The Sugar Curtain

2006

1h 20m

Documentary

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77%

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13 Reviews

69%

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500+ Ratings

Filmmaker Camila Guzmán Urzúa examines the economic woes of Cuba since dissolution of the U.S.S.R.

Frank Scheck

Hollywood Reporter

The filmmaker's bittersweet reflections on her own former idealism form the philosophical heart of the film, which is less judgmental than simply sorrowful in its nostalgia for a lost society.

Aug 15, 2007

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Raven Snook

Time Out

Although the film fails to reveal anything new about the country's current crisis or the Cuban diaspora, it's a bittersweet tribute to what could have been.

Rated: 3/6

Jul 26, 2007

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

The Sugar Curtain is a pensive valentine to literacy programs and childhood idealism left in the ashes of broken families and an economically bifurcated society.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 25, 2007

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David Walsh

World Socialist Web Site

History has a coldhearted manner of exposing frauds, and the Castroite-Guevarist "road to socialism" was one such fraud. The day of this brand of national-revolutionary politics is long gone.

Feb 14, 2021

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Juan Pablo Russo

EscribiendoCine

[Director Camila] Gusmán Urzúa does not judge, she only compares and testifies, which is fundamental in the documentary's construction of history. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 6/10

Oct 13, 2018

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Rene Rodriguez

Miami Herald

Steeped in a profound melancholy, disillusionment and deep love of country, The Sugar Curtain is a wistful ode to a Cuba that, like Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, existed only in the imagination.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 30, 2009

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estreno HOY en Madrid !!! El telÃ³n de azÃºcar de Camila GuzmÃ¡n UrzÃºa en CASA DE AMERICA, MADRID hasta el 1 de marzo proyecciÃ³n 35 mm ! primer premio documental Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano La Habana 2007 premio Marcorelles CinÃ©ma du RÃ©el Paris 2007 premio Mejor Director SANFIC Santiago de Chile 2007 premio FIPRESCI Buenos Aires BAFICI 2007 premio Signis Mejor Documental Toulouse 2007 Berlinale Forum, 2007 Tribeca Film Festival, 2007 San Francisco International Film Festival, 2007 Jerusalem International Film Festival, 2007 Sydney Film Festival, 2007 Guadalajara International Film Festival, 2007 RÃo de Janeiro International Film Festival, 2007 Istambul International Film Festival, 2007 San SebastiÃ¡n International Film Festival, 2006 Toronto International Film Festival, 2006 + informaciÃ³n: www.casamerica.es/es/casa-de-america-virtual/cine

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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debe ser difÃcil dirigir un documental donde uno mismo es el protagonista principal de la historia; Camila GuzmÃ¡n falla por completo y el telÃ³n de azÃºcar se desmorona. su anÃ¡lisis es superficial y el resultado es una obra donde las frustraciones de la directora se confunden con las de la sociedad a la que quiere retratar. lo Ãºnico rescatable son las opiniones de algunos de los entrevistados.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Richard Copans

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Camila Guzmán Urzúa

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Camila Guzmán Urzúa examines the economic woes of Cuba since dissolution of the U.S.S.R.

Director: Camila Guzmán Urzúa
Producer: Camila Guzmán Urzúa, Richard Copans
Screenwriter: Camila Guzmán Urzúa
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Spanish
Runtime: 1h 20m