The Sugar Curtain

Thematic Migrations Curated by Lourdes Portillo

Camila Guzmán Urzúa offers a moving portrait of a generation of Cuban exiles who grew up during the golden years of the revolution and were raised on the heady promises of Cuban socialism: “You are the builders of the future!” The film collects the exiles’ shared memories of an idyllic childhood and the subsequent economic crisis and disillusionment brought on by the fall of the Soviet Union.

Director

Camila Guzmán Urzúa

Producers

Nathalie Trafford, Camila Guzmán Urzúa

Release Year

2006

Festival Year

2008

Country

France, Spain

Run Time

80 minutes