A boy caught between two worlds

Elián

6.5 (4 votes)• 2017• 108m•Released

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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.

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Languages: English, Spanish

Director: Tim Golden, Ross McDonnell

Starring Cast: Elián Gonzalez, Raúl Esparza, Fidel Castro, Juan Miguel González Quintana

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Elián Gonzalez

Himself

Raúl Esparza

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Fidel Castro

himself

Juan Miguel González Quintana

himself

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