Blame it on Fidel (2006)

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99 min - Drama | History - 29 November 2006 (France)

7.5

Ratings: 7.5/10 from 2,175 users Metascore: 74/100
Reviews: 18 user | 35 critic | 14 from Metacritic.com

A 9-year-old girl weathers big changes in her household as her parents become radical political activists in 1970-71 Paris.

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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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Storyline

Hello, my name is Anna and I am nine years old. I wish you had known me before - I mean before my aunt Marga and my cousin Pilar came to my parents'house -, I was such a happy little girl. Before their coming life was a bed of roses. Of course my little brother could be a pain in the neck - little brothers always are, aren't they? - but there was that wonderful big house, there was my Cuban-born nanny who cooked so well, there was the bath before dinner, not to mention this wonderful catechism class at the catholic school. But they did come, those Spanish intruders. And now never heard before names like "Franco", "Allende", "Women's Lib", "abortion", the lot, have got into my life. Daddy and Mummy have suddenly become "communists", although this a term that Bon Papa and Bonne Maman (my grandparents from Bordeaux, in fact) just hate... Written by Guy Bellinger

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Whose fault is it anyway?

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Drama | History

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Country:

Italy | France

Language:

French

Release Date:

29 November 2006 (France) See more »

Also Known As:

Blame It on Fidel! See more »

Filming Locations:

Bordelais, France See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$9,004 (USA) (5 August 2007) (1 Screen)

Gross:

$166,485 (USA) (16 December 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gaumont, Les Films du Worso, B Movies See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

USA: 99 min | France: 99 min | Argentina: 99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

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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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Soundtracks

"Ay, Carmela"
(El Ejercito del Ebro)
Spanish revolutionary song (1808/adapted 1936)
Sung by Anna to protest and cover her parents' quarrel See more »

Blame it on Fidel (2006)
La faute à Fidel! (original title)

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