Memories of Underdevelopment
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Memories of Underdevelopment is a 1968 Cuban drama film directed and co-written by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. The story is based on a novel by Edmundo Desnoes entitled Inconsolable Memories. It was Gutiérr
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Sergio visits Finca Vigía, the Cuban home of Ernest Hemingway. While he reflects on Hemingway's attitude to Cuba, Elena is bored by "dead animals and books".
The apartment where Sergio lived was filmed in a thirty-fourth floor penthouse of the FOCSA Building
FOCSA Building
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The FOCSA Building is a residential and commercial block in the Vedado neighborhood of Havana, Cuba. At 121 meters, it was the tallest building in Cuba for over 6 decades until the construction of the
Memories of Underdevelopment
…had won for Memories of Underdevelopment, using the Trading with the Enemy Act as justification. Sergio's apartment in the film was a penthouse in the FOCSA Building. The film adaptation has generally been regarded as an improvement on the novel. In an interview in 1999, Sergio Corrieri was quoted stating, “I think…
Aerial view of the FOCSA Building seen from the west showing the floating corridors, circa 1958.
FOCSA Building Typical Floor Plan.
Calles M and 17, FOCSA building entrance.