Date of Presentation
7-8-2016
Name of Conference
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
Date of Conference
7-2016
Location of Conference
Miami, Florida
Document Type
Conference Presentation
Department
Modern Languages and Literatures
Abstract
In this paper I examine the trilogy of Spanish-language films directed by Cuban exile León Ichaso: El super (1979), Azúcar amarga (1996), and Paraíso: Freedom is Murder (2009). The profound sense of loss that Ichaso must have experienced when he left Cuba at the age of fourteen comes through in his films, which portray life after the Cuban Revolution as a loss of paradise both for those who have left Cuba, as well as for those who still live on the island.
Recommended Citation
Orf, Amy S., "Paradise Lost: Cuban Exile Filmmaker León Ichaso" (2016). Conference Presentations. 141.
https://commons.nmu.edu/facwork_conferencepresentations/141