Memories of Underdevelopment (Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, 1968)

Sergio Corrieri in Memories of Underdevelopment

Cast: Sergio Corrieri, Daisy Granados, Eslinda Núñez, Omar Valdés, René de la Cruz. Screenplay: Esmundo Desnoes, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, based on a novel by Esmundo Desnoes. Cinematography: Ramón F. Suárez. Production design: Julio Matilla. Film editing: Nelson Rodríguez. Music: Leo Brouwer.

Sergio (Sergio Corrieri), whose family has fled Cuba for Miami after the revolution, remains in Havana. A disaffected, well-to-do intellectual, he knows his days are numbered, but he remains, having an affair with the working-class Elena (Daisy Granados) as he watches history unfold. A provocative film that was somewhat better received in the United States than in Cuba.