De cierta manera

With a 16-mm handheld camera, a cast of amateur and professional actors and a wealth of documentary footage of everyday life in post-revolutionary Cuba, Sara Gómez created a dynamic and complex milestone in the history both of Cuban and feminist cinema. Different narrative voices and perspectives, and particularly the elliptical interweaving of scenes from feature films and documentary sequences permeate the fictional love story between the teacher Yolanda and the factory worker Mario. Their unequal relationship becomes a mirror of a society in the midst of a social and economic transformation. (mg)