorias del Desarrollo
Presentation and Q&A by director Miguel Coyula!
Sun. Oct. 10 at 10:30 am
Quad Cinema, 34 West 13th Street, New York, NY - (212) 255-8800 - http://www.quadcinema.com/
Tickets: $10 adult/$7 senior/student
Director. Miguel Coyula
Producer. David Leitner
113 minutes, color, English & Spanish w/ English subtitle, USA 2010
SYNPOSIS
An intellectual leaves the Cuban revolution and 'underdevelopment' behind only to find himself at odds with the ambiguities of his new life in the 'developed' world. A character study of a loner with no clear-cut politics or ideology, struggling with age, desire, and the impossibility of belonging in any society.
The film's narrative is a collage of flashbacks, daydreams, and hallucinations comprising live-action, animation, and newsreel footage assembled to suggest the way personal memory works, subjectively and emotionally. Based on a novel by Edmundo Desnoes, author of the classic Memories of Underdevelopment.
AWARDS
-Havana Star for Best Film, Havana Film Festival New York, USA
-Best Feature, New Media Film Festival. USA
-Honorable Mention, Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, USA