Blame It on Fidel
| Blame It on Fidel | |
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| French | La Faute à Fidel |
| Directed by | Columbia TriStar Films |
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Running time | 98 minutes[1] |
| Countries | France Italy |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $1,360,243[2] |
Blame It on Fidel (
The film covers an array of philosophy and ideology - everything from
Plot
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Nine-year-old Anna de la Mesa weathers big changes in her household as her parents become radical political activists in 1970-71 Paris. Her Spanish-born lawyer father Fernando is inspired by his sister's opposition to Franco and by Salvador Allende's victory in Chile; he quits his job and becomes a liaison for Chilean activists in France. Her mother, Marie, a Marie Claire journalist-turned-writer documenting the stories of women's abortion ordeals, supports her husband and climbs aboard the ideological bandwagon. As a result, Anna's French bourgeois life is over. She must adjust to refugee nannies, international cuisine, and a cramped apartment full of noisy revolutionaries.
Cast
- Nina Kervel-Bey as Anna de la Mesa
- Julie Depardieu as Marie de la Mesa
- Stefano Accorsi as Fernando de la Mesa
- Benjamin Feuillet as François de la Mesa
- Marie Kremer as Isabelle
- Raphaël Personnaz as Mathieu
- Carole Franck as Sister Geneviève
- Martine Chevallier as Bonne Maman
- Olivier Perrier as Bon Papa
Release
Blame It on Fidel
Box office
The film earned $9,004 in its opening weekend, ranking number 64 in the domestic box office. It went on to gross $168,065 domestically and $1,192,178 overseas for a worldwide total of $1,360,243.[2]
Critical reception
The film holds a 93% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes based on 45 critics.[3] On Metacritic, the film has a 74/100 rating, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[4]
References
- ^ "BLAME IT ON FIDEL (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 27 September 2007. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Blame It on Fidel (2007)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. 21 December 2007. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ "Blame It on Fidel". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- CBS Interactive. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
