Word: perugorria
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starring Jorge Perugorria...
...film begins, David (Vladimir Cruz), a young student of political science and committed member of the ruling Communist Party, wanders dispiritedly around Havana because his girl-friend has chosen to marry another man. At one of the city's famous ice cream parlors, David meets Diego (Jorge Perugorria), a thirty-something homosexual who tries to pick him up. David rebuffs Diego's advances, but eventually agrees to accompany the older man to his apartment because Diego has promised to give him some hard-to-get books which are forbidden under Cuban censorship laws...
...Gutierrez Alea can't resist the trap of the gay-man-as-tragic-queen-in-love-with-a-straight-ma n cliche. Frankly, it is difficult to see why Diego is so interested in David, who is terribly callous and in the final analysis, rather boring. However, Jorge Perugorria's sensitive portrayal saves Diego from being a mere caricature, and Perugorria certainly makes a much better gay man than William Hurt...
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