BLAME IT ON FIDEL — Caught up in the political revolution sweeping France in the early 1970s, Fernando (Stefano Accorsi) and Marie (Julie Depardieu) reject the comforts of their bourgeois life and dedicate themselves full t... more »ime to radical activism. This comes as a shock to their precocious nine year-old daughter, Anna (Nina Kervel), who struggles to understand her parents? newfound ideals. Brilliantly told from Anna?s perspective, this critically-acclaimed film by Julie Gavras captures the coming-of-age moment when children realize the contradictions of adulthood and have to make their own choices. WHEN FATHER WAS AWAY ON BUSINESS
In the tumultuous 1950s, as Yugoslavia resists the pressures of Stalinism, a young boy narrates the story of his family?s troubled world. Mesha (Miki Manojlovic), a minor party official in Yugoslavia has been sent away to the mines for fooling around with the voluptuous lover of a communist party official. The drama unfolds through the eyes of Mesha?s six year-old naïve son, Malik, who thinks Papa is away on business.« less