The 50-minute "Madagascar" has the resonance and eloquence of the best poetry, as it deftly turns an adolescent's search for identity into a metaphor for socialist Cuba. Laura is a professor at a shabby, stultifying college. Her daughter, Laurita, stops going to school, wishes to move to Madagascar and quickly races through several phases. One day, she looks like a heavy-metal fan, another like a bohemian who weeps at poetry and art. Slowly, she crosses the line from ordinary adolescent confusion to intense neurosis and beyond, finally becoming so obsessed with religion and good works that she brings 10 homeless children into the cramped house she shares with her mother and grandmother.
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Cast
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Zaida Castellanos
Laura
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Laura de la Uz
Laurita
Known for
Yuli
7 Days in Havana
Isabel Santos
Abuela
Also in
Life Is to Whistle
Jorge Molina
Molina
Known for
Juan of the Dead
Ramón Brito
Alberto
Also in
Lucía
Mella
Susana Alonso
Mercedes
Also in
Assault and Rape on 69th Street
Honey for Oshun
Yolanda Ruiz
Profesora I
Also in
Portrait of Teresa
Carmen Rivera
Profesora II
No other roles listed
Nancy Rodriguez
Profesora III
Roberto Delgado
Catedrático
Also in
Facciamo fiesta
Jose Ramon Vigo
Inspector
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Basilio Garcia
Basilio
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Fernando Pérez Director · Manuel Rodríguez Writer Mirta Yáñez Writer
First release March 1, 1995 · Produced in Cuba
Production
ICAIC
Production
Cuba
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Languages
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Switzerland · March 1, 1995
Premiere · Fribourg Film Festival
Cuba · March 1, 1995
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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