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Che: Part One (2008)

The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.

Directing:
  • Steven Soderbergh
  • Coraly Santaliz
  • Gregory Jacobs
  • David M. Bernstein
  • Joseph P. Reidy
  • Yvette Gurza
  • Jody Spilkoman
Writing:
  • Peter Buchman
  • Che Guevara
Stars:
Release Date: Fri, Sep 05, 2008

Rating: 6.807/10 by 737 users

Alternative Title:
Che Part 1 - US
Che, El Argentino - US
Che L'Argentino - US
Che Part One - AU
Che Part One - US
Che - Sankari - FI
Che L'Argentino - IT
The Argentine - US
Che - Part 1 - FR
Che - Part One - US
Che: O Argentino - BR
Che: El argentino - ES
切:28歲的革命 - TW
Che - 1ère partie L'Argentin (2008) - FR
Che - 1ère partie : L'argentin - FR
Che - Argentineren - NO
チェ 28歳の革命 - JP
Che - Teil 1: Revolution - DE
Che, el argentino - ES
The Argentine - GR
Че: Частина перша. Аргентинець - UA
Che - Part 1 - The Argentine - GB
Che - Teil 1 - Revolución - DE
Che - Teil 1 - Revolution - DE
折古華拉 切28歲的革命 - HK

Country:
France
Spain
United States of America
Language:
English
Español
Runtime: 02 hour 14 minutes
Budget: $58,000,000
Revenue: $0

Plot Keyword: cuba, biography, che guevara, fidel castro, cuban revolution, 1950s

Benicio del Toro
Ernesto Che Guevara
Demián Bichir
Fidel Castro
Santiago Cabrera
Camilo Cienfuegos
Vladimir Cruz
Ramiro Valdés Menéndez
Jsu Garcia
Jorge Sotus
Kahlil Méndez
Leonardo Tamayo Núñez
Elvira Mínguez
Celia Sánchez
Andres Munar
Joel Iglesias Leyva
Julia Ormond
Lisa Howard
Jorge Perugorría
Vilo (Juan Vitalo Acuña)
Edgar Ramírez
Ciro Redondo García
Victor Rasuk
Rogelio Acevedo
Othello Rensoli
Pombo (Harry Villegas)
Armando Riesco
Benigno (Dariel Alarcón Ramírez)
Roberto Santana
Juan Almeida
Norman Santiago
Tuma (Carlos Coello)
Rodrigo Santoro
Raúl Castro
Yul Vazquez
Alejandro Ramirez
Oscar Isaac
U.N. Interpreter
Pablo Guevara
Dinner Guest #1
Franklin Díaz
Dinner Guest #2
Mateo Gómez
Cuban Diplomat #1
Pedro Adorno
Epifanío Díaz
Christian Nieves
Oñate Cantinflás
Liddy Paoli Lopez
Quike Escalona
Pedro Telémaco
Eligio Mendoza
Io Bottoms
Make-Up Artist
Manuel Cabral
Cuban Man at Bar #1
Oscar A. Colon
Cuban Man at Bar #2
Jay Potter
Richard Hottelet
René Lavan
Cuban Diplomat #2
Georgina Borri
Old Woman #1
Xavier Morales
Esteban's Accomplice
Jon DeVries
Sen. Eugene McCarthy
Leslie Lyles
Partygoer #1
Meg Gibson
Partygoer #2
Alex Manette
Partygoer #3
Elvis Nolasco
Partygoer #4
Sheridan Lowell
Partygoer #5
Eugenio Monclova
Emilio Cabrera
Jose A. Nieves
Dr. Julio Martínez Páez
Joksan Ramos
Raúl Chibás
Javier Ortiz
Felipe Pazos
Luis Rosario
Rebel Luis
Luis Arriaga
Bazooka Guy #2
P.J. Benjamin
Captain Stanton
Al Espinosa
Angry Demonstrator #1
Ana Maria Andricain
Angry Demonstrator #2
Michael Countryman
U.S. Ambassador Stevenson
Jorge Armando
Enrique Acevedo
Carlitos Ruiz Ruiz
Ventriloquist (Albertico)
Joe Urla
Nicaragua Ambassador
Diego Arria
Venezuela Ambassador
Omar Rodríguez
Panama Ambassador
Eduardo Cortés
Sánchez Mosquera
Joaquín Méndez
Faustino Pérez
Pablo Venegas Colón
René Ramos Latour
José Brocco
Ovidio Díaz Rodríguez
Juan Carlos Arvelo
Rolando Cubela
Yamil Collazo
Enrique Oltuski
Alejandro Carpio
Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo
Andres Santiago Bravo
Hermes Peña Torres
Aurelio Lima
Victor Bordón Machado
Alba Caraballo
Aleida's Friend
Doel Alicea
Oltuski's Messenger
Rafa Alvarez
Lieutenant Pérez Valencia
José Cotté
Dr. Fernández Mell
Naya Tanya Rivera
Woman in Crowd
Néstor Rodulfo
Miguel (Manuel Hernández Osorio)
Luis Alberto García
Colonel Joaquín Casillas Lumpuy
Teófilo Torres
Colonel Hernández
Ernesto Ruiz Faxas
Fernández Suero
Ricardo Álvarez
Antonio Jiménez
Miguel Rodarte
Man with Sledgehammer
Rafael Simón
Rebel Messenger #2
Bruno Bichir
Colonel Rojas
Gerardo Albarrán
Police Officer
Guillermo Ríos
Comandante Gómez Calderón
Ramiro Garza Balboa
Man Greeting Che
Carmen Mahiques
Cook at Cuban Embassy
Jorge Alberti
Soldier Hector (uncredited)
Fernando Arroyo
Soldier (uncredited)
Javier Bellido Cintrón
Soldier Jose (uncredited)
Lou D'Amato
U.N. Delegate (uncredited)
Ramiro 'Ramir' Delgado Ruiz
Wounded Rebel (uncredited)
Dave Dyshuk
Press Photogropher (uncredited)
Jonathan Fret
Aleida's Companion (uncredited)
Brian Hopson
U.N. Delegate (uncredited)
Rebecca Merle
Protestor at United Nations (uncredited)
Jean Pierre Prats
Soldier (uncredited)
Alexandra Tejeda Rieloff
U.N. Protester (uncredited)
Ektor Rivera
Batista Soldier (uncredited)
Kent Sladyk
Romanian Diplomat at U.N. (uncredited)
Susie Stewart Rubio
Protester (uncredited)
Guillermo Valedón
David Salvador (uncredited)
Gerardo José Vega
Cuban Rebel (uncredited)
Tania Vega
Juan Carlos Esteves's Daughter (uncredited)

CinemaSerf

This first stage of Steven Soderbergh's biopic of the life of the Argentinian revolutionary Ernest Guevara begins with his arrival on the island of Cuba and follows his increasingly effective leadership of the revolution against the government of President Batista. That old adage about one man's terrorist being another's freedom fighter is well exemplified here with us left in no doubt by the director and writer of the merits of the Guevara cause. That writing isn't actually up to very much, nor is much of the acting but the documentary style of story-building and photography does work really well illustrating the extent of the poverty in which the subsistence population survived, hand to mouth and day to day. Benicio Del Toro takes the title role and when he reunites with Fidel Castro (Demián Bichir) and brother Raúl (Rodrigo Santoro) he is soon an integral part of the command and control structure of the communist insurgency that intends to remove the pro-US government. It's Castro's increasing alignment with the Soviet Union that earns the the chagrin of their nearest neighbours and much of the drama here sees all of them crawling through the jungle wary of all they meet while their increasing number of troops and weaponry, coupled with increasing dis-satisfaction amongst the government troops, gives them a chance of success. It's history, and the fact that there's a part two doesn't leave a lot of room for jeopardy, but Soderbergh doesn't shy away from the uncertainty and brutality of the conflict and the hostility of their island environment. The location photography does work well but it sacrifices the sound mix to achieve that - there is a lot of mumbling going on here. This characterisation presents us with a man of some vision who believed in the principles of communal ownership and universal education, and is worth a watch.


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