Che: Part One

Ernesto Guevara, known as 'Che', leads a group of Cuban exiles under Fidel Castro in a revolution to overthrow Fulgencio Batista, the dictator of Cuba.

Cast

Benicio del Toro

as Ernesto Che Guevara

Demián Bichir

as Fidel Castro

Santiago Cabrera

as Camilo Cienfuegos

Vladimir Cruz

as Ramiro Valdés Menéndez

Alfredo de Quesada

as Israel Pardo

Jsu Garcia

as Jorge Sotus

Kahlil Méndez

as Leonardo Tamayo Núñez

Elvira Mínguez

as Celia Sánchez

Andres Munar

as Joel Iglesias Leyva

Julia Ormond

as Lisa Howard

Reviews

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 ter...

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