Fidel
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Victor Huggo Martin
Gael GarcÃa Bernal
Patricia Velasquez
Cecilia Suárez
Maurice Compte
Margarita D'francisco
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Biopic of Cuba's Fidel Castro, beginning with Castro's childhood when he and his brother Raul are influenced by the stories of Jose Marti, the revolutionary who helped to liberate Cuba from Spain in the late 1800s. As students, they join the opposition party and later establish a band of rebels whose early coup attempts fail. During Castro's self-imposed exile in Mexico, he meets Che Guevara, who later becomes his comrade in the guerilla movement. On July 26, 1959, Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and over 100 men set sail for Cuba and the revolution begins.
Castro and the rebels advance slowly against the regime of General Batista. He receives increasing worldwide notoriety and support from the Cuban populace. The U.S. ambassador and the CIA inform Batista that they can no longer support his regime. Eventually, a victorious Castro arrives in Havana and declares to a massive crowd that the revolution will continue against corruption, illiteracy, disease, hunger and exploitation. Castro and his advisors form a new government; he meets secretly with representatives of the Communist party to turn Cuba into a Marxist-Leninist society. As relations with the United States deteriorate, the people of Cuba grow disenchanted with the failing economy. His friend, Che Guevera denounces the Soviets and is killed while leading a revolutionary effort in Bolivia. By 1980, Castro continues to live the dream of his revolution, while many of his people are getting frustrated.
Cast
Victor Huggo Martin
Gael GarcÃa Bernal
Patricia Velasquez
Cecilia Suárez
Maurice Compte
Margarita D'francisco
Enrique Arce
Jost Marfa Yazpik
Manuel Sevilla
Alejandra Gollas
Ernesto Godoy
Guillermo Diaz
Tony Plana
Al Espinosa
Anne Betancourt
Juan Ignacio Aranda
Fernando Becerril
Roberto Bonelli
East Carlo
Roger Cudney
Juan Pablo Gamboa
Ken Jenkins
Diego Luna
George Lopez
Honorato Magaloni
Adrian Makala
Raul Mendez
Pedro Mira
Bobby Plasencia
Marius Viejai
Amara Villafuerte
Carmen Zapata
Jorge Zaráte
Luis Artagnan
Marco Bacuzzi
Nicolas Escobar Castro
Rey Christian
Muriel Fouilland
Gustavo Ganem
Diego Jauregui
Patricia Llaca
Isai Lopez
Jorge Malpica
Mario Ivan Martinez
Roberto Medina
Juan Jose Miron
Antonio Muniz
Pilar Padilla
Patricia Pereyra
Dario T Pie
Juan Carlos Remolina
Gabriel Ronquillo
Samantha Smith
Marco Trevino
Juan Carlos Vives
Jorge Perez Zamora
Fernanda Ostos
Crew
John Altman
Claudia Becker
Brigitte Broch
Julian Bucio
Mariano Carranco
Kevin Cooper
Clive Copland
Laurencio Cordero
Lourdes Delgado
Georgie Anne Geyer
Milton Moses Ginsberg
Carlos Gutierrez
Guy Hibbert
Guy Hibbert
Hermelindo Hinojosa
Miguel Lima
Molly Lopata
Jose Ludlow
Jose Ludlow
Alfredo Mora
Michele Morris
David V. Picker
Robert E Quirk
Mayes C. Rubeo
Eric Sanudo
Peter Stenning
Heather Storr
Stephen M. Tolkin
Bernardo Trujillo
Checco Varese
Joan Ziff
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Nominated for the 2003 Eddie Award for Best Edited Episode from a Television Miniseries (Part One) by the American Cinema Editors (ACE).
Aired in United States January 27, 2002
Aired in United States January 28, 2002
Began shooting September 25, 2000.
Completed shooting December 2000.
TV rating: TV-14
2