Elián (2017)
A boy caught between two worlds
The story of Elián Gonzalez, a five-year-old Cuban boy plucked from the Florida Straits, and how the fight for his future changed the course of U.S.-Cuba relations. Featuring personal testimony, interviews, and a news archive, this documentary recounts Elián’s remarkable rescue on Thanksgiving Day in 1999, after his mother and 10 others fleeing Cuba perished at sea, and the custody battle between the boy’s Cuban father and his Miami-based relatives.
- Date of release
- 2017-04-21
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Tim Golden, Ross McDonnell
Casting
- Elián Gonzalez — Himself
- Raúl Esparza — Narrator (voice)
- Fidel Castro — himself
- Juan Miguel González Quintana — himself
Interesting facts
Elián is a 2017 documentary film directed by Ross McDonnell and Tim Golden, produced by Irish documentary filmmaker Trevor Birney, and executive produced by Alex Gibney. The film details the story of young Cuban Elián González and features exclusive interviews with Elián and his family in Cuba and Miami, particularly Elián's father, Juan Miguel, and his cousin Marisleysis, who had cared for Elián while he was in Miami. The film was co-produced by Fine Point Films and Jigsaw Productions and features a voiceover by Raul Esparza.
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