in Strawberry ... they appeared not only as protagonists , almost always victims of an unjust and intolerant society , but also as carriers of liberal values , including tolerance and mutual understanding .
It is striking that the Cuban cinema on homosexual themes does not include motion pictures that can be considered explicitly erotic . Nevertheless , as a way for categorizing the performance , almost all films include scenes with high homosexual erotic charge . Out of this list is precisely Strawberry and Chocolate , in which the erotic scene is heterosexual . To get insights in this kind of films , it is important to judge the imprint left by the Festival of New Latin American Cinema . In all its thirty or more editions , homosexual themes have been present as plots or subplots , in the latter case as stories on male inmates . The 29th edition featured Wilde ( 1997 ), directed by British director Brian Gilbert and starring Stephen Fry and
Jude Law in the roles of lovers Oscar Wilde and Sir Alfred Douglas , respectively . This movie mobilized the Havanan homosexual community , which uses to be a major audience for the entire event . In the long and provocative list of films during the last five years with predominant homosexual themes , we can find in prominent places Fatima or the Fraternity ´ s Park ( 2015 ), Viva ( 2015 ), Casa Grande ( 2014 ), Wedding Dress ( 2014 ), Green Green ( 2012 ), Fable ( 2011 ) and Chamaco ( 2010 ). Ready to ride the wave were filmmakers like the Irish Paddy Breatheach and the Cuban Jorge Perugorría ( Viva ) along with his fellow countrymen Juan Carlos Cremata ( Chamaco ), Enrique Pineda Barnet ( Green ...), as well as high-
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