2008 | France, United States | Fiction

Che

  • Spanish English 271 mins
  • Director | Steven Soderbergh
  • Writer | Peter Buchman, Benjamin A. van der Veen
  • Producer | Laura Bickford, Benicio Del Toro

STATUS: Released

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Far from a conventional biopic, Steven Soderbergh’s film about Che Guevara is a fascinating exploration of the revolutionary as icon. Daring in its refusal to make the socialist leader into an easy martyr or hero, Che paints a vivid, naturalistic portrait of the man himself (Benicio Del Toro, in a stunning, Cannes-award-winning performance), from his overthrow of the Batista dictatorship to his 1964 United Nations trip to the end of his short life. Composed of two parts, the first a kaleidoscopic view of the Cuban Revolution and the second an all-action dramatization of Che’s failed campaign in Bolivia, Che is Soderbergh's most epic vision.

Revolution Biopic War History Guerrilla
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The Criterion Collection
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