Rotten
Odyssey is laden with symbolic gestures denoting a nation in search of itself, but the pic suffocates in its own cuteness.
Robert Koehler, Variety
Viva Cuba
2005 · 1h 33m · N/A
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Directed by
Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti
Overview
The friendship between two children is threatened by their parents’ differences. Malú is from a family that was upper-class before the Revolution and remains well-to-do through remittances from relatives overseas, and her single mother (Larisa Vega Alamar) does not want her to play with Jorgito, as she thinks his background coarse and commonplace. Jorgito’s mother (Luisa María Jiménez Rodríguez),
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Alberti loses the edge to become more manipulative. The cinematography still shows the quality of a talented filmmaker, but his determination to be noncommittal takes that quality down a notch.
Marta Barber, Miami Herald
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