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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Peter Buchman (screenplay)
Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (memoir "Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War")
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Release Date:
24 January 2009 (USA) more
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Plot:
In 1956, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (Benicio Del Toro) and a band of Castro-led Cuban exiles mobilize an army to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 8 nominations more
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Hard, Gritty and To the Point But Not In the Way You Expect more (52 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)

Benicio Del Toro ... Ernesto 'Che' Guevara

Demián Bichir ... Fidel Castro
Santiago Cabrera ... Camilo Cienfuegos
Vladimir Cruz ... Ramiro Valdés Menéndez

Alfredo De Quesada ... Israel Pardo

Jsu Garcia ... Jorge Sotús (as Jsu García)

Kahlil Mendez ... Leonardo Tamayo Núñez (as Kahlil Méndez)

Elvira Mínguez ... Celia Sánchez
Andres Munar ... Joel Iglesias Leyva (as Andrés Manuel Munar)

Julia Ormond ... Lisa Howard
Jorge Perugorría ... Vilo
Édgar Ramírez ... Ciro Redondo García (as Edgar Ramírez)
Victor Rasuk ... Rogelio Acevedo
Othello Rensoli ... Pombo

Armando Riesco ... Benigno

Catalina Sandino Moreno ... Aleida March
Roberto Santana ... Juan Almeida (as Roberto Luis Santana)
Norman Santiago ... Tuma

Rodrigo Santoro ... Raúl Castro

Unax Ugalde ... Vaquerito
Roberto Urbina ... Guile Pardo

Yul Vazquez ... Alejandro Ramírez (as Yul Vázquez)
Oscar Isaac ... Interpreter (as Óscar Isaac)
Pablo Guevara ... Dinner Guest #1
Franklin Díaz ... Dinner Guest #2
Armando Suárez Cobián ... Dinner Guest #3
María Isabel Díaz ... María Antonia
Mateo Gómez ... Cuban Diplomat #1

Ramon Fernandez ... Héctor (as Ramón Fernández)
Jose Caro ... Esteban (as José Caro)
Pedro Adorno ... Epifanío Díaz
Luis Rodriguez Sanchez ... Rebel Messenger #1 (as Luis Rodríguez Sánchez)

Marisé Alvarez ... Vilma Espín (as Marise Álvarez)
Christian Nieves ... Oñante Cantinflás
Liddy Paoli Lopez ... Quike Escalona (as Liddy Paoli López)
Francisco Cabrera ... Rebel Guide
Pedro Telémaco ... Eligio Mendoza (as Pedro Telemaco)
Milo Adorno ... Mario Leal (as Yamil Adorno)

Miguel Ángel Suárez ... Army Doctor
Juan Pedro Torriente ... Pedro Chape

Io Bottoms ... Make-Up Artist
Manuel Cabral ... Cuban Man at Bar #1
Oscar A. Colon ... Cuban Man at Bar #2 (as Óscar A. Colón)

Sam Robards ... Tad Szulc

Jay Potter ... Richard Hottelet
Stephen Mailer ... Paul Niven

René Lavan ... Cuban Diplomat #2 (as René Laván)

Octavio Gómez Berríos ... Otto (as Octavio Gómez Berrios)
Blanca Lissette Cruz ... María
Laura Andújar ... Laura
Georgina Borri ... Old Woman #1
Alejandro Renteria ... Umberto (as Alejandro Rentería)
Israel Lugo Graniela ... Omar
Bryant Huffman ... Cuervo
Euriamis Losada ... Carlos
Xavier Antonio Morales ... Esteban's Accomplice
José Luis Gutiérrez ... Polo
Jon DeVries ... Sen. Eugene McCarthy (as Jon De Vries)
Leslie Lyles ... Partygoer #1

Meg Gibson ... Partygoer #2

Alex Manette ... Partygoer #3
Elvis Nolasco ... Partygoer #4
Sheridan Lowell ... Partygoer #5
Eugenio Monclova ... Emilio Cabrera
Luis Gonzaga Hernandez ... Lalo Sardiñas (as Luis Gonzaga Hernández)
Jose A. Nieves ... Dr. Julio Martínez Páez (as José A. Nieves)

Joksan Ramos ... Raúl Chibás
Javier Ortiz ... Felipe Pazos
Luis Rosario ... Rebel Luis
Santa Fe Osmin Hernandez ... Gustavo (as Santa Fé Osmín Hernández)
Julio Cesar Morales ... Jesús (as Julio César Morales)
Leonardo Castro ... Army Medic
Oscar De La Fe Colon ... Bazooka Guy #1 (as Óscar De La Fé Colón)
Xaiex Arriaga ... Bazooka Guy #2

Monique Gabriela Curnen ... Secretary
P.J. Benjamin ... Captain Stanton

Al Espinosa ... Angry Demonstrator #1
Ana Maria Andricain ... Angry Demonstrator #2
Michael Countryman ... U.S. Ambassador Stevenson
Jorge Armando ... Enrique Acevedo

Aris Mejias ... Carmen (as Aris Mejías)

Carlitos Ruiz Ruiz ... Ventriloquist
Victoria Espinosa ... Old Woman #2
Joe Urla ... Nicaragua Ambassador
Diego Arria ... Venezuela Ambassador

Omar Rodríguez ... Panama Ambassador (as Oscar Chagall)
Eduardo Cortés ... Sánchez Mosquera
Joaquín Méndez ... Faustino Pérez
Pablo Venegas Colón ... René Ramos Latour
Jerry Nelson Soto ... Nico Torres
Jose Brocco ... Ovidio Díaz Rodríguez (as José Brocco)
Juan Carlos Arvelo ... Rolando Cubela
Roy Sánchez-Vahamondes ... Faure Chomón (as Roy Sánchez Vahamondes)
Yamil Collazo ... Enrique Oltuski
Alejandro Carpio ... Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo
Andres Santiago Bravo ... Hermes Peña Torres (as Andrés Santiago Bravo)
Aurelio Lima ... Victor Bordón Machado
Alba Caraballo ... Aleida's Friend
Doel Alicea ... Oltuski's Messenger
Rafa Alvarez ... Lieutenant Pérez Valencia (as Rafa Álvarez)

Jose Cotte ... Dr. Fernandez Mell (as José Cotte)
Naya Tanya Rivera ... Woman in Crowd

Néstor Rodulfo ... Miguel
Luis Alberto Garcia ... Colonel Joaquín Casillas Lumpuy (as Luis Alberto García)
Teofilo Torres ... Colonel Hernández (as Teófilo Torres)
Ernesto Faxas ... Fernández Suero
Ricardo Alvarez ... Antonio Jiménez (as Ricardo Álvarez)

Miguel Rodarte ... Man with Sledgehammer
Bruno Bichir ... Colonel Rojas
Rafael Simón ... Rebel Messenger #2
Gerardo Albarrán ... Police Officer
Guillermo Ríos ... Comandante Gómez Calderón
Victor Angulo Villacis ... Red Cross Worler
Fernando Gutiérrez Vargas ... Aide to Hernández
Ramiro Garza Balboa ... Man Greeting Che
Carmen Mahiques ... Cook at Cuban Embassy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Gerardo José Vega ... Cuban Rebel

Jorge Alberti ... Soldier Hector (uncredited)
Fernando Arroyo ... Soldier (uncredited)

Javier Bellido Cintron ... Soldier Jose (uncredited)

Lou D'Amato ... U.N. Delegate (uncredited)

Jonathan Fret ... Aleida's companion (uncredited)

Rebecca Merle ... Protestor at United Nations (uncredited)
Robert Myers ... U.N. Diplomat (uncredited)
Ragini Parmar ... Pakistan Ambassador (uncredited)

Alexandra Tejeda Rieloff ... U.N. Protester (uncredited)

Ken Sladyk ... Romanian Diplomat at U.N. (uncredited)

Susan Stewart ... Protester #2 (uncredited)
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Directed by
Steven Soderbergh 
 
Writing credits
(WGA)
Peter Buchman (screenplay)

Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (memoir "Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War")

Produced by
Belén Atienza .... executive producer
Álvaro Augustín .... executive producer (as Álvaro Augustin)
Pilar Benito .... associate producer
Laura Bickford .... producer
Frederic W. Brost .... executive producer
Brahim Chioua .... executive producer
Celia D. Costas .... line producer: New York (as Celia Costas)
Benicio Del Toro .... producer
Philip Elway .... executive producer
Gregory Jacobs .... executive producer
Alvaro Longoria .... executive producer (as Álvaro Longoria)
Vincent Maraval .... executive producer
Silvana Paternostro .... associate producer
Anna Roth .... line producer: Mexico
Cristina Zumárraga .... line producer
 
Original Music by
Alberto Iglesias 
 
Cinematography by
Steven Soderbergh  (as Peter Andrews)
 
Film Editing by
Pablo Zumárraga 
 
Casting by
Rodrigo Bellott 
J.C. Cantu 
Mary Vernieu 
 
Production Design by
Antxón Gómez 
 
Art Direction by
Laia Colet 
María Clara Notari (supervising art director)
 
Set Decoration by
Pilar Revuelta 
 
Costume Design by
Bina Daigeler 
 
Makeup Department
Barbara Cantu .... key hair stylist
Gloria Pasqua Casny .... hair department head
Antonio Garfias .... assistant makeup artist
Loretta James-Demasi .... key makeup artist
Katherine James .... makeup department head
Natasha Ladek .... wig maker: Benicio Del Toro
Isaac Lanado Chavira .... assistant makeup artist
Geraldine Lee .... assistant makeup artist
Ana López Puigcerver .... makeup department head
 
Production Management
Marian Briozzo .... post-production supervisor
Ellen Gordon .... production manager: PR (as Ellen S. Gordon)
Robin Le Chanu .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marcos González Palma .... dga trainee: Puerto Rico/Mexico
Yvette Gurza .... second assistant director
Gregory Jacobs .... first assistant director
Lynne Martin .... additional second assistant director
Jody Spilkoman .... key second assistant director
Basti Van Der Woude .... second assistant director
 
Art Department
Stuart Auld .... key scenic artist
Roberto Bonelli .... set designer
Charlie Bonilla .... construction foreman: Puerto Rico
Ezra Buenrostro .... assistant art director
Gladys Bustos .... assistant property master
Marsi Caraballo .... graphic designer
Rick Chavez .... assistant property master
Oscar A. Colom Cruz .... set dresser
Lizz Diaz .... art department assistant
Alisarine Ducolomb .... art department coordinator
Carlos Gamboa .... set designer
David J. Gonzalez .... assistant props
Juan Guallini Indij .... head greensman
Luis López-Baquero .... concept artist
Luis E. Maldonado .... set dresser
Alejandra Martinez .... scenic foreman
Georgie Miranda .... second greensman
Monica Monserrate .... assistant set decorator
Michael Panevics .... armourer
Armando Patino .... graphic designer: Mexico
Wilhem Perez .... painter
Andrew Petrotta .... property master
Moises Pineda .... production buyer
Raquel Medina Rampolla .... art department coordinator
 
Sound Department
Mark Appleby .... adr mixer
Tim Atkins .... adr recordist
Óscar Barros .... dialogue editor
Antonio Betancourt .... sound mixer
Mike Chock .... sound editor
Mark DeSimone .... adr mixer: New York
Nick Foley .... adr mixer
Martín García Blaya .... dialogue editor
Gabriel Gutiérrez .... supervising sound editor
Hugo Jeffreys .... adr recordist
Luis Antonio Landrau .... boom operator
Lucía Loiseau .... assistant dialogue editor
Mark A. Mangini .... sound editor
Mark A. Mangini .... sound re-recording mixer
Diego Martinez Rodriguez .... sound editor
Beauxregard Neylon .... adr mixer
Marc Orts .... dialogue mixer
Marc Orts .... sound
Hiraldo Pino .... boom operator
Hiraldo Pino .... sound
Iñaki Sanchez-Elvira .... foley editor
Billy Theriot .... assistant sound editor
Paul Tirone .... adr recordist
Eduardo Valverde .... boom operator
Rafael Jose Perez Veve .... sound
 
Special Effects by
Steve Austin .... special effects foreman
Charlie Bonilla .... special effects: Mexico
Charlie Bonilla .... special effects: Puerto Rico
Conor Coughlan .... special effects
Yves De Bono .... special effects foreman
John J. Downey .... special effects gangboss
Jesus G. Duran .... special effects foreman: Mexico
Ken Gorrell .... special effects
Werner Hahnlein .... special effects foreman
Kevin Hannigan .... special effects coordinator
G. Heath Hood .... special effects technician
Ken Tarallo .... special effects technician
Russell Tyrrell .... special effects technician
Kenneth Van Order .... special effects technician
Chris L. Ward .... special effects technician
 
Visual Effects by
Luis Blasco .... compositor
Luis Blasco .... digital compositor
Francesco Campobasso .... senior cgi artist
Aníbal del Busto .... digital compositor
Eduardo Díaz .... digital compositor
Sergio Garcia Abad .... computer graphics supervisor
Úrsula García .... visual effects producer
Pablo Hernández-Meléndez .... matchmover
Jesse Morrow .... visual effects artist
Guillermo Orbe .... digital compositor
Ramón Ramos .... digital compositor
Thorsten Rienth .... digital compositor
Rafa Solorzano .... visual effects supervisor
Carlos Trijueque .... digital compositor
Daniel Trujillo .... digital compositor
 
Stunts
Damian Achilles .... stunts
Brian Brown .... stunts
Jorge Casares .... stunt coordinator
Toby Holguin .... stunts
Jalil Jay Lynch .... stunt performer
Daniel Maldonado .... stunts
Jeff Medeiros .... stunts
Jimmy Ortega .... stunt double (stunt double: Benicio Del Toro)
Derrick Simmons .... stunts
Manny Siverio .... stunt coordinator
Paul Veluzat .... stunt driver
Eddie J. Fernandez .... stunt player (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Emanuel Carrión .... electrician
Leslie Colombani .... gaffer
Javier Cruzado .... additional grip
Sergio Delgado .... first assistant camera
Gary Jay .... camera operator
Laura Magruder .... still photographer
Santiago Benet Mari .... electrician
Abner Medina .... second assistant camera
Frank Norris .... camera trainee
Juan Pablo Ojeda .... assistant camera
Raymond Orraca .... best boy electric
Angel Pastrana .... key grip
Francisco Román .... camera grip
Naomi Villanueva .... second assistant camera
 
Casting Department
Patricia Alonso .... casting director: Puerto Rico
Ed Arenas .... casting: Florida
J.C. Cantu .... casting associate
Carla Hool .... casting director: Mexico
Eyra Aguero Joubert .... casting assistant
Ricardo Padula .... casting: Florida
Jesus Quinones .... casting assistant
Eliseo Ruiz .... casting assistant
Rodrigo Urbano .... casting associate
Francisco Veyro .... extras casting: Mexico
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ana Cuerda .... costume supervisor
Anette Czagany .... key costumer
Katalina Iturralde .... costume aging assistant
Glenn Gregory Krah .... set costumer
Edgar Molinos .... costumer
Gladyris Silva .... costume supervisor
 
Editorial Department
Matt Absher .... assistant editor
Corey Bayes .... assistant editor
Leigh Anne Bowles .... post-production coordinator
Jimmy Fusil .... digital intermediate producer
Nat Jencks .... first assistant editor
David Kirchner .... associate editor
Jesse Morrow .... on-line editor
Tim Stipan .... digital intermediate colorist
Michael P. Whipple .... digital intermediate engineer
Lee Wimer .... color timer
Virginia Llera .... assistant editor (uncredited)
Benjamin Sutor .... digital intermediate editor (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Isobel Griffiths .... orchestra contractor
 
Transportation Department
Arturo Curiel .... transportation coordinator: Mexico
Shane Greedy .... transportation coordinator
Luis A. Jurado .... transportation captain
Francisco 'Panchi' López-Franco .... assistant to picture car coordinator
Luis 'Cuba' Medina Sánchez .... driver
Manuel Murillo .... driver: cast
Alfonso Paredes .... driver
Josiuan Rojas .... transportation coordinator
 
Other crew
Jon Lee Anderson .... chief consultant
Jose Manuel Ballesteros .... craft service coordinator
Julie Bernards .... payroll accountant
Rino Bonavita .... accountant
Karla Bukantz .... production coordinator: Mexico
Mariarosa Calderon .... assistant accountant
Paola Cambo .... assistant location manager
Aarón I. Campos .... set production assistant
María de Orduña .... location assistant
James D. Dever .... military technical advisor
David Fencl .... armorer
Rey Figueroa .... location scout
Rey Figueroa .... set location manager
Jan Garcia .... business affairs
Kevin Hindley .... script clearance
Hannah M. Hinkel .... second assistant accountant
Jason Hinkel .... first assistant accountant
Dan Knight .... epk director
Sonya Lunsford .... production controller
Michelle Malley-Campos .... production assistant
Neyda Johana Mercado .... assistant production coordinator
Richie Mestre .... production assistant
Tom Minder .... first assistant military advisor
Cristina Ramiro Monroy .... production assistant
Sorely Muentes .... production assistant
Jedrek Oquendo .... production assistant
Jaime Ortiz de Artiñano .... business affairs
Jorge Pupo .... adr loop artist
Terry Quay .... assistant military advisor
Alejandro de Quesada .... historical consultant
Giancarlo Rebella .... location assistant: Puerto Rico
Vivian Rebella .... assistant location manager
Alfredo R. Robles Rodriguez .... production assistant
Horacio Rodríguez .... assistant location manager
Misael Rodriguez-Quijano .... production assistant
Chuck Rousseau .... armorer
Coraly Santaliz .... script supervisor
Spooky Stevens .... unit publicist
Sofia Tirado .... location manager
Karen S. Uphoff .... assistant location manager
Alejandro Uriegas .... location assistant
Axel Uriegas .... on-set production assistant
Fernando Uriegas .... location manager
José R. Varona .... on set medic
Eric Vega .... production coordinator
Nacha Zurinaga .... travel coordinator
Pablo Goldbarg .... language consultant (uncredited)
Weston Scott Higgins .... assistant military advisor (uncredited)
J.P. Pettinato .... consultant to producers (uncredited)
 
Thanks
Arancha R. De Buen .... thanks
Cristobal Garcia .... thanks
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Argentine (International: English title) (alternative title) (USA) (working title)
Che - 1ère partie - L'Argentin (France)
Che, el argentino (Spain: Castilian title)
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Runtime:
134 min
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Although Benicio Del Toro was always considered the absolute first choice to headline this film, Val Kilmer was considered as a secondary option to play Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara if Del Toro had not been available. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The film leads the viewer to believe that Guevara was hired as a mercenary and a combatant. In actuality, he was hired as a medic. It wasn't until he was seen running into battles that he became a combatant. more
Quotes:
Ernesto Che Guevara: Homeland or death! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Heroes Unmasked: Isaac (#1.18)" (2007) more
Soundtrack:
Basura more

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44 out of 54 people found the following review useful.
Hard, Gritty and To the Point But Not In the Way You Expect, 28 January 2009
9/10
Author: alexkolokotronis from Queens, New York

Che: Part One felt very complete and fulfilling. I found myself looking at Ernesto "Che" Guevara as a very well rounded person. Not as an ideological self fulfilling man but as an articulate man with thought out rational decisions as well as a man with many useful talents.

The acting of the cast all around was very good but Benicio Del Toro took the movie by storm but he did this in a very subtle way. His performance displayed how Che's spirit was able to superseded the hardships faced in the Cuban Revolution. It did not display any brutality or recklessness but a devotion to a cause. Del Toro's perforations was that worthy of an Oscar nomination but I don't think Che Guervara cared to much about awards.

The directing by Steven Soderbergh was visually stunning at times with much of the scenes shot in the forest. What kept the movie upbeat though were the scenes of Che in New York giving interviews and addressing the U.N. It added an extra layer to the film allowing you to see another side of Che. The side in which he shows his political and speaking abilities. The writing was very good with the dialog always keeping you engrossed. The music, though not much of it, was very good and stayed within rhythm of the rest of the film.

Overall the film succeeds in showing Che as a well rounded man never developing into oversimplified or unnecessarily complex portrayal of a man. The movie was very accurate and refused to take on a role of being inspiring or Hollywoodish which I enjoyed. The only problem with the film I had was that it seems to have a little too much of a feel of a war film rather than a biopic. Still I highly recommend this film.

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