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Che: Part One

- Everyone knows the icon. Few know the man.

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.

Release Date : 2008-09-05

Language :EnglishSpanish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Wild BunchTelecinco CinemaLaura Bickford ProductionsMorena Films

Production Country : United States of AmericaSpainFrance

Alternative Titles : Che Part 1Che, El ArgentinoChe L'ArgentinoChe Part OneThe ArgentineChe - Part One

Cast

Character Name : Ernesto Che Guevara

Original Name : Benicio del Toro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fidel Castro

Original Name : Demián Bichir

Gender : Male

Character Name : Camilo Cienfuegos

Original Name : Santiago Cabrera

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ramiro Valdés Menéndez

Original Name : Vladimir Cruz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Israel Pardo

Original Name : Alfredo de Quesada

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jorge Sotus

Original Name : Jsu Garcia

Gender : Male

Character Name : Leonardo Tamayo Núñez

Original Name : Kahlil Méndez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Celia Sánchez

Original Name : Elvira Mínguez

Gender : Female

Character Name : Joel Iglesias Leyva

Original Name : Andres Munar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lisa Howard

Original Name : Julia Ormond

Gender : Female

Character Name : Vilo (Juan Vitalo Acuña)

Original Name : Jorge Perugorría

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ciro Redondo García

Original Name : Edgar Ramírez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rogelio Acevedo

Original Name : Victor Rasuk

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pombo (Harry Villegas)

Original Name : Othello Rensoli

Gender : Male

Character Name : Benigno (Dariel Alarcón Ramírez)

Original Name : Armando Riesco

Gender : Male

Character Name : Aleida March

Original Name : Catalina Sandino Moreno

Gender : Female

Character Name : Juan Almeida

Original Name : Roberto Santana

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tuma (Carlos Coello)

Original Name : Norman Santiago

Gender : Male

Character Name : Raúl Castro

Original Name : Rodrigo Santoro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vaquerito

Original Name : Unax Ugalde

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hector

Original Name : Ramon Fernandez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guile Pardo

Original Name : Roberto Urbina

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alejandro Ramirez

Original Name : Yul Vazquez

Gender : Male

Character Name : U.N. Interpreter

Original Name : Oscar Isaac

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dinner Guest #1

Original Name : Pablo Guevara

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dinner Guest #2

Original Name : Franklin Díaz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dinner Guest #3

Original Name : Armando Suárez Cobián

Gender : Male

Character Name : María Antonia

Original Name : María Isabel Díaz Lago

Gender : Female

Character Name : Cuban Diplomat #1

Original Name : Mateo Gómez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Esteban

Original Name : Jose Caro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Epifanío Díaz

Original Name : Pedro Adorno

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rebel Messenger #1

Original Name : Luis Alfredo Rodríguez Sánchez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vilma Espín

Original Name : Marisé Álvarez

Gender : Female

Character Name : Oñate Cantinflás

Original Name : Christian Nieves

Gender : Male

Character Name : Quike Escalona

Original Name : Liddy Paoli Lopez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rebel Guide

Original Name : Francisco Cabrera

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eligio Mendoza

Original Name : Pedro Telémaco

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mario Leal

Original Name : Yamil "Milo" Adorno

Gender : Male

Character Name : Army Doctor

Original Name : Miguel Ángel Suárez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pedro Chape

Original Name : Juan Pedro Torriente

Gender : Male

Character Name : Make-Up Artist

Original Name : Io Bottoms

Gender : Female

Character Name : Cuban Man at Bar #1

Original Name : Manuel Cabral

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cuban Man at Bar #2

Original Name : Oscar A. Colon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tad Szulc

Original Name : Sam Robards

Gender : Male

Character Name : Richard Hottelet

Original Name : Jay Potter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paul Niven

Original Name : Stephen Mailer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cuban Diplomat #2

Original Name : René Lavan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Otto

Original Name : Octavio Gómez Berríos

Gender : Male

Character Name : María

Original Name : Blanca Lissette Cruz

Gender : Female

Character Name : Laura

Original Name : Laura Andújar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Woman #1

Original Name : Georgina Borri

Gender : Female

Character Name : Umberto

Original Name : Alejandro Renteria

Gender : Male

Character Name : Omar

Original Name : Israel Lugo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cuervo

Original Name : Bryant Huffman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Esteban's Accomplice

Original Name : Xavier Morales

Gender : Male

Character Name : Polo

Original Name : José Luis Gutiérrez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sen. Eugene McCarthy

Original Name : Jon DeVries

Gender : Male

Character Name : Partygoer #1

Original Name : Leslie Lyles

Gender : Female

Character Name : Partygoer #2

Original Name : Meg Gibson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Partygoer #3

Original Name : Alex Manette

Gender : Male

Character Name : Partygoer #4

Original Name : Elvis Nolasco

Gender : Male

Character Name : Partygoer #5

Original Name : Sheridan Lowell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Emilio Cabrera

Original Name : Eugenio Monclova

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Julio Martínez Páez

Original Name : Jose A. Nieves

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lalo Sardiñas

Original Name : Luis Gonzaga Hernandez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Raúl Chibás

Original Name : Joksan Ramos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Felipe Pazos

Original Name : Javier Ortiz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rebel Luis

Original Name : Luis Rosario

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gustavo

Original Name : Osmin Hernandez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jesús

Original Name : Julio Cesar Morales

Gender : Male

Character Name : Army Medic

Original Name : Leonardo Castro Sitiriche

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bazooka Guy #1

Original Name : Oscar De La Fe Colon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bazooka Guy #2

Original Name : Luis Arriaga

Gender : Male

Character Name : Secretary

Original Name : Monique Gabriela Curnen

Gender : Female

Character Name : Captain Stanton

Original Name : P.J. Benjamin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Angry Demonstrator #1

Original Name : Al Espinosa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Angry Demonstrator #2

Original Name : Ana Maria Andricain

Gender : Female

Character Name : U.S. Ambassador Stevenson

Original Name : Michael Countryman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Enrique Acevedo

Original Name : Jorge Armando

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carmen

Original Name : Aris Mejias

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ventriloquist (Albertico)

Original Name : Carlitos Ruiz Ruiz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Woman #2

Original Name : Victoria Espinosa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nicaragua Ambassador

Original Name : Joe Urla

Gender : Male

Character Name : Venezuela Ambassador

Original Name : Diego Arria

Gender : Male

Character Name : Panama Ambassador

Original Name : Omar Rodríguez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sánchez Mosquera

Original Name : Eduardo Cortés

Gender : Male

Character Name : Faustino Pérez

Original Name : Joaquín Méndez

Gender : Male

Character Name : René Ramos Latour

Original Name : Pablo Venegas Colón

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nico Torres

Original Name : Jerry Nelson Soto

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ovidio Díaz Rodríguez

Original Name : José Brocco

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rolando Cubela

Original Name : Juan Carlos Arvelo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Enrique Oltuski

Original Name : Yamil Collazo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Faure Chomón

Original Name : Roy Sánchez-Vahamondes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo

Original Name : Alejandro Carpio

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hermes Peña Torres

Original Name : Andres Santiago Bravo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Victor Bordón Machado

Original Name : Aurelio Lima

Gender : Male

Character Name : Aleida's Friend

Original Name : Alba Caraballo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Oltuski's Messenger

Original Name : Doel Alicea

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lieutenant Pérez Valencia

Original Name : Rafa Alvarez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Fernández Mell

Original Name : José Cotté

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman in Crowd

Original Name : Naya Tanya Rivera

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miguel (Manuel Hernández Osorio)

Original Name : Néstor Rodulfo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Colonel Joaquín Casillas Lumpuy

Original Name : Luis Alberto García

Gender : Male

Character Name : Colonel Hernández

Original Name : Teófilo Torres

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fernández Suero

Original Name : Ernesto Ruiz Faxas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Antonio Jiménez

Original Name : Ricardo Álvarez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man with Sledgehammer

Original Name : Miguel Rodarte

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rebel Messenger #2

Original Name : Rafael Simón

Gender : Male

Character Name : Colonel Rojas

Original Name : Bruno Bichir

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Officer

Original Name : Gerardo Albarrán

Gender : Male

Character Name : Comandante Gómez Calderón

Original Name : Guillermo Ríos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Red Cross Worker

Original Name : Victor Angulo Villacis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Aide to Hernández

Original Name : Fernando Gutiérrez Vargas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man Greeting Che

Original Name : Ramiro Garza Balboa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cook at Cuban Embassy

Original Name : Carmen Mahiques

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carlos

Original Name : Euriamis Losada

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soldier Hector (uncredited)

Original Name : Jorge Alberti

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : Fernando Arroyo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soldier Jose (uncredited)

Original Name : Javier Bellido Cintrón

Gender : Male

Character Name : U.N. Delegate (uncredited)

Original Name : Lou D'Amato

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wounded Rebel (uncredited)

Original Name : Ramiro 'Ramir' Delgado Ruiz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Press Photogropher (uncredited)

Original Name : Dave Dyshuk

Gender : Male

Character Name : Aleida's Companion (uncredited)

Original Name : Jonathan Fret

Gender : Male

Character Name : U.N. Delegate (uncredited)

Original Name : Brian Hopson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Protestor at United Nations (uncredited)

Original Name : Rebecca Merle

Gender : Female

Character Name : Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : Jean Pierre Prats

Gender : Male

Character Name : U.N. Protester (uncredited)

Original Name : Alexandra Tejeda Rieloff

Gender : Female

Character Name : Batista Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : Ektor Rivera

Gender : Male

Character Name : Romanian Diplomat at U.N. (uncredited)

Original Name : Kent Sladyk

Gender : Male

Character Name : Protester (uncredited)

Original Name : Susie Stewart Rubio

Gender : Male

Character Name : David Salvador (uncredited)

Original Name : Guillermo Valedón

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cuban Rebel (uncredited)

Original Name : Gerardo José Vega

Gender : Male

Character Name : Juan Carlos Esteves's Daughter (uncredited)

Original Name : Tania Vega

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-04-25

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.