Memories of Underdevelopment traces the history of Sergio, a comfortable, middleclass intellectual who, a year after the Castro revolution, and unlike his family and wife, decides not to leave the country.

Estranged from the major socio-political upheaval that is changing the surrounding reality, Sergio is a misfit, caught between a past that he rejects and present transformations he cannot or will not embrace. His only income is the compensation he receives following the nationalisation of his properties.

Under the pretext of writing a book, Sergio spends his time trying to understand what is happening in his country.

Notes by David O’Mahony