Memories of Overdevelopment

An intellectual leaves the Cuban revolution and 'underdevelopment' behind only to find himself at odds with the ambiguities of his new life in the 'developed' world. A portrait of alienation, of an outsider with no clear-cut politics or ideology. A stranger in a strange land struggling with old age, sexual desire and ultimately the impossibility for the individual to belong in any society. The film's narrative is a collage of flashbacks, daydreams, and hallucinations comprising live-action, animation, and newsreel footage assembled to suggest the way personal memory works, subjectively and emotionally.

Cast

Bill Clinton

Self

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)

Anna Luca Biani

Model on Website

Jorge Molina

Mob leader

Trent Harris

Astronaut

Abraham Amkpa

Alex

Jean Marie Offenbacher

Carol Ratner