Mr. Gutiérrez Alea, who died in 1996 after enjoying a comeback with “Strawberries and Chocolate” (1994) and “Guantanamera” (1995), may have been the richest talent in Cuban films, a “serious comedian” who was able to move beyond the slapsticky farce of “The Twelve Chairs” into the far greater introspection and melancholy of “Memories of Underdevelopment.”

Each of their films is marked by theological, philosophical and mythological touchstones that enrich even the slapstickiest moments.

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