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29 November 2006 (France)
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Whose fault is it anyway?
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A 9-year-old girl weathers big changes in her household as her parents become radical political activists in 1970-71 Paris. full summary | add synopsis
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2 nominations
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Children & Grown Ups
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Nina Kervel-Bey | ... | Anna de la Mesa | |
| Julie Depardieu | ... | Marie de la Mesa | |
| Stefano Accorsi | ... | Fernando de la Mesa | |
| Benjamin Feuillet | ... | François de la Mesa | |
| Martine Chevallier | ... | Bonne Maman | |
| Olivier Perrier | ... | Bon Papa | |
| Marie Kremer | ... | Isabelle | |
| Raphaël Personnaz | ... | Mathieu, le marié | |
| Mar Sodupe | ... | Marga | |
| Gabrielle Vallières | ... | Cécile | |
| Raphaëlle Molinier | ... | Pilar | |
| Carole Franck | ... | Soeur Geneviève | |
| Marie Llano | ... | Mère Anne-Marie | |
| Marie Payen | ... | La mère poule | |
| Marie-Noëlle Bordeaux | ... | Filomena |
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Also Known As:
Blame It on Fidel! (USA) (festival title)
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Runtime:
USA:99 min | France:99 min | Argentina:99 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) |
Portugal:M/12 |
USA:Unrated |
Brazil:Livre |
Australia:M |
Argentina:13 |
Mexico:A
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Soeur Geneviève:
Miss De la Mesa, repeat what I said.
Anna de la Mesa: "The goat was eaten by the wolf for disobeying."
Soeur Geneviève: Getting eaten by the wolf was its punishment. So the text is about the need for obedience.
Anna de la Mesa: Sister, I don't get it. My grandpa showed me the paw of a fox caught in a trap. It gnawed off its paw to get free.
Soeur Geneviève: That's quite different. The goat wasn't trapped. Mr. Seguin fed it, loved it.
Anna de la Mesa: But he kept it tied up. It's in the book.
Soeur Geneviève: Are you saying the goat wanted to die? That would be a sin. Sit down.
Anna de la Mesa: Animals aren't Catholic, Sister.
Soeur Geneviève: What do you think it says?
Anna de la Mesa: The goat has two options: to stay at Mr. Seguin's or escape to the mountains. It leaves, thinking the wolf won't eat it. It goes up to the mountains, hoping to become free.
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Anna de la Mesa: "The goat was eaten by the wolf for disobeying."
Soeur Geneviève: Getting eaten by the wolf was its punishment. So the text is about the need for obedience.
Anna de la Mesa: Sister, I don't get it. My grandpa showed me the paw of a fox caught in a trap. It gnawed off its paw to get free.
Soeur Geneviève: That's quite different. The goat wasn't trapped. Mr. Seguin fed it, loved it.
Anna de la Mesa: But he kept it tied up. It's in the book.
Soeur Geneviève: Are you saying the goat wanted to die? That would be a sin. Sit down.
Anna de la Mesa: Animals aren't Catholic, Sister.
Soeur Geneviève: What do you think it says?
Anna de la Mesa: The goat has two options: to stay at Mr. Seguin's or escape to the mountains. It leaves, thinking the wolf won't eat it. It goes up to the mountains, hoping to become free.
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Ay, Carmela
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If you remember being a child confused about the 'grown ups' around you, then this film is worth watching. I thought it was going to be a heavy dark film - and it might be on one level - but it's not at all on the other, mainly because it is about seeing the ('grown up') world from a child's point of view. It reminded me a bit of Pan's Labyrinth in that way, i.e. the way there is an 'adults world' and a 'child's world', although Pan's Labyrinth focuses more on childhood escapism, but 'Blame in Fidel' is more about childhood realism. That is to say this film focuses, in a really lovely accurate way, on a child struggling to understand the real world around them, especially when the adults around her don't tell her the full story. There is no fantasy here. It's all very real. Anna clearly wants to understand what's going on. She hears snippets of conversations and tries to put it all together, sometimes correctly, sometimes incorrectly. Definitely worth a watch!