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Film review of Strawberry and Chocolate

The first Cuban film to examine the gay cause under Fidel Castro’s rule

by: Neil Smith

3 July 2009

Classic Cuban flick Strawberry and Chocolate
Classic Cuban flick Strawberry and Chocolate Ronald Grant Archive

Rating: 2/5

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Cert: 18, 110min

Starring: Jorge Perugorria, Vladimir Cruz, Francisco Gattorno

RE-RELEASED as part of the ­Barbican’s Cine Cuba season, this 1994 ground-breaker was the first Cuban film to tackle the plight of gays under Fidel Castro’s regime and the first to be shortlisted for the ­foreign language film Oscar. Twenty-six years on, alas, it feels as dated as Cruz’s haircut and Perugorria’s limp-wristed caricature.

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