IMDb plot summary: This Oscar nominated film is the story of two men who are opposites, one gay, the other straight, one a fierce communist, the other a fierce individualist, one suspicious, the other accepting, and how they come to love each other.
Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío. Starring Jorge Perugorría, Vladimir Cruz, Mirta Ibarra, and Francisco Gattorno.
This feels like a movie I should REALLY love, and I like a lot of what it does, but there are also a lot of scenes that feel... less focused than I wish they were, and I end up with a muddied sense of overall arc. What it does well is make Diego incredibly likable and demonstrate clearly the connection between his personal life and his political one, and why he isn't just happy to sit back and ride along with the Revolution. He's by far the most interesting character in this story, and I'd frankly rather have seen more of him and his personal life than watch David struggling through his epiphany.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Strawberry and Chocolate < To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Strawberry and Chocolate > Big Business
Strawberry and Chocolate > Snatch.
Strawberry and Chocolate > Hellfighters
Strawberry and Chocolate > Gran Torino
Strawberry and Chocolate > The Savages
Strawberry and Chocolate > Twisted Nerve
Strawberry and Chocolate > Pitch Perfect 2
Strawberry and Chocolate < Spider-Man: Homecoming
Strawberry and Chocolate > Closer
Strawberry and Chocolate > Rogue One
Strawberry and Chocolate > The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Final spot: #1666 out of 3317, or 50%.
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