Fresa y chocolate (1994) aka Strawberry and Chocolate

Fresa y chocolate (1994) aka Strawberry and Chocolate


Naša svakodnevnica je prepuna homofoba. Ustvari većina ljudi se može svrstati u tu kategoriju, ali neki su veći homofobi nego što je to normalno!
A ko su najveći homofobi? Upravo oni koji nisu sigurni u svoju seksualnost. Koji se boje da ne upadnu u zamku nekog ovejanog homoseksualca i preko noći postanu pederi.
Nekako kada razmislim sve moje velike ljubavi su ispočetka imale dvojbe prema tome. Prva ljubav je tu bila i najhrabrija te me je startovala riječima: "Šta kažeš poslije zdravo?"
Druga ljubav, je onako feminizirano rekla: " Nikada nisam bio sa muškarcem!"
Treća: "Možemo sve raditi osim seksa!" ( seks je pri tome smatrao samo anal - sve ostalo je dozvoljeno.)
I četvrta koja još traje i trajaće do kraja života mi kaže: " Želim samo da te zagrlim i da tako ležimo, ćutimo i češkamo se!"

Ovaj film , koji se prije nekoliko godina vrtio i na našim televizijama, snimljen je na Kubi u Špansko-Meksičko-Kubanskoj produkciji. Govori nam o prijateljstvu između mladog strejtera studenta Davida i feminiziranog homoseksualca, književnika i umjetnika Diega.
Priča počinje "slučajnim susretom", ta dva lika u jednoj Havanskoj poslastičarnici i sada već čuvenoj sceni u kojoj Diego opisuje Jagode i čokoladu kao nešto po čemu se prepoznaju homići.
Diego inače spada u one feminizirane pedere koji izgledaju jako dobro, zgodno i privlačno, te da nema te feminističke crte bili bi meta mnogih žena i muškaraca.
David, kome je pederluk velika nepoznanica, pomisli da je Diego špijun zapadnih kapitalističkih sila i da kao takav predstavlja opasnost za komunizam na Kubi.
Diego inicira prijateljstvo sa lijepim Davidom i zaljubljuje se u njega......
Film nam na jedan prelijep način opisuje kako se iskrenošću i neposrednošću razbija homofobija. Diego naravno nije uspio od heteroseksualnog Davida napraviti pedera, ali je uspio steći prijatelja koji ga prihvata i razumije takvog kakav jeste.

Directors: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío
Writers: Senel Paz (screenplay), Senel Paz (story)
Release Date: 20 January 1995 (USA)
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Plot Summary:
Diego, a cultivated, homosexual and skeptical young man, falls in love with a young heterosexual communist full of prejudices and doctrinary ideas...

Plot Keywords: Havana Cuba / Loss Of Virginity / Male Full Frontal Nudity / Communist / Female Full Frontal Nudity
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 22 wins & 1 nomination

Cast
(Complete credited cast)
Jorge Perugorría ... Diego
Vladimir Cruz ... David
Mirta Ibarra ... Nancy
Francisco Gattorno ... Miguel
Joel Angelino ... German
Marilyn Solaya ... Vivian
Andrés Cortina ... Santeria priest
Antonio Carmona ... Boyfriend
Ricardo Ávila ... Taxi driver
María Elena del Toro ... Passenger
Zolanda On'a ... Passenger
Diana Iris del Puerto ... Neighbor


Also Known As: Fresa y chocolate (Mexico) (Spain)
Strawberry and Chocolate

Runtime: 108 min
Country: Cuba / Mexico / Spain
Language: Spanish

Strawberry and Chocolate (Spanish: Fresa y Chocolate) is a Cuban-Spanish-Mexican co-produced film, directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío, based on the short story "The Wolf, The Forest and the New Man" (in Spanish, El Lobo, el bosque y el hombre nuevo) written by Senel Paz in 1990. Senel Paz also wrote the screenplay for the film.

Synopsis

The story takes place in Havana, Cuba, 1979. David (Vladimir Cruz) is a University student who meets Diego (Jorge Perugorría), an artist who is apolitical and homosexual. David's heterosexual classmate, Miguel, encourages the friendship, thinking David can then spy on a person they see as aberrant and dangerous to the communist cause, while Diego initiates the friendship with sexual intentions. Reviewer Roger Ebert comments that "nothing unfolds as we expect. Strawberry and Chocolate is not a movie about the seduction of a body, but about the seduction of a mind. It is more interested in politics than sex — unless you count sexual politics, since to be homosexual in Cuba is to make an anti-authoritarian statement whether you intend it or not."

The title refers to a comment by David that he knew immediately that Diego was gay when he chose strawberry ice cream even though chocolate was available.

Awards and nominations

1995

* Goya Award for Best Spanish-Language Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera de Habla Hispana)
* Premio ACE awards: Cinema—Best Film, Cinema—Best Director, Cinema—Best Actor (Perugorría), and Cinema—Best Supporting Actor (Cruz)
* Sundance Film Festival: Special Jury Prize:Special Mention

1994

* Berlin International Film Festival: Silver Berlin Bear—Special Jury Prize, Teddy—Best Feature Film
* Gramado Film Festival (Brazil): Audience Award, Kikito Critics Prize, and Golden Kikito awards in the categories of Best Latin Film, Best Actor (tie between Cruz and Perugorría), and Best Supporting Actress (Ibarra)

1993

* Havana Film Festival[1]: Grand Coral—First Prize, Audience Award, FIPRESCI Prize, OCIC Award, ARCI-NOVA Award, and the categories of Best Direction, Best Actor (Perugorría), Best Actress (Luisina Brando), Best Supporting Actress (Ibarra), and Best Screenplay.

Nominated

* Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, 1995
* Golden Berlin Bear, 1994 Berlin International Film Festival