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The real treasure here is newcomer Kervel, a child superstar in the making.
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A wrenching, funny and wise little picture, with a diva-like junior star at its center.
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Los Angeles Times by Carina Chocano
Blame It on Fidel is the thoroughly engaging, clear-eyed and charming story of a little girl grappling with the domestic fallout of tumultuous political times.
80
Wonderfully engaging look at 1970-71 from a child's p.o.v.
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The Hollywood Reporter by Michael Rechtshaffen
Documentary filmmaker Julie Gavras has made a successful transition into narratives with the remarkably assured, thoroughly delightful Blame It on Fidel.
75
But while Kervel will probably have to have her own children before she fully understands the changes parents go through, she's bound to adjust to her folks' whims. Having no power of her own, what choice does she have?
80
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
Julie Gavras’s wonderful film, Blame It on Fidel, views its ideological conflicts through the eyes of a smart, willful child.
75
Blame It on Fidel doesn't aim for the profundity of Costa-Gavras films like "State of Siege" and "Z" - but who's complaining?
88
Brilliantly, the movie becomes a double coming-of-age story. The parents' political awakening parallels their daughter's.