Hasta Cierto Punto / Up to a Certain Point

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea I Cuba 1985 I Fiction I 68m I Spanish with English subtitles

Oscar, a married filmmaker, sets out to write a script about the lingering effects of "machismo" in revolutionary Cuba. His research leads him to Lina, a strong-willed dockworker, and the two begin a complicated affair. This intimate drama from the masterful Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (Strawberry and Chocolate, Memories of Underdevelopment) brilliantly explores the gap between intellectual ideals and personal behavior, asking how much we can ever truly change, even when we know better.

With introduction by actor Mirta Ibarra, star of the film and wife of the late Alea