Blame It on Fidel

Blame it on Fidel French La Faute Fidel is a 2006 FrenchItalian drama film directed by Julie Gavras. The screenplay, written by Gavras, is based on Domitilla Calamais Italian novel of the same name. The film stars Nina KervelBey, Julie Depardieu, and Stefano Accorsi.

Nineyearold Anna de la Mesa weathers big changes in her household as her parents become radical political activists in 197071 Paris. Her Spanishborn lawyer father Fernando is inspired by his sisters opposition to Franco and by Salvador Allendes victory in Chile he quits his job and becomes a liaison for Chilean activists in France. Her mother, Marie, a Marie Claire journalistturnedwriter documenting the stories of womens abortion ordeals, supports her husband and climbs aboard the ideological bandwagon. As a result, Annas French bourgeois life is over. She must adjust to refugee nannies, international cuisine, and a cramped apartment full of noisy revolutionaries.Blame It on Fidel premiered at the Deauville American Film Festival onSeptember 2006 and opened theatrically in France onNovember that year. It opened in North American release onAugust 2007. ........

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