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FILMS BASED ON IMPORTANT FIGURES
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Before Night Falls
(Antes Que Anochezca)
Julian Schnabel
USA -
2001 |
Episodic look at the life of Cuban poet and novelist, Reinaldo Arenas
(1943-1990), from his childhood in Oriente province to his death in New
York City. He joins Castro's rebels. By 1964, he is in Havana. He meets
the wealthy Pepe, an early lover; a love-hate relationship lasts for
years. Openly gay behavior is a way to spite the government. His writing
and homosexuality get him into trouble: he spends two years in prison,
writing letters for other inmates and smuggling out a novel. He
befriends Lázaro Gomes Garriles, with whom he lives stateless and in
poverty in Manhattan after leaving Cuba in the Mariel boat-lift. When
asked why he writes, he replies cheerfully, "Revenge |
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Diarios de Motocicleta
(The Motorcycle Diaries) |
"The Motorcycle Diaries" is based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader
of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he,
and best friend Alberto Granado, had while crossing South America by
motorcycle in the early 1950s. |
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Walter
Salles |
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Argentina -
2004 |
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Frida
(The Life Story of Frida Kahlo)
Julie Taymor
USA -
2002 |
"Frida" chronicles the life Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek) shared
unflinchingly and openly with Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina), as the young
couple took the art world by storm. From her complex and enduring
relationship with her mentor and husband to her illicit and
controversial affair with Leon Trotsky, to her provocative and romantic
entanglements with women, Frida Kahlo lived a bold and uncompromising
life as a political, artistic, and sexual revolutionary. |
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"Che"
(Ernesto "Che " Guevara)
Steven Soderbergh
USA -
2008 |
In 1956, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (Benicio Del Toro) and a band of
Castro-led Cuban exiles mobilize an army to topple the regime of
dictator Fulgencio Batista. |
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