The read
It runs a compact 54m.
Synopsis
The 50-minute "Madagascar" has the resonance and eloquence of the best poetry, as it deftly turns an adolescent's search for identity into a metaphor for socialist Cuba. Laura is a professor at a shabby, stultifying college. Her daughter, Laurita, stops going to school, wishes to move to Madagascar and quickly races through several phases. One day, she looks like a heavy-metal fan, another like a bohemian who weeps at poetry and art. Slowly, she crosses the line from ordinary adolescent confusion to intense neurosis and beyond, finally becoming so obsessed with religion and good works that she brings 10 homeless children into the cramped house she shares with her mother and grandmother.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
8 audience votes
Key crew
- Fernando PérezDirector
- Mirta YáñezWriter
- Fernando PérezWriter
- Manuel RodríguezWriter
Cast
- Zaida CastellanosLaura
- Laura de la UzLaurita
- Isabel SantosAbuela
- Jorge MolinaMolina
- Ramón BritoAlberto
- Susana AlonsoMercedes
- Yolanda RuizProfesora I
- Carmen RiveraProfesora II
- Nancy RodriguezProfesora III
- Roberto DelgadoCatedrático
- Jose Ramon VigoInspector
- Basilio GarciaBasilio