Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea was a Cuban film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed more than twenty features, documentaries, and short films, which are known for his sharp insight into post-Revolutionary Cuba, and possess a delicate balance between dedication to the revolution and criticism of its social, economic, and political aftermaths in the country.

  • Title: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
  • Popularity: 1.052
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1928-12-11
  • Place of Birth: Havana, Cuba
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  • Also Known As: Томас Гутиеррес Алеа, Titón
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Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Movies

  • 2002
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    Rocha Que Voa

    Rocha Que Voa

    5.7 2002 HD

    Documentary about the relationship between filmmaker Glauber Rocha and Cuba.

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  • 2005
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    I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth

    I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth

    7.2 2005 HD

    Contemporary film critics regard the epic film I Am Cuba as a modern masterpiece. The 1964 Cuban/Soviet coproduction marked a watershed moment of...

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  • 2010
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    Memória Cubana

    Memória Cubana

    1 2010 HD

    Through the files of Cuban cinema news program Noticieros ICAIC Latinoamericanos, the documentary shows the most relevant events of the second half...

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  • 1963
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    Salut les Cubains

    Salut les Cubains

    7.407 1963 HD

    A photo montage of Cubans filmed by Agnès Varda during her visit to Cuba in 1963, four years after Fidel Castro came to power. This black &...

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  • 2008
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    Titón: From Havana to Guantanamera, 1928-1996

    Titón: From Havana to Guantanamera, 1928-1996

    1 2008 HD

    A look at the life and work of Cuban filmmaker Tomas Gutierrez Alea.

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  • 1993
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    Strawberry and Chocolate

    Strawberry and Chocolate

    7.1 1993 HD

    Set in 1979, following a young Communist man's relationship with a gay Catholic writer, exploring tolerance, inclusion, homophobia and challenging...

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  • 1995
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    Guantanamera

    Guantanamera

    6.5 1995 HD

    During the 'Special Period', the members of a funeral procession cross paths with truckdrivers who have to take the same route, and begin to talk...

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  • 1966
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    Death of a Bureaucrat

    Death of a Bureaucrat

    7.2 1966 HD

    A young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyranny of red tape. Restored by the Academy Film...

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  • 1966
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    Death of a Bureaucrat

    Death of a Bureaucrat

    7.2 1966 HD

    A young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyranny of red tape. Restored by the Academy Film...

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  • 1995
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    Guantanamera

    Guantanamera

    6.5 1995 HD

    During the 'Special Period', the members of a funeral procession cross paths with truckdrivers who have to take the same route, and begin to talk...

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  • 1976
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    The Last Supper

    The Last Supper

    7.8 1976 HD

    A pious plantation owner attempts to teach Christianity to 12 of his slaves by inviting them to participate in a reenactment of the Last Supper.

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  • 1968
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    Memories of Underdevelopment

    Memories of Underdevelopment

    7.4 1968 HD

    In the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs incident, Sergio chooses to stay behind in Cuba while his wife and family escape to neighboring Miami. Alone in a...

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  • 1968
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    Memories of Underdevelopment

    Memories of Underdevelopment

    7.4 1968 HD

    In the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs incident, Sergio chooses to stay behind in Cuba while his wife and family escape to neighboring Miami. Alone in a...

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  • 1979
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    The Survivors

    The Survivors

    6.9 1979 HD

    A bourgeois Cuban family of aristocratic origin locks itself into its mansion when the Cuban Revolution comes to power, waiting for the new regime to...

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  • 1962
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    The Twelve Chairs

    The Twelve Chairs

    7.364 1962 HD

    When her country is taken over by socialist revolutionaries, a wealthy woman can't bear to give up all of her wealth and possessions to the new...

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  • 1979
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    The Survivors

    The Survivors

    6.9 1979 HD

    A bourgeois Cuban family of aristocratic origin locks itself into its mansion when the Cuban Revolution comes to power, waiting for the new regime to...

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  • 1962
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    The Twelve Chairs

    The Twelve Chairs

    7.364 1962 HD

    When her country is taken over by socialist revolutionaries, a wealthy woman can't bear to give up all of her wealth and possessions to the new...

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  • 1989
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    Letters from the Park

    Letters from the Park

    5 1989 HD

    Matanzas, Cuba, 1913. Two young people who are in love communicate through letters written by penman. When the young man leaves town, to become a...

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  • 1959
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    This Is Our Land

    This Is Our Land

    5.2 1959 HD

    The unfair distribution of land in Cuba encourages the support of the peasants to the revolution.

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  • 1960
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    Stories of the Revolution

    Stories of the Revolution

    6.2 1960 HD

    A film about the Cuban Revolution told from three different perspectives.

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  • 1962
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    Muerte al invasor

    Muerte al invasor

    5.3 1962 HD

    Short documentary about Cuba's resistance to American invasion.

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  • 1972
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    A Cuban Fight Against Demons

    A Cuban Fight Against Demons

    5 1972 HD

    In 1672 Cuban revolutionaries launch an uprising against the Spanish who are occupying the country. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017.

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  • 1964
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    Cumbite

    Cumbite

    5.7 1964 HD

    A Haitian son returns from fifteen years in Cuba to find his home village afflicted with the double plague of drought and strife. A Cuban production...

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  • 1959
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    This Is Our Land

    This Is Our Land

    5.2 1959 HD

    The unfair distribution of land in Cuba encourages the support of the peasants to the revolution.

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  • 1975
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    The Other Francisco

    The Other Francisco

    6.3 1975 HD

    Based on the novel Francisco by Anselmo Suárez y Romero, "The Other Francisco" is a socio-economic analysis of slavery and class struggle...

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  • 1964
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    Cumbite

    Cumbite

    5.7 1964 HD

    A Haitian son returns from fifteen years in Cuba to find his home village afflicted with the double plague of drought and strife. A Cuban production...

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  • 1983
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    Up to a Certain Point

    Up to a Certain Point

    4.5 1983 HD

    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...

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  • 1960
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    Stories of the Revolution

    Stories of the Revolution

    6.2 1960 HD

    A film about the Cuban Revolution told from three different perspectives.

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  • 1972
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    A Cuban Fight Against Demons

    A Cuban Fight Against Demons

    5 1972 HD

    In 1672 Cuban revolutionaries launch an uprising against the Spanish who are occupying the country. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017.

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  • 1972
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    A Cuban Fight Against Demons

    A Cuban Fight Against Demons

    5 1972 HD

    In 1672 Cuban revolutionaries launch an uprising against the Spanish who are occupying the country. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017.

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  • 1962
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    Muerte al invasor

    Muerte al invasor

    5.3 1962 HD

    Short documentary about Cuba's resistance to American invasion.

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  • 1976
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    The Last Supper

    The Last Supper

    7.8 1976 HD

    A pious plantation owner attempts to teach Christianity to 12 of his slaves by inviting them to participate in a reenactment of the Last Supper.

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  • 1983
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    Up to a Certain Point

    Up to a Certain Point

    4.5 1983 HD

    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...

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  • 1983
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    Up to a Certain Point

    Up to a Certain Point

    4.5 1983 HD

    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...

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  • 1959
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    This Is Our Land

    This Is Our Land

    5.2 1959 HD

    The unfair distribution of land in Cuba encourages the support of the peasants to the revolution.

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  • 1955
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    El mégano

    El mégano

    5.5 1955 HD

    Documentary that portrays the life of a coal-mining town south of Havana, around 1955, prior to the triumph of the revolution.

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  • 1955
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    El mégano

    El mégano

    5.5 1955 HD

    Documentary that portrays the life of a coal-mining town south of Havana, around 1955, prior to the triumph of the revolution.

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  • 1960
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    General Assembly

    General Assembly

    5 1960 HD

    In Asamblea general (1960), the documentary about Fidel's address of the First Declaration of Havana in the Plaza of the Revolution, Alea practises...

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  • 1974
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    One Way or Another

    One Way or Another

    6.313 1974 HD

    In Miraflores, Cuba, the growing romance between Mario, a factory worker, and Yolanda, a schoolteacher, throws into relief the differences in their...

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  • 1989
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    Letters from the Park

    Letters from the Park

    5 1989 HD

    Matanzas, Cuba, 1913. Two young people who are in love communicate through letters written by penman. When the young man leaves town, to become a...

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  • 1991
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    Con el amor no se juega

    Con el amor no se juega

    5.3 1991 HD

    Susana, a beautiful young girl living in 1990, is happily looking forward to her forthcoming marriage - and has bought an antique mirror to grace her...

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  • 1974
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    El arte del tabaco

    El arte del tabaco

    5 1974 HD

    A close-up examination of laborers creating Cuban cigars intercut with artistic advertising labels and postures for those cigars. Silent with musical...

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  • 1991
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    Contigo en la distancia

    Contigo en la distancia

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1953
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    Il sogno de Giovanni Bassain

    Il sogno de Giovanni Bassain

    1 1953 HD

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  • 1977
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    La sexta parte del mundo

    La sexta parte del mundo

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1947
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    La Caperucita Roja

    La Caperucita Roja

    1 1947 HD

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  • 1953
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    Il sogno de Giovanni Bassain

    Il sogno de Giovanni Bassain

    1 1953 HD

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  • 1950
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    A Daily Mix-up

    A Daily Mix-up

    1 1950 HD

    A short film based on a story by Franz Kafka. Two men meet to resolve an issue, but are unable to do so due to a series of adverse circumstances.

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  • 1947
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    El Faquir

    El Faquir

    3 1947 HD

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  • 1975
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    El camino de la mirra y el incienso

    El camino de la mirra y el incienso

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1950
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    A Daily Mix-up

    A Daily Mix-up

    1 1950 HD

    A short film based on a story by Franz Kafka. Two men meet to resolve an issue, but are unable to do so due to a series of adverse circumstances.

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  • 1995
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    Lo + plus

    Lo + plus

    1 1995 HD

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