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The Padilla Affair

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Alejandro Alemán El Universal 10/16/2023
With this documentary, Giraud creates a luminous and at the same time disturbing portrait, exposing one of the darkest episodes in exercising totalitarianism. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Ernesto Diezmartinez Letras Libres 10/03/2023
3/4
In the documentary "The Padilla Affaire", director Pavel Giroud reconstructs and uncovers, with sharp lucidity, one of the worst totalitarian charades in the intellectual history of our continent. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Carlos Esquives Cinencuentro 08/10/2023
A portrait of a paradoxical Cuba after a revolution that freed an entire nation from the Yankees as it begins to manifest attitudes, actions, and regulations against freedom of speech. In other words, a new noose was being tied. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Elsa Fernández-Santos El Pais (Spain) 06/06/2023
A harsh and disturbing portrait of fear. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Randy Meeks Espinof 06/06/2023
3.5/5
The Padilla Affair has managed to put it all together, making it not just a magnificent conversation with the present but also an indispensable documentary piece to understand the 20th Century. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Fernando Bernal Cinemanía (Spain) 05/30/2023
3/5
A thriller generating a truly novel hybrid format of the narrative point of view. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
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Movie Info

Director
Pavel Giroud
Producer
Lia Rodriguez
Screenwriter
Pavel Giroud
Production Co
Ventu Productions
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Spanish
Runtime
1h 18m