BLACK&WHITE will be one month old tomorrow!! And to celebrate it, we invite you to a strawberry & chocolate ice-cream. Yes, it might be freezing outside, but we will keep it warm with Fresa y Chocolate, this week's Cuban film by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea & Juan Carlos Tabío.
It is a friendship story between a gay and a straight Communist in the 1970s. Among freedom and oppression, the right of being different and the right for artistic creation, the film stands as a clear-eyed critique of the revolution's treatment of gay Cubans. The tale's particular context adds freshness and political alertness, resulting in a charming piece of work with a quasi-hopeful message. Fresa y Chocolate (Strawberry & Chocolate) is as refreshing as its title suggests. Come have a taste of it! Do not miss this funny colourful film, but above all, a call for tolerance, deftly executed by a director for whom the personal and the political were indivisible.
The experience will be, in sum, a thoughtful, sensual pleasure.
FRESA Y CHOCOLATE, by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea & Juan Carlos Tabío (1993)
October 7, 5pm
Lille Auditorium (Room 234)
Danish School of Journalism
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