Cuba: Undergrounds
EL CAYO DE LA MUERTE
The Cay of Death
Vicente Cruz / Eulalio Cruz / 1958 / Cuba / 25′ / No dialogue
Production: Local Group of Amateurs San Antonio de los Baños / Photography: Jesus Mejias / Sound: Rafael Ramírez, Institute of Acoustic Ruins / Copy contact: Zine Eskola / carolina@zine-eskola.eus
A group of Irish scientists are waiting for a castaway to wash up on their shores, so they can catch him and turn him into a monster.
PERREZ
Armando Pintado/ 1981 / Cuba / 25′ / Aucun dialogue
Production: Cine Club Sigma / Copy contact: Zine Eskola / carolina@zine-eskola.eus
The parallel lives of a young man, solely focused on building an attractive physique and maintaining his solitary individuality.
A NORMAN MCLARREN
Manuel Marcel / 1990 / Cuba / 12′ / Espagnol
Production: Cine Club Sigma / Copy contact: Zine Eskola / carolina@zine-eskola.eus
Real images and superimposed drawings create a synthesis full of vibrant suggestions about the absurdity, complexity and beauty of our planet.
HABANA SOLO
Juan Carlos Alom / 2000 / Cuba / 15′ / Aucun dialogue
Copy contact: Zine Eskola / carolina@zine-eskola.eus
Alom combines his fascination for the urban harmonies of Havana with a rhythmic exploration of the Afro-Cuban presence in Cuban society.
OPUS HABANA
Ricardo Vega / 2022 / Cuba, France / 15′ / Aucun dialogue
Production: Telebemba / Copy contact: Zine Eskola / carolina@zine-eskola.eus
Guided by a book by Néstor Almendros that he acquired clandestinely in Havana in the 1980s, Ricardo Vega filmed in 8 mm and edited the images in Paris three decades later.
