My Little Assassin Movie Review 1999

In 1959, idealistic 19-year-old Marita Lorenz is in Cuba with her CIA operative mother (Clayburgh), when she falls for revolutionary leader Fidel Castro (Mantegna). She winds up pregnant and alone in New York, where the CIA tries to convince her that Fidel's a bad guy. So, she decides to return to Cuba and assassinate him. In 1993, Lorenz wrote a book detailing her affair, the birth of their daughter, and Lorenz's involved in a failed plot to poison the dictator in 1960. If you can suspend your credulity, you'll discover a watchable potboiler with Mantegna as a charismatic Cuban leader.

Distribution

Xenon Entertainment, 1440 9th St., Santa Monica, CA 90401, Phone: (310)451-5510, Toll-free: 800-829-1913, Fax: (310)395-4058, URL: http://www.xenonpictures.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 90 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Politics, Island Fare, Period Piece: 1960s, Pregnant Pauses, Assassination, CIA/NSA, New York, New York

Screenplay

Howard Korder

Cast

Joe Mantegna, Gabrielle Anwar, Jill Clayburgh, Robert Davi, Scott Paulin, Tony Plana, Reiner Schone, Mike Moroff, Glenn Morshower, Dean Norris

Director

Jack Bender

Music

David Schwartz