Name: Memories of Overdevelopment
Director: Miguel Coyula
Genre: Drama
Released: 2011-11-26
Duration: 1 h 53 min
Cast: Bill Clinton, Fidel Castro, Anna Luca Biani, Jorge Molina

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Memories of Overdevelopment (2011)

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An intellectual leaves the Cuban revolution and 'underdevelopment' behind only to find himself at odds with the ambiguities of his new life in the 'developed' world. A portrait of alienation, of an outsider with no clear-cut politics or ideology. A stranger in a strange land struggling with old age, sexual desire and ultimately the impossibility for the individual to belong in any society. The film's narrative is a collage of flashbacks, daydreams, and hallucinations comprising live-action, animation, and newsreel footage assembled to suggest the way personal memory works, subjectively and emotionally.

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Memories of Overdevelopment is a captivating and unconventional drama directed by Miguel Coyula in 2011. Its innovative collage-like structure, blending live-action, animation, and newsreel footage, creates a unique and subjective portrait of an intellectual's struggle with alienation and the impossibility of belonging in any society. Fans of experimental and introspective character studies will appreciate this thought-provoking exploration of identity, memory, and the complexities of the 'developed' world.

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Memories of Overdevelopment is a 2010 Cuban-American film. Written and directed by Miguel Coyula, the story is based on a novel by Edmundo Desnoes, also the author of the 1968 classic Memories of Underdevelopment. This independent film was produced by David Leitner and features Cuban actor Ron Blair as the lead character. It is the first post-1959 Cuban-American co-production, with narrative scenes filmed both in Cuba and the United States. After its world premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, it garnered several awards and honors. The International Film Guide omitted the United States' involvement in the production, and described it as one of the best films Cuba has produced.