Improper Conduct (1984)
Mauvaise Conduite
The story of the persecution of homosexuals and intellectuals in Cuba under Fidel Castro's dictatorship, from the beginning of the Cuban Revolution (1953-59) until the early 1980s. Interviews with relevant personalities of Cuban culture who suffered persecution demonstrate that concentration camps for gays existed in Cuba.
- Date of release
- 1984-03-21
- TMDB
- 5.1 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Director
- Néstor Almendros, Orlando Jiménez Leal
Casting
- Michel Dumoulin — Self - Narrator (voice)
- Guillermo Cabrera Infante — Self - Writer
- Juan Goytisolo — Self - Writer
- Susan Sontag — Self - Writer
- Fidel Castro — Self - Politician (archive footage)
- Reinaldo Arenas — Self - Writer
Interesting facts
Mauvaise Conduite or Improper Conduct is a 1984 documentary film directed by Néstor Almendros and Orlando Jiménez Leal. The documentary interviews Cuban refugees to explore the Cuban government's imprisonment of homosexuals, political dissidents, and Jehovah's Witnesses into forced-labor camps under its policy of Military Units to Aid Production (UMAP). The documentary was produced with the support of French television Antenne 2 and won the Best Documentary Audience Award at the 1984 San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.
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