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De cierta manera
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De cierta manera

De cierta manera

One Way or Another
Sara Gómez
Cuba
1974
74 min
Spotlight on Cuba
Tickets & Times
Synopsis

With the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro and his rebels aimed to integrate marginalized people into society by providing everyone with housing, a job and education. In an impressive mix of documentary and fiction, Sara Gómez shows that this still leaves plenty more to be done.

The Afro Cuban filmmaker shows that mutual understanding can bring about change through a fictional love story between two polar opposites. Yolanda (Yolanda Cuellar) is an idealistic teacher from a privileged background; Mario (Mario Balmaseda) is a laborer who grew up in poverty and a culture of machismo. Initially, they are blind to each other’s problems. With the recurring motif of a wrecking ball knocking down walls in the shantytown, we see how arguments and conversations can destroy old ideas.

De cierta manera was the first feature film to be made by a Cuban woman. During post-production, Gómez died from an asthma attack at the age of 31. The film was completed by her colleagues and restored in 2021 by Arsenal Institute for Film and Video Art in Berlin.

De cierta manera was digitally restored by Vulnerable Media Lab as part of the Sara Gómez Project.

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Tickets & Times
Sat, november 16
18:00 – 19:20
Pathé City 4
Film fully subtitled in English

Fri, november 22
Free with Cineville. More info at idfa.nl/cineville
12:45 – 14:05
Eye: Cinema 2
Film fully subtitled in English
Credits
74 min
black and white
DCP
Spoken languages: Spanish
Director
    Sara Gómez
    Sara Gómez
Production
    ICAIC
    ICAIC
Cinematography
    Luis García
    Luis García
Editing
    Iván Arocha
    Iván Arocha
Music
    Sergio Vitier
    Sergio Vitier
Screenplay
    Sara Gómez,
    Tomás González Pérez
    Sara Gómez,
    Tomás González Pérez
World Sales
    ICAIC,
    Arsenal - Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V.
    ICAIC,
    Arsenal - Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V.
Screening copy
    Arsenal - Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V.
    Arsenal - Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V.

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