ELIÁN 2017

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.

Cast:

Elián Gonzalez
Himself 

Raúl Esparza
Narrator (voice) 

Fidel Castro
himself 

Juan Miguel González Quintana
himself 

• Elián: Drengen der ændrede USA
• Elián: gutten fra Cuba
• Elian: pojken mellan två världar