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Azúcar Amarga (Bitter Sugar) is a 1996 American-Dominican co-production directed by Cuban filmmaker Leon Ichaso. The film was shot in black-and-white. Filmed in Santo Domingo, and starring a cast of Cuban-American émigrés, it also uses archival footage from Cuba.
May 9, 1997 · Bitter Sugar: Directed by Leon Ichaso. With René Lavan, Mayte Vilán, Miguel Gutiérrez, Larry Villanueva. Gustavo is a young Havana Communist who believes in the revolution; he hopes for a scholarship to study aeronautical engineering in Prague.
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- Drama, Romance
- Leon Ichaso
- 1997-05-09
Mar 15, 2015 · Archivists recently found negatives to “Azúcar Amarga,” Leon Ichaso’s 1996 film about a disillusioned young man in Cuba. It will be shown as part of the Queens World Film Festival.
Gustavo, an idealistic young Communist with a glorified vision of the Castro regime, falls in love with Yolanda, a disenchanted dancer who longs to escape to Miami. Despite their radically opposed beliefs, Gustavo and Yolanda are inseparable.
A patriot (René Lavan) with a rebellious brother falls in love with a dissident's daughter (Mayte Vilán) in Castro's Cuba.
- Leon Ichaso
- Overseas Filmgroup, Azucar Films
Original Title Azúcar amarga. Status Released Original Language Spanish; Castilian. Budget-Revenue-Keywords. cuba; assassin; revolution; communist; flashback; drugs; interrogation; death; havana, cuba
Azúcar amarga es una película dirigida por Leon Ichaso con René Lavan, Mayte Vilán, Miguel Gutiérrez, Larry Villanueva .... Año: 1996. Título original: Azúcar amarga. Sinopsis: Gustavo es un joven comunista de La Habana entusiasta de Castro.
