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Contemporary Cinema of Latin America: Ten Key Films

New York et al.: Continuum (2003), ix, 206 pp.

Contains photos, filmography pp. 187-189, bibliogr. pp. 191-200

ISBN 0-8264-1484-2 (hbk); 0-8264-1485-0 (pbk)

1 Tomás Gutiérrez Alea's Changing Images of the Revolution: From Memories of Underdevelopment to Strawberry and Chocolate [Cuba], 9
2 Seducing the Public Images of Mexico in Like Water for Chocolate and Amores Perros, 36
3 Searching the Past for the Future: Justiniano's Amnesia and Larrain's The Frontier [Chile], 71
4 Representing Inequalities: The Voyage by Fernando Solanas and I the Worst of All by Maria Luisa Bemberg [Argentina], 105
5 National Identity and the Family: Pixote by Hector Babenco and Central Station by Walter Salles [Brazil], 142
6 Making connections, 180