Heberto Padilla

Heberto Juan Padilla was a Cuban poet put to the center of the so-called Padilla affair when he was imprisoned for criticizing the Cuban government.

The Padilla Affair (2022)

Havana, spring 1971: The poet Heberto Padilla has just been set free and appears before the Cuban Writers' Union where he pronounces a statement of "heartfelt self-criticism", declares himself to be a counterrevolutionary agent and throws accusations of complicity ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pavel Giroud
CAST:  Heberto Padilla  •  Fidel Castro  •  Gabriel García Márquez  •  Julio Cortázar

Havana, spring 1971: The poet Heberto Padilla has just been set free and appears before the Cuban Writers' Union where he pronounces a statement of "heartfelt self-criticism", declares himself to be a counterrevolutionary agent and throws accusations of complicity ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pavel Giroud
CAST:  Heberto Padilla  •  Fidel Castro  •  Gabriel García Márquez  •  Julio Cortázar