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The Sugar Curtain

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

Critics Reviews

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Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter 08/15/2007
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. Go to Full Review Raven Snook Time Out 07/26/2007
3/6
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. Go to Full Review Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times 07/25/2007
3.5/5
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. Go to Full Review David Walsh World Socialist Web Site 02/14/2021
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. Go to Full Review Juan Pablo Russo EscribiendoCine 10/13/2018
6/10
[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] Go to Full Review Rene Rodriguez Miami Herald 01/30/2009
3/4
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. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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12/13/2007 estreno HOY en Madrid !!! El telón de azúcar de Camila Guzmán Urzúa en CASA DE AMERICA, MADRID hasta el 1 de marzo proyección 35 mm ! primer premio documental Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano La Habana 2007 premio Marcorelles Cinéma du Réel 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 Río de Janeiro International Film Festival, 2007 Istambul International Film Festival, 2007 San Sebastián International Film Festival, 2006 Toronto International Film Festival, 2006 + información: www.casamerica.es/es/casa-de-america-virtual/cine See more 11/20/2007 debe ser difícil dirigir un documental donde uno mismo es el protagonista principal de la historia; Camila Guzmán falla por completo y el telón de azúcar se desmorona. su análisis 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 único rescatable son las opiniones de algunos de los entrevistados. See more Read all reviews
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Camila Guzmán Urzúa

Director

Camila Guzmán Urzúa

Writer

Camila Guzmán Urzúa

Producer

Richard Copans

Producer

Camila Guzmán Urzúa

Cinematographer

Camila Guzmán Urzúa

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Movie Info

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