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Fresa y Chocolate is based on a short story by one of the most important Cuban screenwriters alive. The feature film tells the story of three ordinary people, Diego, David and Nancy. Despite their differences, they start a friendship that is going to demand sacrifices from all of them in the hard times of 'el quinquenio gris' ('the gray five years' period).
It is a story of friendship, loyalty, freedom, emigration and love.
Fresa y Chocolate is one of the most polemical Cuban films ever. Produced in 1994, in the hardest times of the economic crisis, it tells the story of a darker previous period in the history of Cuban Revolution. Since the late 60s, the impact of Soviet Union clashed with the different positions of many intellectuals, professionals and workers in the island. Most of those who disagree with the new status quo were sent to production camps in the countryside, and kept isolated from their families and friends. The nature of emigration changed. Those who were leaving Cuba were not looking for more properties or richness but for freedom of thought, expression and sexual identity.
The 90s were no easy times for Cubans either. The film was a hit but most of the people who went to the theaters thought it was about a current issue. The film brought to discussion homosexuality discrimination, a reality that was unexplainable in a country where everybody was supposed to be equal.
It is a story of friendship, loyalty, freedom, emigration and love.
Fresa y Chocolate is one of the most polemical Cuban films ever. Produced in 1994, in the hardest times of the economic crisis, it tells the story of a darker previous period in the history of Cuban Revolution. Since the late 60s, the impact of Soviet Union clashed with the different positions of many intellectuals, professionals and workers in the island. Most of those who disagree with the new status quo were sent to production camps in the countryside, and kept isolated from their families and friends. The nature of emigration changed. Those who were leaving Cuba were not looking for more properties or richness but for freedom of thought, expression and sexual identity.
The 90s were no easy times for Cubans either. The film was a hit but most of the people who went to the theaters thought it was about a current issue. The film brought to discussion homosexuality discrimination, a reality that was unexplainable in a country where everybody was supposed to be equal.
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