Another movie post and go ... Today's topic is the political global seventies and childhood. The movie is going to have this issue is "The fault lies with Fidel" (La faute à Fidel), French film 2006, directed by Julie Gavras . I will
rolled r publications of this blog, until the summer of 2009 when I said the following:
"I must say I choose cost what to see, since that small cinema from downtown offered three films with great criticism: the French "The culprit is Fidel" (which I was eager to see (...)"
And so time justice was done, and while a few months later I had the DVD in my library, just a few days ago I could see. Well, I do not dwell more and I comment directly what it is and what I found (the classic AS in air). Like I said, the movie is French, was filmed in 2006 and stars Ninna Kervel-Bey, Julie Depardieu and Stefano Accorsi. It was directed by Julie Gavras, the daughter of a famous French director (Costa-Gavras ) and was its debut .
The film narrates from the perspective of a 9 year old girl , the events of world politics in the '70s, with special focus on Latin America . And here many of us, as Latin American people, we will be comfortable ... not because the subject is nice (much less), but because we have very fresh yet what happened in that decade.
Well, the question is Anna La Mesa (Kervel-Bey) is a girl who lives in a house
large with all the luxuries, with housekeeper and nanny and a family environment in the same conditions monetary welfare. Until one day be installed in your home an aunt and her daughter, from Spain, lying under the threat of dictator Franco . The arrival of her aunt a change, not only in the household population, but also his father, who decided to protect his sister in France, as it was, to begin a crusade where there were people asking for help. In this way, and seen that in Spain there was much to do, it is proposed focus its efforts in Latin America more precisely in Chile . The role of the mother of Anna here is merely "accompanying" , because although she is convinced follow her husband in this, is just that: "I continue because it is my husband and he would go to end of the world ". There was no genuine intention to support a particular movement. This
turn
idoelógico necessarily impact on their children, who are living the ups and downs of militancy late parent. They spend a Cuban servant, a Greek and then to a Vietnamese. All of them are telling stories that Anna takes as current reality. Thus he learns from the mouth of Filomena, the Communists are a red-bearded no properties left to the people of Cuba. version hold their grandparents, who resent the direction being taken by his daughter in recent months.
Each of these stories told by the characters that go through your daily life, is it the testing : is or is not how they say? So is the odd discussion with friends, colleagues, family and demases. Understandably, when you can not process that much information, often contradictory between yes, soon. The road turns uphill and Anna will have to deal with unexpected changes , sudden and often unwanted , but the film narrates the mutation not only environmental and ideological parent, but also Anna and her brother François. Some examples of these sudden changes: one day Anna goes to a religious school , and the next day she is the only girl in the room who does not receive catechesis, or the prohibition by their parents to read the comic Mickey Mouse , as a symbol of capitalism, or moving a tremendous home to a small apartment. The list goes on.
End shows us a reality that is far of which had at first. Maybe things were not as planned, but something new emerged from all this movement and, for the better, something lasting . Maybe Anna did not know, but at that time was taking an important step to determine whether or not it had Fidel guilt.
The movie is a 3 and 1 / 2 Clare . The performances of Depardieu and Accorsi are very good , install
the drama it deserves. Because do not forget: the seventies in Chile bring a president overthrown by a socialist military government. So has this Gravel Spring socialist in the early seventies, and then appears tragedy. The contrast is well handled by the director, who takes the time to address the construction of a youth movement many kilometers away from where the events were happening, hoping to put there. I think the seventies in Latin America is a very common for us Europeans to World War II. For the scope and magnitude of the time, never enough, and almost always get something new to tell. In this case, the novelty is that who narrates the facts is France, not America, and so from childhood innocence , which at times creates an atmosphere of comedy difficult to handle in this framework. Luckily, Julie Gavras has good hands and makes it clear that it deserves a smile, of what does not.
Finally, a nice movie to watch a Sunday afternoon . It is entertaining, but basically you do not forget what it is, and that always leads to reflection.
A trailer and will be up next!
PD: how difficult is seeing a smile to Anna ....!
