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Ricardo, Miriam y Fidel
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Wikipedia article
'Ricardo, Miriam y Fidel' is the first feature-length documentary of the Swiss director Christian Frei. It had his premiere at the Swiss film festival Visions du Rel. The film is a portrait of Miriam Martnez and her father, the Cuban revolutionary Ricardo Martnez. Daughter and father are torn between the desire to emigrate to the United States and the faith in the revolutionary ideas.
Plot
The film talks about two individuals and their destiny. It shows the loss of utopia and the struggle of ideologies in Cuba: Ricardo Martnez is a former rebel of Fidel Castro. Together with Che Guevara he has founded the Pirate radio Radio Rebelde that became the main revolutionary voice of Cuba.
The younger Cuban generation listens to Radio y Televisin Mart that broadcasts from Miami, Florida.
Miriam represents this younger generation. By comparing this to radio stations, the film is as well about media history.
Reception
The Swiss journal 'Der Bund' has emphasized the overall impact of the film:
The Swiss film critic Norbert Creutz has estimated the objectivity and the formal quality of the film:
The film had a positive reception as well in the Hispanic society:
Awards
* Basic Trust International Human Rights Film Festival Ramallah-Tel Aviv 2000: winner public award
* [http://www.dokfest-muenchen.de DOK.fest International documentary film festival Munich] 1998: competition
* Saarbrcken 1998: section Perspektiven des jungen Films
* Solothurn Film Festival 1998: opening film
* International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam IDFA 1997: section Reflecting Images
* So Paulo International Film Festival 1997: section Competicao Novos Diretores
* San Sebastin International Film Festival 1997: section Made in Spanish
* Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, New York City 1997: selection
* Chicago Latino Film Festival] 1997: selection
* Visions du Rel Nyon 1997: competition
References
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