LOOKING FOR FIDEL

After the detention by the Fidel Castro’s regime of about 75 so-called dissidents and after the execution by summary trials of the three hijackers of a hostage-full ferry out on Havana Bay in 2003, a crisis broke out bringing down the image of the Cuban regime in the world. Oliver Stone left Spain with a small production team with the mission of investigating the situation on the island. An in-depth interview was organized with Commander Fidel Castro as well as with dissidents, their relatives and prisoners. The film is based on more than 30 hours of talks between Oliver Stone and Castro, where the film director, using an aggressive approach, questions Castro about the critical political situation on the island, the international political pressure, Castro’s succession, international politics in general and George W Bush’s policy in particular. The film shows the testimony of dissidents such as Osvaldo Paya and others, and of hijackers and prisoners’ relatives. The film also features powerful footage images and a sound track composed by Mastretta.