- Year: 1993
- Country: Cuba
- Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
- Starring: Vladimir Cruz, Jorge Perugorría, Mirta Ibarra
In 1979 Havana, two men meet. One is straight, idealistic and a strict communist while the other is and gay, individualistic and liberal . The two men eventually forge a close friendship, and the film tackles politics, LGBT rights and sexuality. If some of the ideas and conversations about sexual politics and patriotism seem a bit dated now (not criticism – the dialogue is affecting and well-written), for its time and place the film was cathartic in its frankness about gay rights in Cuba. It remains the only Cuban film to be nominated in the Best Foreign Film category at the Oscars.
Cinema Del Peppel 