Improper Conduct

1984 · 113 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 133 VOTES · DIR. Néstor Almendros, Orlando Jiménez Leal

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Overview

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.

DocumentaryHistory1980s

Dialogue Timeline — 1,463 lines

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00:00:14 Vermin get out!
00:05:40 A lot of people left the university because of this.
00:10:09 We didn't know where we were going.
00:13:56 The speaker knew nothing of politics or anything else.
00:19:55 Others ran away and escaped.
00:25:18 Antisocial scum!
00:31:39 they always found a reason to hit us.
00:36:02 and took our beatings.
00:40:36 After I finished my term
00:44:04 or get us promotions in our job.
00:49:26 Yes, I did.
00:52:57 What does it mean, anyway?
00:56:41 It's embarrassing!
01:00:31 Her price is
01:04:15 they were induced to vomit.
01:07:44 I took him there. Seals had been placed on the door
01:11:03 "You'd realise the worst persecutors were homosexuals themselves."
01:15:12 It wasn't that they'd arrested innocent people
01:18:45 Married to Cuba.
01:23:43 and for other labour-committee officers
01:27:46 on the guards' TV set.
01:31:16 that they had enforced.
01:34:22 vaguely dissident young people like me
01:38:28 They'd be confined to that block

Cast & Characters

Lorenzo Monreal Self Jorge Lago Self Julio Medina Self César Bermudez Self José Mario Self Rafael De Palet Self Jorge Ronet Self Héctor Aldao Self Jaime Bellachasse Self Mireya Robles

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,463
Dialogue density12.9 lines / min
First line00:00:14
Final line01:38:28

Production Record

DirectorNéstor Almendros, Orlando Jiménez Leal
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes133