CUBAN FILM SCHOOL RETROSPECTIVE

THOSE WHO STAYED BEHIND

(LOS QUE QUEDARON)

Spain, 1993, 26 min., Spanish

Director: Benito Zambrano
Script: Benito Zambrano
Producer: Benito Zambrano
Cinematography: Manuel Alvarez
Editing: Rosa Rodríguez, Julia Yip
Music: Juan Leiva, Magda Galván
Sound:Jean Edel Cethoute
Production company: The International School of Film and TV (EICTV)


Those Who Stayed Behind

In April 1980 some ten thousand people jumped the fence of the Peruvian Embassy in Havana and were subsequently urged by their fellow Cubans to leave the country´. A ´self'styled revolutionary mother Carmen Barreras, find herself torn between her love for her son and her loyalty to the country´s socialist cause. Although she has had no contact with him since he left, the film gives an intimate insight into Carmen´s contradictory feelings and loyalties. A moving and honest portrayal of an intelligent and dedicated woman faced with a profound conflict. She says that while she has finally come to respect her son´s decision to leave, she still can´t accept it.

Benito Zambrano was born in 1964 in Lebrija, Sevilla, Spain. First studied in Arte Dramatico en el Indtituto de Teatro in Sevilla. He has received many awards and nominations.

Filmography (selected):

Habana Blues (2005), fiction;
Padre Coraje (2007), TV mini series;
Folas (1997), fiction;
El Encanto de la luna Llena (1994);
Los qe se quedaron (1993);
Para que sirve un rio? (1991);
La madre (1987).

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