International Film Series: Strawberry and Chocolate (Cuba, 1993)

About the event

The School of Languages, Cultures and Race presents this year’s International Film Series “Would you give me the recipe?”: Cinematic Representations of Food, Cooking, Kitchens, and Restaurants. Today, Dr Sam Ginsburg presents Strawberry and Chocolate (Cuba, 1993), directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío. This is the story of two men who are opposites: one gay, the other straight; one a fierce communist, the other a fierce individualist; one suspicious, the other accepting; and how they come to love each other.

Food, the most mundane and necessary to sustain us daily, can turn into a magical experience. This film series invites you to experience this magic through these eight acclaimed films from diverse countries that capture precisely this universal human experience occasioned by food, transporting us from the real to a suspended présent of enchantment.

All films have English subtitles.

This series is open to the public for free.

The series will take place every Tuesday until March 4th. Find the full program here.