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Landrián

Directed by Ernesto Daranas Serrano
Cuba, Spain
2023
79 mins

Nicolás Guillén Landrián was one of the most pioneering Cuban filmmakers in the 60s and 70s. However, his work was subject to censorship, and he was condemned to ostracism. His imprisonment and the involuntary psychiatric detentions which ruled his life marked an awful fate shared by his own films, which were kept away from the audience and from critics for decades.

It was not until 2022 that part of the documentaries of Nicolás Guillén Landrián started to be restored. In the midst of this process, his widow, Gretel Alfonso, and the photographer Livio Delgado looked back on different episodes.

  • Year
    2023
  • Country
    Cuba, Spain
  • Language
    Spanish
  • Premiere Status
    North American Premiere
  • Director
    Ernesto Daranas Serrano
  • Cast
    Gretel Alfonso, Livio Delgado
  • Writer
    Ania Molina, Ernesto Daranas Serrano
  • Genre
    Documentary, Biography
  • Theme
    Spotlight On Cuba, Cuban Cinema Series

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