Che - Part One

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On November 26, 1956, Fidel Castro sails to Cuba with eighty rebels. One of those rebels is Ernesto "Che" Guevara, an Argentine doctor who shares a common goal with Fidel Castro - to overthrow the corrupt dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. Che proves indispensable as a fighter, and quickly grasps the art of guerrilla warfare. As he throws himself into the struggle, Che is embraced by his comrades and the Cuban people.

Cast
Benicio Del Toro as Ernesto 'Che' Guevara
Demian Bichir as Fidel Castro
Santiago Cabrera as Camillo Cienfuegos
Elvira Minguez as Celia Sanchez
Jorge Perugorria as Joaquin
Edgar Ramirez as Ciro Redondo
Victor Rasuk as Rogelio Acevedo
Armando Riesco as Benigno
Catalina Sandino Moreno as Aleida Guevara
Rodrigo Santoro as Raul Castro
Unax Ugalde as Little Cowboy
Yul Vazquez as Alejandro Ramirez
Carlos Bardem as Moises Guevara
Joaquim De Almeida as Barrientos
Eduard Fernandez as Ciro Algaranaz
Marc-Andre Grondin as Regis Debray
Oscar Jaenada as Dario
Matt Damon as Fr. Schwartz
Jordi Molla as Captain Vargas
Ruben Ochandiano as Rolando Moran
Julia Ormond as Lisa Howard
Gaston Pauls as Ciros Bustos
Lou Diamond Phillips as Mario Monje
Franka Potente as Tania
Mark Umbers (II) as Roth
Antonio Peredo as Coco
Roberto Urbina as Guile Pardo
Octavio Gomez (II) as Otto
Rene Lavan as Miguel
Monique Curnen as Secretary
Roberto L. Santana as Juan Almeida Bosque

Detail Info
Director Steven Soderbergh
Writers

• Screenplay: Peter Buchman, Benicio Del Toro
• Book: Ernesto Guevara

Producers Alvaro Longoria, Frederic W. Brost, Belen Atienza, Alvaro Augustin, Gregory Jacobs, Laura Bickford, Benicio Del Toro
Music Alberto Iglesias
Running Time Part One - 129 min./Part Two - 128 min.
Release Date

• Dec 12th, 2008 (NY/LA)
• Jan 9th, 2009 (limited)

Distributors IFC Films