When Findel Castro invited Armand Gatti to Cuba for the shooting of a movie, the director introduced himself to the “welcoming committee” as someone who came “to win the war against Spain with his camera.” Defying all expectations and challenging the limits of unconditional freedom, Gatti submitted a surreal criticism towards the prevailing regime, with the hero being a convict who organizes a small uprising and eventually confronts a dictator. In an irony of History, the movie was filmed during the Cuban Missile Crisis.