CubaPLUS Magazine

During the 39th edition of the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, eight restored, classic films of the region's cinematography will be exhibited, announcing the program of the event, scheduled from December 8 to 17.

Within that section appear productions from Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Cuba, and Colombia, all of important aesthetic values, endorsed by critics and applauded by the public, festival president Iván Giroud said at a press conference.

The poster of Restored Classics announces Sur, an Argentine film by Fernando Ezequiel; Tres triste tigres, Chilean production by Raúl Ruiz; and the Colombian film Rodrigo D. no futuro, by Víctor Gaviria. The Cuban cinematography will be represented by Lucía, by Humberto Solás, and Se permuta, by Juan Carlos Tabío; while the Mexican will be for Canoa and Los motivos de la luz, both by Felipe Cazals.

Seeing these restored films is the possibility of discovering new elements, making new readings, highlighted Giroud, as well as putting them within the reach of the new generations, who do not know them, he said.

The productions date from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and were subjected to different processes to recover their original splendor after the passage of time, and adapt them to the new technologies available in the exhibition halls today. The Festival will be based in 10 halls of Havana, where more than 400 films from the region and other parts of the world will be screened.