Remembering Juan Carlos Tabío.

You may not know the name Juan Carlos Tabío, but if you saw the highly acclaimed Cuban film “Strawberries and Chocolate” (1993), which lost out to “Burnt by the Sun” for the Best Foreign Language Oscar, you will know that he co-directed that film with fellow Cuban cinematic legend Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. Tabío also directed the Cuban classic “Se Permuta” (House Swap) in 1983 and Abroadia frequently showed this comedy to our students as a way for them to encounter the affable Cuban sense of humor as well as to study the then popular social mechanism of trading homes.

Sadly, on January 18th, Mr. Tabío passed away in Havana.

Abroadia salutes this iconic Cuban cineaste and hopes that one day Hollywood will recognize his enormous talent and vision.

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Photo credit: Cuba Sí