COMANDANTE

COMANDANTE, directed by Oliver Stone, is a portrait of Fidel Castro and of Cuba’s present situation. It reviews the most important moments since Castro took power, highlighting some of the critical situations with its neighbouring countries, particularly the United States, its relations with the former USSR and the Eastern bloc, Cuba’s intervention in Africa, the boycotts and the international isolation, the different efforts to dignify its people (education, public health…), repression and tolerance, the lack of freedom of speech for minorities, etc. All this in a country that has faced with optimism all sorts of difficulties in a context of extreme poverty that worsens each passing minute.

• Gold Star Award – Marrakeck Film Festival

• Sundance Film Festival