Improper Conduct (1984)
1h 53m
Running Time
March 21, 1984Release Date
Improper Conduct (1984)
1h 53m
Running Time
March 21, 1984Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Michel Dumoulin
Self - Narrator (voice)
Reynaldo Arenas
Self - Writer
Jorge Lago
Self
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Self - Writer
Jorge Lago
Self
Juan Goytisolo
Self - Writer
Julio Medina
Self
Julio Medina
Self
Susan Sontag
Self - Writer
Fidel Castro
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Néstor Almendros
Director
Orlando Jiménez Leal
Director
Margaret Ménégoz
Producer
Barbet Schroeder
Producer
Michel Thoulouze
Producer
Luis Argueta
Production Manager
Nicole Flipo
Production Director
Dominique Merlin
Director of Photography
Michel Pion
Editor
Alain Tortevoix
Editor
Elvire Lerner
Sound Mixer
Daniel Delmau
Sound Recordist
Norman Koppelman
Sound Recordist
Phil Pearle
Sound Recordist
Details.
Release DateMarch 21, 1984
Original NameMauvaise Conduite
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 53m
Genres
Wiki.
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.