Madagascar

Overview

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.

Cast

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