Teresa is overwhelmed: with a husband, three young sons, a job as a crew leader in a textile factory, and volunteer commitments as cultural leader of her union. Her husband, Ramón, wants more of her attention; her feelings are mixed, wanting domestic peace, feeling responsibilities to the revolution, and wanting to control her own life beyond doing dirty dishes. They separate; he begins an affair. When he wants a reconciliation, she asks what his response would be if she'd had an affair too. "But men are different," is his reply. He's failed her test, and to hold on to independence and self-respect, she remains uncompromising and hard-edged.
Rebuild, in the same place of events, a trial held in 1969 to four men, accused of sabotage for having caused the fire of a forest plan that caused the death of eight people and large material losses. At the same time, it analyzes retrospectively the circumstances that contributed to the occurrence of the crime.
Antonica
This Cuban feature examines the circumstances arising out of a woman's claim to have seen the Virgin Mary and to have been healed by waters from a nearby stream. In an accelerating storm of cynical opportunism, her sincere beliefs are exploited by businessmen, politicians and military men. Rival groups compete to exploit the hysteria the vision causes, and the chaos culminates in a revolution. Striking imagery and skillful camerawork enhance this feature.
Cuban peasants wield machetes in a violent uprising against Spanish authorities in the late 19th century.
A história de três mulheres (com mesmo nome) que vivem em momentos históricos diferentes em Cuba. A primeira, vinda de familia rica, vive na Cuba do final do séc XIX em meio das lutas da independência, onde se apaixona por um rico espanhol, que dará inicio a um pesadelo pessoal. A segunda, de familia de classe média, vive na Cuba da década de 30 sob a ditadura do ditador Machado e se apaixona por um militante de esquerda. A terceira, já na cuba revolucionária, é uma camponesa que trabalha nos campos coletivos e que se casa com um homem machista e autoritário.
Tulipa, an old strip-teaser from a traveling circus, is replaced by a younger, more wild woman. She must teach the job to her successor or cling to an act that she values as true art.
