A visceral energizing look at contemporary Cuba, Bitter Sugar is an impassioned love story set against the political and economic tensions of Havana.
Gustavo, an idealistic young Communist with a glorified vision of Castro’s regime falls in love with Yolanda, a disenchanted dancer who longs to escape to Miami.
However, Gustavo learns that love alone cannot sustain them in a city about to erupt and slowly awakens to the devastation around him.
His rebellious musician brother injects himself with the AIDS virus in civil protest; his father realizes that he will earn more money as a bar-room pianist in a tourist hotel than as a doctor.
Gustavo un joven idealista comunista con una vision glorificada del regimen de Castro, se enamora de Yolanda, una bailarina que quiere escapar a Miami.
Sin embargo, Gustavo sabe que únicamente el amor, no puede mantenerlos en una ciudad a punto de levantarse y despertarse de la devastación de su alrededor.
Su hermano, un músico rebelde, se inyecta el virus del Sida en una protesta civil; su padre se da cuenta de que el ganará más dinero como pianista de un bar en un hotel de turistas, que como médico.
Instituto Cervantes Library
Spanish and Latin American Films 