Memories of Overdevelopment

Memories of Overdevelopment

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 26, 2011

Runtime

1h 53m

Genres

Drama

User Score

58%

Original Title

Memorias del Desarrollo

Director

Miguel Coyula

Description

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 portrait of alienation, of an outsider with no clear-cut politics or ideology. A stranger in a strange land struggling with old age, sexual desire and ultimately the impossibility for the individual to belong 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.