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Bitter Sugar

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Bitter Sugar
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NR,1hr 42min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
November 22, 1996
Director:
Leon Ichaso
Distributor:
New Yorker Video
Starring:
René Lavan, Mayte Vilan, Miguel Gutierrez  ...more
Synopsis: Gustavo (Rene Lavan) is an engineering student born and raised in Cuba who strongly believes in his nation's socialist ideals at a time when those ideals are crumbling around him. His girlfriend, Yolanda (Mayte Vilan), dreams of emigrating to Miami and making a life for herself as a professional dancer. His father, Tomas (Miguel Gutierrez), is a respected psychiatrist who he can barely support himself working at a state-run institution; he moonlights as a jazz pianist, where he makes four times his ... Full Synopsis
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Tom Wiener, AMG Review
"Things are never easy for us Cubans," proclaims Gustavo, the young, extremely naïve socialist at the beginning of this story. Whereas Gustavo accepts food rationing, a crumbling infrastructure, and restrictions on free speech as temporary obstacles to a better Cuba, everyone around him can't. His new lover, Yolanda, needs to break away from her restrictive mother and satisfy her yearning for material ... Full Review
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René Lavan
Gustavo, Gustavo Valdez
Mayte Vilan
Yolanda
Miguel Gutierrez
Dr. Thomas Valdez
Larry Villanueva
Bobby
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