Synopsis
Strawberry and Chocolate (Fresa y chocolate, 1993) is a Cuban comedy-drama you can watch online on iFILM. Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío, the film is set in Havana in 1979, where a flamboyant gay artist named Diego — played by Jorge Perugorría — strikes up a conversation with David, a straitlaced young communist played by Vladimir Cruz.
David arrives ready to report Diego's banned books and subversive art to the authorities. What happens instead is a slow, funny, and unsentimental friendship between two men who have almost nothing in common except their country. The film doesn't lecture; it observes. Diego is drawn to art and dissent, David to rules and loyalty — and neither converts the other.
The movie landed an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, an exceptional reach for Cuban cinema of that era. Made during a period of severe scarcity on the island, it carried real risk — the subject matter alone was a provocation. Stream Strawberry and Chocolate online on iFILM.
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