Óscar Álvarez

  • Tomás Gutiérrez Alea – Hasta cierto punto AKA Up to a Certain Point (1983)

    1981-1990CubaDramaTomás Gutiérrez Alea

    Documentary filmmaker Oscar (Oscar Alvarez) is researching machismo in Cuba. He learns that the nation’s chauvinistic men have problems with strong and autonomous females and expectations that fidelity is essential for women, but not for men.
    However as the project progresses he begins to fall for his spirited colleague (Mirtha Ibarra), presenting a dilemma.
    Should he be honest about his feelings and leave his wife for this new love, and can he make an objective documentary when he is himself entwined in the issues he is studying.Read More »

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