Memories of Overdevelopment (2011)

An intellectual leaves the Cuban revolution and 'underdevelopment' behind only to find himself at odds with the ambiguities of his new life in the 'developed' world. A portrait of alienation, of an outsider with no clear-cut politics or ideology. A stranger in a strange land struggling with old age, sexual desire and ultimately the impossibility for the individual to belong in any society. The film's narrative is a collage of flashbacks, daydreams, and hallucinations comprising live-action, animation, and newsreel footage assembled to suggest the way personal memory works, subjectively and emotionally.

Released Nov. 26, 2011 113 min None+

Genres: Drama

Keywords: imdb.revolution, imdb.underdevelopment, imdb.intellectual, imdb.cuban, imdb.alienation, imdb.mormon, imdb.utah + 14 more, imdb.jose-marti, imdb.fidel-castro, imdb.havana-cuba, imdb.aging, imdb.mars, imdb.misogynist, imdb.misanthropy, imdb.che-guevara, imdb.paris-france, imdb.professor, imdb.japan, imdb.embargo, imdb.aids, imdb.based-on-novel