1983 · drama · romance · political
Up to a Certain Point
Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea1h 8m1983
A theater director and script-writer falls for a female worker from the Havana docks, but his machismo, social and working conflicts, and the Cuban woman's condition interfere with their relationship.
Our read: Up to a Certain Point (1983) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama · romance · political entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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