When I rented Leon Ichaso's "Azucar amarga" (or "Bitter Sugar"), I didn't realize that it was an American movie critical of Cuba's government; I assumed that it was a Cuban-made film. It portrays young ardent Communist Gustavo in Havana who has to start questioning his ideals due to events surrounding him: his love interest Yolanda wants to flee to Miami, his father can make more money performing for tourists, and his brother injects himself with AIDS-infected blood as a protest. A pretty bleak look at a society that Michael Moore practically glorified in "Sicko".
Personally, I think that if anyone's going to criticize Castro's government, they should still remind people of Fulgencio Batista's brutality, which this movie doesn't. But it's still worth seeing, just as a look inside the present-day Cuba, and what people sometimes have to do to get by.
Personally, I think that if anyone's going to criticize Castro's government, they should still remind people of Fulgencio Batista's brutality, which this movie doesn't. But it's still worth seeing, just as a look inside the present-day Cuba, and what people sometimes have to do to get by.