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Blame It on Fidel!
Directed by
Julie Gavras
2006
1h 39m
Not Rated
Drama
,
History
7.5
93%
91%
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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.
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Cast of Blame It on Fidel!
Julie Depardieu
Marie de la Mesa
Nina Kervel-Bey
Anna de la Mesa
Stefano Accorsi
Fernando de la Mesa
Flore Vannier-Moreau
un témoin
Benjamin Feuillet
François de la Mesa
Blame It on Fidel! Reviews
Seattle Times
Ted Fry
Blame it on Fidel! is a knowing lesson in film and history that often makes its serious point with a dose of wise humor.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The film contains a surprising amount of understated humor.
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano
A remarkably assured and elegant debut, Blame It on Fidel is the kind of smart, sophisticated and fiercely humanistic film that all movies should aspire to be, but seldom do.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
What is it about little girls and Franco that brings out the best in filmmakers?
Chicago Tribune
Tasha Robinson
It's all too easy to read Blame It On Fidel as a simple morality tale, an allegory comparing conservatism to childishness, and political awakening to emotional maturity.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
Julie Gavras's wonderful film, Blame It on Fidel, is a deeply political movie that sidesteps strident polemics by viewing the ideological conflicts within a French-Spanish family through the eyes of a smart, willful child.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Julie Gavras, offspring of famed Greek-born filmmaker Constantin Costa-Gavras, makes an assured feature-directing debut with Blame It on Fidel.
AV Club
Noel Murray
[Director] Gavras knowingly handles [protagonist] Kervel's little flashes of sympathy for the cause.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The young heroine is rather humorless, but Gavras's intelligence and skillful touch are evident throughout.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Politics -- hardly a movie audience's immediate choice when it comes to entertainment -- becomes a deeply engaging subject in Blame It on Fidel thanks to a 9-year-old charmer who steals our hearts.
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
A wrenching, funny and wise little picture, with a diva-like junior star at its center.
Slant Magazine
Paul Schrodt
Gavras uses Anna's precocious reason to tackle a generation's idealism head-on.
Village Voice
Aaron Hillis
Gavras's style is already as assured as her father's, and her ability to balance the audience's understanding of grown-up beliefs with that of a rapidly maturing girl is deft.
New York Press
Eric Kohn
[Director] Gavras has undeniable skill as a screenwriter, suggesting that the production might have benefited from a more experienced helmer.
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen
A lively, perceptive and historically intriguing coming-of-age story.
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
Rob Thomas
Gavras maintains a light touch throughout that allows us a rare chance to emphasize with both the radical and conservative elements at the family dinner table.
Variety
Lisa Nesselson
Wonderfully engaging.
Boxoffice Magazine
Ed Scheid
Kervel-Bey gives Anna an appealing combination of bewilderment and a determination to fight back, and, besides the humor of Anna's cultural clash, the film shows her growth in beginning to understand her parents and her new world.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Bill White
Gavras does not impose a political viewpoint upon her material, but respects the convictions of her various characters.
Los Angeles Daily News
Evan Henerson
Gavras' film captures both the time period and the queasy inconsistencies of childhood. And in Kervel, Gavras has found a real gem.
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