Crocodile vert

The author and producer, Pierre Chaussat, lived and worked in Cuba from 1961 to 1964, in the euphoria of the beginnings of the revolution. Thirty years later, he comes back. Besides the warmth of being reunited with Cuban artists and intellectuals, this journey is a pretext for asking questions about the reality of Cuba today. What remains of the utopia of the revolution ? What is the country's future ? Since the collapse of the socialist bloc, the Cuban people have been experiencing a serious crisis christened "special period" by the authorities. Throughout the interviews (of city dwellers, farmers, young people, intellectuals, journalists, artists, teachers, etc.), the picture is carefully drawn of the difficulty of living everyday life. "We don't go to prison because we say what we think, but we have to be careful about what we say", declares one girl. Censorship, prison, poverty, fear, anger, disillusionment, fatigue, sorrow, despair, but sometimes still a little hope, make themselves heard. Marie Dunglas.