What to expect
The astonishing camera movement is inseparable from the film’s political address. Bodies and landscapes are linked through long, fluid passages that turn separate lives into an argument about exploitation and revolt.
How to ease in
Treat the film as four movements rather than one continuous plot. Each section introduces a different social pressure, while the roaming camera supplies the connection.
Heads-up
Four stories move through pre-revolutionary Cuba with a camera that seems able to cross walls, crowds, water, and history.
I enjoy the impossible journeys of the camera, but I also watch where they finally stop. Spectacle keeps arriving at a face, a body, or a choice that refuses to remain scenery.
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I enjoy the impossible journeys of the camera, but I also watch where they finally stop. Spectacle keeps arriving at a face, a body, or a choice that refuses to remain scenery.
— Momo
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