Fidel

In the movie Fidel, we are introduced to Fidel Castro as a young, ambitious man. Fidel is portrayed as a family oriented man, passionate about the progress of his country and removing it from the hands of tyrants. In the beggining, he is even willing to assist another man into power for the better of his country. But, after the coup, he becomes obsessed with Cuban politics, and decides to take matters into his own hands. Ignoring the danger he is putting his wife, Mirta and his son, Fidelito in, he begins a revolutionary campaign to overthrow Batista. He gathers a group of followers and tells them to leave their personal dreams behind, just as he is leaving his wife and son. Now, they only have one dream - Cuba. The movie may portray as Fidel as someone who has Cuba in his best interest, and maybe he did at the beggining, but the surge of power he gained turned him into a tyrant as evil if not more than Batista. Castro was very confident that his July 26 attack would work in weakening the military- but it did nothing but kill the majority of his followers. Castro doesn't care. At this point, for him, there is no turning back for the "liberation" of Cuba.