Film

Madagascar

1995 · 54m · Drama

IMDb

7.2

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.

Zaida Castellanos

Laura

Laura de la Uz

Laurita

Isabel Santos

Abuela

Jorge Molina

Molina

Ramón Brito

Alberto

Susana Alonso

Mercedes

Yolanda Ruiz

Profesora I

Carmen Rivera

Profesora II

Nancy Rodriguez

Profesora III

Roberto Delgado

Catedrático

Jose Ramon Vigo

Inspector

Basilio Garcia

Basilio

Laura Baluja

Comecol I

Armando Zambrano

Comecol II

Reynaldo Rojas

Comecol III

Jose A. Rojas

Comecol IV

• Fernando PérezDirector · Writer
• Mirta YáñezWriter
• Manuel RodríguezWriter

Release date

March 1, 1995

Status

Released

Original language

Spanish

Runtime

54m

Genres

Drama