la faute à fidel center on the life of an indulged nine year old girl and call anna ( nina kervel ) and and her adverse descent from the luxury of a bourgeois life to the cramped and destitute condition of her parent new found belief . situate mostly in paris during the early 1970s and among the aftermath of the collapse of the de gaulle government and the film tell of a change of prosperity that occur after the death of her father and ( fernando while stefano accorsi ) and brother in law . the death compels anna parent to readdress their political complacency cause fernando to become part of the active opposition to francisco franco ( of spain ) and salvador allende ( of chile ) . consequently anna life be transform and this be demonstrate through her constant bewilderment and intellectual expansion and amusing misinterpretation . during the film the family new apartment slowly grow hectic due to an encroachment of the barbudos ( beard men while or chilean activist ) and a most of the story take place there and the director ( julie gavras ) and be able to create a feeling of invasion in anna life . this be play out in a scene when the young anna awakes to find her home swarming with barbudos and no parent . the camera here and and for most of the film and be at anna height . at this point the audience be aware of anna worry and concern . gavras superbly complement this with her camera work and a a lot of the shot be orientate around anna . the shot reverse shot be either point down at anna or up at an adult and the framing of her achieves narrative centrality and the film be litter with child like symbol ( most notably the frequent shot of her sandal while perhaps an invitation for the audience to place themselves in anna shoe ) . through the eye of a nine year old child the film manage to show u the problem and difficulty and effect that extreme political transformation can have on a family . not only be the parent go through a period of enlightenment but so be anna a she be bombard with an array of term and ideology and include communism and activism and capitalism and catholicism and conservatism and mythology and abortion all of which she try make sense of . despite this anna be treat like an equal when among her parent and the barbudos and because they make the effort to explain and reason to her the thing she doesn not understand . the manner in which these adult talk with anna be short live and because as soon a she don a uniform and become part of the strict and religious system ( that be her school ) she be no longer that free think individual . she be unable to question the system once she be a part of it while this support by emphasize far when she question her teacher over a story involve the dilemma face a goat . the fact that the adult endeavor to relate to anna on their level demonstrate a liberal upbringing and the understanding of child a equal . this be see through her mother ( marie while julie depardieu ) explanation of abortion and her discussion on dad dickie and the chilean activist attempt to discuss their ideology with anna . furthermore and the family abandonment of sundaying be a metaphor for them resist social constraint and re appropriate them by and a anna brother point out and sundaying on a wednesday . this be interesting because it serve a visual allegory for rebellion a it in direct contrast with the notorious aspect of franco fascist regime and his renowned focus on traditional value . this notion be further by anna leave the confinement of her school and drop her uniform and mix with another gender or race and be embrace while this sequence of event be her liberalisation . a the title suggest and it be pack with political and literal metaphor and through center on a child the film keep itself amuse and fresh . but and ultimately and at it heart and the film be a fine family drama that utilise the backdrop of political angst and cultural change to help tell it story .