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A Tender and Moving Cuban Road Movie
MIEL PARA OSHUN (Honey for Oshun) is an absorbingly rich and rewarding story about the search for familial roots. As a child, Roberto was sent to Miami with his father when the Revolution took over. Though he longed to return to Cuba for a visit, his father denied that request. Now, after his father's death, Roberto flies to Cuba, looks up his cousin Pilar, learns that his mother did NOT desert him by sending him on the boat to Miami, but indeed loved him and is still alive somewhere in Cuba. With Pilar's support and the good graces of a friendly cab driver (Antonio) the three set off on a seemingly fruitless journey to find Carmen, Roberto's long lost mother. The road trip is far from easy, emotionally and physically, with many barricades along the way, both comic and sad. Eventually, through the help of a Spiritual Woman the three discover the truth about Carmen, about each other, and about life in a country that makes existence a fragile entity. The three actors who dominate the film are excellent and the story line is always driven with forward momentum, never drowning in self-pity or condemning either the Cubans who live on the island or the Cuban Americans who come to visit. The picture is truly three-dimensional. The only problems with the movie (and which keep it from 5 stars) are technical ones: the background noise is so loud that it covers the dialogue (where is the sound editor and his Dolby filter?) and the quality of color is washed out to almost white. In some ways these flaws enhance this beautiful film, as it seems it is made with the scant resources afforded the arts in Cuba. MIEL PARA OSHUN is very worthwhile, gives insights into an Island that remains a mystery to most of us, and celebrates the importance of family - both biological and extended. Highly recommended.

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A DEFINITIVE FILM ON FAMILY REUNIFICATION!!!!
Once again Pregurria(Strawberries and Chocolate) shows his wonderful talent in this moving flick. The movie transcends the tragic family separation that has affected cubans both in the US and in the island. It has relevance to general third-world migration patterns and the consequent separation of families who for economic and political reasons must not only leave their homeland but their treasured loved ones a well. I happened to relate to the movie very emotionally given my early rupture from both my parents as they emmigrated to the US when i was only five. A year later i joined them but only after going through the most depressing year of my life. Miel Para Oshun captures exceedingly well the angst that both parents and children feel from being separated by reasons beyond their control. The movie relates the story in a very objective and neutral way such that both cuban exiles and revolutionaries cannot finger point one another as to the cause of this problem. Of course, one must always keep in mind that US immigration policy for Cuba probably foments this kind of family separation more so than in any other country. I find it immoral to have laws that favor illegal immigration by accepting only cuban rafters who make it to american soil on the sole premise that they come from a nation whos government the US despises.