Papa (2015 film)

Papa
Directed by Bob Yari
Starring Giovanni Ribisi
Adrian Sparks

Papa is a biographical film about Ernest Hemingway's time in Havana, Cuba in the 1950s. Production on location in Cuba concluded in May 2014. It is the first Hollywood film to be filmed in Cuba since the 1959 revolution, according to The Hollywood Reporter.[1]

According to Rolling Stone, "Papa tells the story of journalist Denne Bart Petitclerc's friendship with Hemingway, and is based on an autobiographical script by Petitclerc. The film was directed by Bob Yari, and stars Giovanni Ribisi as a young Petitclerc and Adrian Sparks as Hemingway."[2]

A scene from the film depicts rebels allied with Fidel Castro bursting into a street near Havana's Government Palace to confront soldiers loyal to the government of Fulgencio Batista, while Hemingway and the young journalist Petitclerc take cover and develop a friendship.[1]

Petitclerc had written the screenplay and had begun working on production of the film at the time of his death in 2006.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hemingway Biopic 'Papa' First Hollywood Feature Film Shot in Cuba in 45 Years". The Hollywood Reporter. May 7, 2014.
  2. ↑ Blistein, Jon (May 8, 2014). "Ernest Hemingway Biopic First Hollywood Film Shot in Cuba Since 1959". Rolling Stone.
  3. ↑ "Denne Bart Petitclerc". Variety (Obituary). Feb 9, 2006.

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