Film

Madagascar

6.4

0h 54m

1995

Synopsis

The 50-minute "Madagascar" has the resonance and eloquence of the best poetry, as it deftly turns an adolescent's search for identity into a metaphor for socialist Cuba. Laura is a professor at a shabby, stultifying college. Her daughter, Laurita, stops going to school, wishes to move to Madagascar and quickly races through several phases. One day, she looks like a heavy-metal fan, another like a bohemian who weeps at poetry and art. Slowly, she crosses the line from ordinary adolescent confusion to intense neurosis and beyond, finally becoming so obsessed with religion and good works that she brings 10 homeless children into the cramped house she shares with her mother and grandmother.

Director

Fernando Pérez

Drama

Cast & Crew

Zaida Castellanos

as Laura

Laura de la Uz

as Laurita

Isabel Santos

as Abuela

Jorge Molina

as Molina

Ramón Brito

as Alberto

Susana Alonso

as Mercedes

Yolanda Ruiz

as Profesora I

Carmen Rivera

as Profesora II

Nancy Rodriguez

as Profesora III

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