I Love Miami (2006)

Director:

Alejandro Gonzalez Padilla

Writers:

Monica Abin (written by)
Alejandro Gonzalez Padilla (story)

Release Date:

13 October 2006 (Mexico)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

"For some he is considered a God, for others... he is the Devil himself."

Plot:

A story involving the famous Fidel Castro, who ironically arrives at Miami, like so many of his fellow Cubans...

Plot Keywords:

Fidel Castro | Independent Film

Cast

Juan Luis Galiardo	...	Fidel / Alejandro
Ofelia Medina	...	Doña Emilia
Jaime Camil	...	Alberto
Adrian Alonso	...	Tony
Johnny Lozada	...	Carlitos
Alicia Machado	...	Gisselle
Fernando Carrera	...	Juan Carlos
Severino Puente	...	Borrego
Ruben Martinez	...	Raul
Francisco Paz	...	Torres
Felipe Viel	...	Diego
Beatriz Montañez	...	Malena
Enrique Herrera	...	Don Amador
Rubén Camelo	...	Padre Rogelio
Serafin Falcon	...	Asistente

Also Known As:

Dios o Demonio (Spain) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:95 min (original version)

Country:

Mexico | Spain

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Miami, Florida, USA

Company:

Producciones X Marca

A necessary kind of cinema

This is the kind of movie that Hollywood will never do: entertaining, with very good acting, photography, soundtrack, and superb script, but at the same time a NEW movie, a movie that copies no one before, a movie that talks about the hypocrisy found in so many people (specially in USA), from the "2 sides", the Cuban-American, and the Yankee people, while giving you a story so interesting that maintains your attention focused on the screen all the time. A movie with the necessary guts to cast Alina, the daughter of Fidel Castro, and Huber Matos, leader of the Cuban revolution.

As I am a Doctor en Filosofia y Letras from Cuba, I would like to bring your attention to the awesome exactitude of the Cuban - Spanish that the different actors speak, taking into account the very different Spanish that Fidel really speaks (as anyone that has heard him has noticed, far from an average Cuban, as his father was from Galicia), from the Spanish that would probably speak a second generation Cuban-American, like so many characters on the movie. Also, it is a very risky decision, from the economic point of view, to make the characters speak English, sometimes "spanglish", in half of the movie, approximately: but this is ACTUALLY Miami! It IS like this!, as anyone that has lived here for a long time knows.

In a word, NECESSARY.