Strawberry & Chocolate
Story of two men who are opposites: one gay, the other straight; one a fierce communist, the other a fierce individualist; one suspicious, the other accepting; and how they come to love each other. Di…
Strawberry & Chocolate
Story of two men who are opposites: one gay, the other straight; one a fierce communist, the other a fierce individualist; one suspicious, the other accepting; and how they come to love each other. Diego, a cultivated, skeptical, homosexual young man, falls in love with a young heterosexual communist full of prejudices and doctrinal ideas. First come rejection and suspicion, but also fascination. Fresa y chocolate is a coming-of-age story told through the development of a great friendship which overcomes incomprehension and intolerance. —<oscar.esteban@p4.virtual.encomix.com> Diego, a cultivated, apolitical, skeptical young artist living in Havana initiates a friendship with fiercely-communist homophobe David with the intention of seducing him. Knowing this,David allows the relationship to build so he can spy on a person he sees as aberrant and dangerous to the communist cause. Despite their conflicting sexualities and political ideologies the two slowly build a relationship out of their differences, proving that camaraderie and friendship can overcome the most divisive superficialities. —Mr Bongo
Strawberry & Chocolate
Comedy,Drama,Romance
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Story of two men who are opposites: one gay, the other straight; one a fierce communist, the other a fierce individualist; one suspicious, the other accepting; and how they come to love each other. Diego, a cultivated, skeptical, homosexual young man, falls in love with a young heterosexual communist full of prejudices and doctrinal ideas. First come rejection and suspicion, but also fascination.
Fresa y chocolate is a coming-of-age story told through the development of a great friendship which overcomes incomprehension and intolerance. —<oscar.esteban@p4.virtual.encomix.com> Diego, a cultivated, apolitical, skeptical young artist living in Havana initiates a friendship with fiercely-communist homophobe David with the intention of seducing him. Knowing this,David allows the relationship to build so he can spy on a person he sees as aberrant and dangerous to the communist cause.
Despite their conflicting sexualities and political ideologies the two slowly build a relationship out of their differences, proving that camaraderie and friendship can overcome the most divisive superficialities. —Mr Bongo.