Epicentro

2020

1h 48m

Documentary

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Filmmaker Hubert Sauper explores the history of post-colonial Cuba and the extraordinary people of Havana.

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As evocative as it is thought-provoking, Epicentro takes an affectionate look at a people and culture -- and delivers a quietly effective rejoinder to lingering Cold War resentment.

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Hypocritical artsy piece - no mention of the current - 60 years old - dictatorship in the entire film. Just very tame pseudo - hints. Relativising and at the end, cynical. Cuba is a tragedy, not a paradise in any way.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Matt Fagerholm

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At once mesmerizing and self-questioning.

Rated: 3.5/4

Aug 28, 2020

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

Whether Sauper's travels delivered a cohesive movie this time is debatable, but what he does find is always interesting.

Aug 27, 2020

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Peter Keough

Boston Globe

A hypnotic immersion into a country and culture embargoed by decades of our country's foreign policy, "Epicentro" combines the absurdist cinematic meditations of Werner Herzog with... John Gianvito's poetic investigations into American imperialism.

Aug 27, 2020

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Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

What’s consistently striking about Epicentro isn’t its political project, but how it looks...

Dec 1, 2022

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Morris Yang

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As the waves crash by the shore near the film's end, it's not clear if Epicentro's first twenty minutes or so ... have had much impact beyond expository convenience.

Jun 5, 2021

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Robert Roten

Laramie Movie Scope

This film is like an insider's view of Cuba, and it consists mainly of street scenes in and around Havana, loosely strung along a theme relating to the Cuban War of Independence and the Spanish-American War.

Rated: B

Feb 14, 2021

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Hubert Sauper explores the history of post-colonial Cuba and the extraordinary people of Havana.

Director: Hubert Sauper
Screenwriter: Hubert Sauper
Production Co: Groupe Deux, Little Magnet Films, KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 28, 2020
Runtime: 1h 48m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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