Ricardo, Miriam y Fidel
Ricardo, Miriam y Fidel is the first feature-length documentary of the Swiss director Christian Frei. It had his premiere at the Swiss film festival Visions du Réel. The film is a portrait of Miriam Martínez and her father, the Cuban revolutionary Ricardo Martínez. Daughter and father are torn between the desire to emigrate to the United States and the faith in the revolutionary ideas. Plot. The film talks about two individuals and their destiny. It shows the loss of utopia and the struggle of ideologies in Cuba: Ricardo Martínez is a former rebel of Fidel  Castro. Together with Che Guevara he has founded the Pirate radio Radio Rebelde that became the main revolutionary voice of Cuba. The younger Cuban generation listens to Radio y Televisión Martí that broadcasts from Miami, Florida. Miriam represents this younger generation. By comparing this to radio stations, the film is as well about media history. Reception. The Swiss journal "Der Bund" has emphasized the overall impact of the film: The Swiss film critic Norbert Creutz has estimated the objectivity and the formal quality of the film: The film had a positive reception as well in the Hispanic society: Ricardo, Miriam