Alberto
The 50-minute "Madagascar" has the resonance and eloquence of the best poetry, as it deftly turns an adolescent's search for identity into a metaphor for post-revolutionary Cuba. Laura is a professor at a shabby, stultifying college. Her daughter, Laurita, stops going to school, wishes to move to Madagascar and quickly races through several phases. One day, she looks like a heavy-metal fan, another like a bohemian who weeps at poetry and art. Slowly, she crosses the line from ordinary adolescent confusion to intense neurosis and beyond, finally becoming so obsessed with religion and good works that she brings 10 homeless children into the cramped house she shares with her mother and grandmother.
Aldo
История борьбы кубинского народа за свою независимость показана через судьбы трех женщин. Героиня первой новеллы вынуждена предать родных ради любви к испанскому солдату. Героиня второй новеллы вынуждена уйти из семьи ради любви. И, наконец, героиня третьей истории пытается отстоять свое право работать в колхозе.
