Corazon azul lenin biography

By Susana Darwin

Corazón Azul

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Corazon azul lenin biography

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Dreamlike and layered with references, Corazón Azul (Blue Heart, 2021) shows its audience a Cuba alien yet familiar to those who live there or who have visited.

The filmmakers, Miguel Coyula and Lynn Cruz, presented their film at Eckerd College’s free weekly International Cinema Series in early November, part of a US tour that will include Princeton, Syracuse, and Arizona State.

Shot in Havana, Cienfuegos and Matanzas and manipulated extensively in post-production, Corazón Azul presents an alternate reality in which Fidel Castro has deployed genetic engineering to build the “new man” to steer the island towards socialist utopia.

The experiment fails, creating individuals whose immense intelligence and apparently innate cruelty set them apart from the rest of humanity.

Of note is the filmmakers’ choice to shoot the film in chronological sequence.

Usually, films get shot out of sequence, so that cast and crew can economize by group