Juan Carlos TabĂo
Biography
Juan Carlos TabĂo was a Cuban film director and screenwriter. His film Strawberry and Chocolate, which he co-directed with Tomás GutiĂ©rrez Alea, won a Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival, and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Known For & Full Filmography2 Titles
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Amor CrĂłnico follows Grammy-nominated, Cuban-born CuCu Diamantes as she embarks on a whirlwind tour of her home country. Interweaving glamorous live performances with a fictional romance, the film pays tribute to the history of cinema in surreal fashion. Backed by a high energy Latin soundtrack, Cucu's journey is a visual love poem to the sites, sounds, and people of Cuba.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • as Juan Carlos TabĂo
Ricki travels to Cuba after many years to meet his girlfriend Beatriz, but she has changed a lot; Claudia, in a desperate search for money to buy a house, tries to scam a drug dealer; and Celina, a necrophiliac prepares to spend a weekend with a corpse.. Three dark love stories that, thanks to various unforeseen events, will intertwine until they become the revelation of the plot of a film that at the end of the story illuminates the drug dealer.