Abstract

LASTRE, Reynaldo. From revolutionary Havana to dystopian Havana. Representations of the city in Cuban cinema. Recial [online]. 2023, vol.14, n.23, pp.131-146.  Epub June 30, 2023. ISSN 2718-658X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.53971/2718.658x.v14.n23.41697.

This essay analyzes the representation of Havana in Cuban cinema projects economic and social relations of its inhabitants through time. In doing so, I choose films made at three different moments in the post-1959 context. In this way, my analysis enters a direct dialogue with public policies and strategies for the conservation and development of urban space within the revolutionary period. First, I analyze the representation of Havana in Memorias del subdesarrollo (Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, 1968), where the city functions as a proxy between the revolution and the leading intellectual during the first years of the regime. Then I go over Buscándote Habana (Alina Rodríguez, 2006), a short documentary that explores the marginalized spaces of the city through the testimony of illegal Cuban migrants. Finally, I analyze a dystopian Havana in the fiction short Tundra (José Luis Aparicio, 2021).

Keywords : City; space; Cuban cinema; Havana; Cuban Revolution.

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