Che: Part One

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.

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

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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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