Mujer Transparente – Women And Cuban Cinema

Subject: Women and Cuban cinema

Mujer Transparente is a Cuban film that portrays the lives of five women facing personal and social crises in a context marked by economic hardship, migration and gender inequality. Through everyday language and intimate storytelling, the film offers a critical perspective on Cuban cinema women and their lived experience in contemporary Cuban society.

Technical details

Director

Héctor Veitía/Mayra Segura/Mayra Vilasís/Mario Crespo/Ana Rodríguez

Release year

1990

Running time

82 min

Country

Cuba

Cast

Isabel Moreno
Verónica Lynn
Mirtha Ibarra
Leonor Arocha
Selma Soreghi

Producer

Productora Internacional ICAIC

Plot

Synopsis

Mujer Transparente is composed of five episodes that portray different dimensions of female experience in Cuba. Through the stories of Isabel, Adriana, Julia, Zoe and Laura, the film explores issues such as loneliness in old age, domestic frustration, emotional self-deception, migration and ideological prejudice. Each narrative offers an introspective perspective on the limitations imposed by society and on the individual search for freedom. Considered a pioneering work in the treatment of women’s issues within Cuban cinema, the film marked a turning point in the representation of women on screen and opened the way for new gender-focused discourses.

Analysis

(content in Spanish)

Keywords

revolución cubana, mujer cubana, feminismo, machismo, período especial