Movie Description
El caso Padilla
(2023)Overview
Havana, spring 1971: The poet Heberto Padilla has just been set free and appears before the Cuban Writers' Union where he pronounces a statement of "heartfelt self-criticism", declares himself to be a counterrevolutionary agent and throws accusations of complicity at many of his colleagues present at the event, among them, his wife. A month previously, his arrest under the accusation of endangering the security of the Cuban state had mobilised prominent intellectuals all over the world, who wrote a letter to Fidel Castro calling for the release of the poet, whose only sin had been to dissent through his poetic work. The writer's mea culpa, the recording of which is shown for the first time to the public, marks the narrative line of a story including the testimonies of Gabriel García Márquez, Julio Cortázar, Mario Vargas Llosa, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jorge Edwards and Fidel Castro.
Featured Crew
- Director : Pavel Giroud
- Producer : Lía Rodríguez
- Writer : Pavel Giroud
- Editor : Pavel Giroud
- Cast : Heberto Padilla,Fidel Castro,Gabriel García Márquez,Julio Cortázar,Mario Vargas Llosa,Jean-Paul Sartre,Belkis Cuza Malé
Cast
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Facts
Original TitleEl caso Padilla
Status Released
Release Information
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2023-06-02
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 18m
Genres
- Documentary