5 Movies Starring Jorge Perugorrèa

Strawberry and Chocolate

Strawberry and Chocolate

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-01-20

Languages:

Spanish, English, French

Countries:

Cuba, Mexico, Spain, USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (3969 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Tomès Gutièrrez Alea (collaboration)

Senel Paz (screenplay)

Senel Paz (story)

Fullplot:

Diego, a cultivated, homosexual and skeptical young man, falls in love with a young heterosexual communist full of prejudices and doctrinal ideas. First come rejection and suspicion, but also fascination. Fresa y chocolate is a coming-of-age story, told through the development of a great friendship which overcomes incomprehension and intolerance.

Guantanamera

Guantanamera

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-07-04

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Cuba, Spain, Germany

Runtime:

105 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (1192 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Eliseo Alberto

Tomès Gutièrrez Alea

Juan Carlos Tabèo

Fullplot:

It is a satire about life in Cuba. The members of a funeral procession and some truckdrivers who have to take the same route begin to talk about god and the world ending up in discovering that life for both groups has many similarities as well as a lot of differences depending on the point of view.

The Waiting List

The Waiting List

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-06-02

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Spain, Cuba, France, Mexico, Germany

Runtime:

105 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (1027 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Arturo Arango (screenplay)

Arturo Arango (story)

Senel Paz

Juan Carlos Tabèo

Fullplot:

A desperate group of people wait at a rundown Cuban transit station for the next bus to arrive. The problem is, it never shows up. While a number of busses pass by the station, and others that are either full or at the end of the line stop by, it soon becomes obvious that the bus everyone was waiting for has left them high and dry. While one of the would-be passengers, Emilio, uses his downtime to win the affections of the beautiful Jacqueline, most of the rest decide that if they're stuck without anywhere to go, they might as well make the station a better place to wait, and they begin forming a plan to turn the decrepit bus terminal into a showplace that people would look forward to visiting.

Caribe

Caribe

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-11-28

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Costa Rica

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

(192 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaMystery

Cast:

Writer:

Ana Istarè (adaptation)

Anna Iztaru

Esteban Ramèrez (adaptation)

Carlos Salazar Herrera (story)

Fullplot:

Passion: of people for the land and sea, of corporations for riches, and of men and women for each other. Vicente and Abigail run a banana plantation in Limon Province, on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Abigail's half-sister Irene, about whom Abigail knew nothing, comes to introduce herself. She is 21 and beautiful. Meanwhile, banana prices fall, threatening the plantation's finances. An oil company works with the government to get off-shore drilling rights, over local objection. Vicente is at the center of each cross-current. Will he fall for Irene, can he save the plantation, will he sell out to corporate offers? What of the coast: can its beauty be saved?

Return to Ithaca

Return to Ithaca

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-12-03

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

France, Belgium

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (296 Reviews)

Director:

Laurent Cantet

Cast:

Writer:

Laurent Cantet (screenplay)

Franèois Crozade (adaptation)

Lucia Lopez Coll (collaborating writer)

Leonardo Padura (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Amadeo, a novelist suffering from writer's block, is back in Havana after sixteen years of exile. This evening his friends are waiting for him on a terrace overlooking the Malecon Boulevard. There are Tania, who despite being an eye doctor only ekes out a living; Rafa, a once major artist who has become an alcoholic and only paints daubs now ; Aldo, an honest man who, although trained as an engineer is reduced to mounting batteries in a factory. They are joined after a time by Eddy, a literature lover turned parvenu... From dusk to dawn, they will laugh, sing, dance together, reminisce about their youth, the group they used to form, the faith they had in the future and exchange about their present disillusionment. At times they will even tear each other apart...

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