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Che: Part One (2008)
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
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Overview
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.
Rated R | Length 134 minutes
Actors
Benicio del Toro | Demián Bichir | Santiago Cabrera | Vladimir Cruz | Alfredo de Quesada | Jsu Garcia | Kahlil Méndez | Elvira Mínguez | Andres Munar | Julia Ormond | Jorge Perugorría | Edgar Ramírez | Victor Rasuk | Othello Rensoli | Armando Riesco | Catalina Sandino Moreno | Roberto Santana | Norman Santiago | Rodrigo Santoro | Unax Ugalde | Ramon Fernandez | Roberto Urbina | Yul Vazquez | Oscar Isaac | Pablo Guevara | Franklin Díaz | Armando Suárez Cobián | María Isabel Díaz | Mateo Gómez | José Caro | Pedro Adorno | Luis Alfredo Rodríguez Sánchez | Marisé Álvarez | Christian Nieves | Liddy Paoli Lopez | Francisco Cabrera | Pedro Telémaco | Yamil "Milo" Adorno | Miguel Ángel Suárez | Juan Pedro Torriente | Io Bottoms | Manuel Cabral | Oscar A. Colon | Sam Robards | Jay Potter | Stephen Mailer | René Lavan | Octavio Gómez Berríos | Blanca Lissette Cruz | Laura Andújar | Georgina Borri | Alejandro Renteria | Israel Lugo | Bryant Huffman | Xavier Morales | José Luis Gutiérrez | Jon DeVries | Leslie Lyles | Meg Gibson | Alex Manette | Elvis Nolasco | Sheridan Lowell | Eugenio Monclova | Jose A. Nieves | Luis Gonzaga Hernandez | Joksan Ramos | Javier Ortiz | Luis Rosario | Osmin Hernandez | Julio Cesar Morales | Leonardo Castro Sitiriche | Oscar De La Fe Colon | Luis Arriaga | Monique Gabriela Curnen | P.J. Benjamin | Al Espinosa | Ana Maria Andricain | Michael Countryman | Jorge Armando | Aris Mejias | Carlitos Ruiz Ruiz | Victoria Espinosa | Joe Urla | Diego Arria | Omar Rodríguez | Eduardo Cortés | Joaquín Méndez | Pablo Venegas Colón | Jerry Nelson Soto | José Brocco | Juan Carlos Arvelo | Yamil Collazo | Roy Sánchez-Vahamondes | Alejandro Carpio | Andres Santiago Bravo | Aurelio Lima | Alba Caraballo | Doel Alicea | Rafa Alvarez | José Cotté | Naya Tanya Rivera | Néstor Rodulfo | Luis Alberto García | Teófilo Torres | Ernesto Ruiz Faxas | Ricardo Álvarez | Miguel Rodarte | Rafael Simón | Bruno Bichir | Gerardo Albarrán | Guillermo Ríos | Victor Angulo Villacis | Fernando Gutiérrez Vargas | Ramiro Garza Balboa | Carmen Mahiques | Euriamis Losada | Jorge Alberti | Fernando Arroyo | Javier Bellido Cintrón | Lou D'Amato | Ramiro 'Ramir' Delgado Ruiz | Dave Dyshuk | Jonathan Fret | Brian Hopson | Rebecca Merle | Jean Pierre Prats | Alexandra Tejeda Rieloff | Ektor Rivera | Kent Sladyk | Susie Stewart Rubio | Guillermo Valedón | Gerardo José Vega | Tania Vega
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/01/2014 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 8 stars |
| (Average) 8 stars |
Viewing Notes
Majot portions of Che: Part One feel similar to The Battle for Algiers, an obvious influence on the movie. The closest we come to exposition are the United Nations scenes that are spliced into the Cuban struggle at various times. Other than that, Che’s politics are mostly told through the actions on screen.
The film, especially the jungle and urban warfare portions, is really well shot. You get a good sense of the difficulties, the power of belief, and the righteousness of their convictions.
Easily my favorite of the two parts, perhaps because the outcome here is more hopeful (even though history has taught us that Cuba really just traded one dictator for another).
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