SP-R002-1979

Retrato de Teresa / Portrait of Theresa

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"RETRATO DE TERESA intenta ser un bosquejo de la vida de una mujer que debe atender diversos roles en la Cuba de la revolución (madre, dirigentasindical, trabajadora, amante). Sin embargo el peso del patriarcado que pesa en y la visión que el marido tiene de su matrimonio y de las exigencias queimpone a Teresa.Teresa is overwhelmed: with a husband, three young sons, a job as a crew leader in a textile factory, and volunteer commitments as cultural leader of her union. Her husband, Ramón, wants more of her attention; her feelings are mixed, wanting domestic peace, feeling responsibilities to the revolution, and wanting to control her own life beyond doing dirty dishes. They separate; he begins an affair. When he wants a reconciliation, she asks what his response would be if she`d had an affair too. ""But men are different,"" is his reply. He`s failed her test, and to hold on to independence and self-respect, she remains uncompromising and hard-edged. " Director: Pastor Vega. Actors: "Daisy Grandados, Adolfo Llauradó, Alina Sánchez (I)" . Color. Country: Cuba. Subtitled.