AGRIDULCE
by Julia Keller
Cuba/Germany 2008 Betacam SP 45 min. Span. OV Germ./Engl. ST
Script: Julia Keller, DoP: Janis Mazuch, Simon Rittmeier, Production: blowball film, EICTV Cuba
Cuba and cream cakes. An old pastry cook, who has to work in an industrial bakery – despite long having reached retirement age. A hobby baker in the menopause with a passion for baking fancy cakes. A young retailer living on offering fancy cakes in the city every day. A 14-year old girl before the celebration of her 15th birthday, looking forward to her first ball gown. Dressed like a bride, she will cut the huge fancy cake together with her friends. The German-Cuban documentary shows the love for abundant meringue cakes in lightblue and pink, the sweet status symbols of Cuban society.
The film portrays the difficult life on Castro’s sugarcane island in unspectacular images: the daily fight for an income, allowing for a little bit of luxury. AGRIDULCE also shows the strength and fantasy of Cubans to brave all difficulties – a young woman not giving up her dream of studying medicine.
thu 20 nov 20.00 h Kulturpalast
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