In the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs incident, Sergio chooses to stay behind in Cuba while his wife and family escape to neighboring Miami. Alone in a brave new world, Sergio observes the constant threat of foreign invasion while chasing young women all over Havana. He finally meets Elena, a young girl he seeks to mould into the image of his ex-wife, but at what cost to himself?

1968 film directed by Humberto Solás

An impassioned three-part documentary of the liberation struggle waged throughout Latin America, using Argentina as a historical example of the imperialist exploitation of the continent. Part I: Neo-Colonialism and Violence is a historical, geographic, and economic analysis of Argentina. Part II: An Act For Liberation examines the ten-year reign of Juan Perón (1945-55) and the activities of the Peronist movement after his fall from power. Part III: Violence and Liberation studies the role of violence in the national liberation process and constitutes a call for action.

Based on an actual murder case that ignited a furious debate over the death penalty in Chile in 1960, this experimental social drama portrays the life and death of an illiterate peasant who, while drunk, murdered the woman with whom he had a relationship and her five children.

For me, is the most beautiful chilean film. Aldo Francia begins with a real history about a man, a father that have to burgle and is captured. He is convicted, but his family need to live. All this situation is in Valparaiso, and Francia shows this beautiful city with this sad situation: boys that need to survive. Hard like the reality but full of love to life. A. Francia shows how a bad justice punish not only the guilty but his children.
If one movie captures the soul of a city, this is the one. Dealing with the social problems, telling the story of three brothers, sometimes tender, sometimes raw, Aldo Francia made a masterpiece showing us a Chilean neorealism movie. The dark and natural cinematography goes very well with this feature. The bitter story of a family with a father in jail, a mother and three brothers fighting against poverty and an unfair society, who rejects them even between another rejected people. Francia makes this bitter story with no weeping scenes or political speeches: is very real, very beautiful and very shocking.
This is a movie you must see. If you think Italian neo-realism is great this movie will be your favourite, it has all the Italian codes but a much harder reality. A great way to discover Latin America in the sixties. A great way to discover the real Valparaiso. It's not beautiful but it is real just like life.

"The Bolivian fiction feature Yawar Mallku is one of the most famous examples of Latin American militant cinema. Like most of these American militant films, this one was made on a modest budget in spite of major obstacles. Bolivia has no significant filmmaking traditions or facilities. Mules had to be used to transport the filmmakers and their equipment to a high and remote Indian community where parts of the film were shot. The Quechua-speaking Indians of this Andean community were initially hostile to the filmmakers until a coca-leaf divination ritual confirmed the filmmakers' good intentions.
"It is in cultural and ideological terms that Yawar Mallku is most important. This controversial film is a powerful and thorough attack on United States imperialism. In the film, members of a Progress Corps (read Peace Corps) working, ironically, in an obstetric clinic, surgically sterilize unsuspecting Indian women. Jorge Sanjinés, aware of Bolivia's historic underpopulation and high infant mortality rate, had been deeply disturbed by media reports that the U.S. Peace Corps operated in such a fashion in his country. Though U.S. officials denied such activities, the film created a furore and, in the opinion of Sanjinés, was a major factor in the expulsion of the Peace Corps from Bolivia in 1971.
"In Yawar Mallku, U.S. imperialism is not depicted solely as an attempt to biologically eliminate an "inferior" race, but also as a more subtle yet all-pervasive force. The theme of cultural imperialism is amply illustrated: the rock music played in the clinic (in contrast to the indigenous flute music), the American-style clothes donated to the Indians (in contrast to the traditional, hand-woven garb), the pin-ups in the house of the Indian who has migrated to La Paz. Linguistic imperialism is exemplified in a sequence in which an upper-class Bolivian mother addresses her children in English, a language commonly used by the upper classes but generally not available for study by the Indians. Sanjinés emphasizes the ties of Bolivia's ruling classes to U.S. imperialism in a banquet sequence where leading Bolivian doctors and their U.S. counterparts fail to supply the blood that a wounded Indian needs to survive. For Sanjinés, U.S. imperialism is literally and figuratively robbing Bolivian Indians of their blood—their right to life according to their own traditions and customs."

A new patient mysteriously appears in a psychiatric ward. He claims to come from another planet to study humans and their behavior. The alien is gentle but criticizes humans for their harsh treatment of each other. The assigned psychiatrist is himself unhappy, and affected by the patient's insight. But he is ordered to treat the patient according to institutional procedure.

Tita is passionately in love with Pedro, but her controlling mother forbids her from marrying him. When Pedro marries her sister, Tita throws herself into her cooking and discovers she can transfer her emotions through the food she prepares, infecting all who eat it with her intense heartbreak.

A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man. Their lives are catapulted into unforeseen situations instigated by the seemingly inconsequential destiny of a dog.

1975 film by Helvio Soto

《酒吧长谈》是诺贝尔文学奖得主马里奥•巴尔加斯•略萨极富创作野心的作品之一，可能也是体现这位当代作家如何利用文学来进行政治思考的绝佳范例。小说的故事背景是奥德利亚将军独裁时期（1948—1956），讲述了来自中产阶级家庭的年轻人圣地亚哥•萨瓦拉的道德观的坍塌，以及在独裁政府腐化权力的掌控下，怀揣文学梦的知识分子如何逐渐放弃自己的理想。小说全方位描写了利马城当时的情况，展现了秘鲁社会的全貌。
（购买提示：本书涉及上世纪中期南美洲国家政治、军事、社会及多元文化，建议十八岁及以上读者阅读。）
编辑推荐：
◆诺贝尔文学奖得主略萨富野心之作，核心作品之一，被视为作者的写作技巧达到了高峰的标志。
◆涉及范围广，涉及问题深，容量巨大，塑造了从部长、将军富豪到流氓、打手、交际花等约七十个人物。
◆结构大胆、备获奖誉的反独裁小说，立体呈现奥德里亚政府执政整个历史时期、整个国家的现实。
◆“对话波”“通管法”等标志性手法应接不暇，引进戏剧、电影和电视等高度复合的艺术表现技巧。
◆深度印证颁奖词：“…对权力结构制图学般的细腻描述，对个人的抵制、反抗和挫败形象的犀利刻画。”
◆购买提示：本书涉及上世纪中期南美洲国家政治、军事、社会及多元文化，建议十八岁及以上读者阅读。
如果从大火中仅能抢救出我的一部作品，我会选这一部。——略萨
这本书比我其他所有的小说都更具生命力，它一点点地征服了读者。这让我深受鼓舞。如果要对我写的所有小说做一个评价，我认为《酒吧长谈》应该是我的主要作品之一。——略萨
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我怀着崇敬之情读完了《酒吧长谈》。——大江健三郎
为了写作这部小说, 作者阅读了那个时期的各种文件和奥德里亚的多次讲话, 并采访了当时各种事件的目击者。 小说的表现手法又有了新的发展, 其基本格局是“对话波”结构, 而且比较集中地运用了现代新小说的各种技巧。一般认为, 这部小说是作者的写作技巧达到了高峰的标志。 ——孙家孟