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Spoiler-free premise
A Cuban bus worker and teacher confront gender roles and inherited behavior while a new Havana housing development reshapes their community.
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In Havana's Miraflores development, bus worker Mario begins a relationship with schoolteacher Yolanda while both confront sexism, class habits, and expectations inherited from the neighborhood demolished before construction. Documentary interviews and dramatic scenes share the inquiry.
Why it belongs
Docufiction connects housing, labor, race, gender, and one couple's daily behavior as One Way or Another makes revolutionary change self-critical.
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Construction sites, buses, classrooms, neighborhood meetings, interviews, street music, and direct social analysis make private conflict historically situated—the hybrid form tests socialist aspiration against conduct that outlives new buildings.
Major award wins
No verified wins in this six-institution crosswalk.
Awards are reference metadata only · zero points in 40/40/20
Good for
Film Club
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Institutional reference ranks
Sight & Sound196IMDb Top 250—AFI 100—
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Great Cinema Master List scores
Greatness8.9
Engagement7.1
Ease5.6
Spanish · Not Rated Docufiction Mood: Thought-Provoking
