'' Hasta cierto punto '' ( '' Up to a Certain Point '' ) ( ez 's wife , Mirta Ibarra . ) The film underwent some censorship and remains to this day considered by Cuban critics one of his lesser works , though it is still highly regarded . The director himself said jokingly that the film was only successful " up to a certain point " In the early 1990s , Gutiérrez fell into ill health , forcing him to co-direct his last two films with his friend Juan Carlos Tabío . The first , '' Fresa y Chocolate '' ( '' Strawberry and Chocolate '' ) ( 1993 ) became the first Cuban film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film . The film 's story centers on the oft conflictory relationship between a committed Marxist student and a flamboyantly gay artist . Gutiérrez 's final film , '' Guantanamera '' , ( 1994 ) uses traditional elements such as an ensemble cast and romantic comedy to take a more subtle approach to Gutiérrez 's old targets : underdevelopment and bureaucracy . The film won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival
44th Berlin International Film Festival
44th Berlin International Film Festival
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