Steven Soderbergh's CHE stars Benicio Del Toro as Che Guevara, one of the important figures in the growing Cuban rebellion led by Fidel Castro (Demia¡n Bichir). The over-four-hour film will be presented in two parts: The first part charts how the two successfully built an underground army large enough to successfully overthrow the government of Fulgencio Batista, the second part focuses on Che's life in the years after the Cuban revolution.
PART ONE: The Argentine
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. This film tracks Che's rise in the Cuban Revolution, from doctor to commander to revolutionary hero.
PART TWO: Guerilla
After the Cuban Revolution, Che is at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears, re-emerging incognito in Bolivia, where he organizes a small group of Cuban comrades and Bolivian recruits to start the great Latin American Revolution.
The story of the Bolivian campaign is a tale of tenacity, sacrifice, idealism, and of guerrilla warfare that ultimately fails, bringing Che to his death. Through this story, we come to understand how Che remains a symbol of idealism and heroism that lives in the hearts of people around the world.
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Autor: Gast 05.01.2009
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Best known for his collaboration with director Pedro Almodóvar ( Live Flesh, Talk to Her, Volver ), Alberto Iglesias began scoring English-language films with the Oscar-nominated The Constant Gardener and The Kite Runner .
The Spanish composer\'s new score to Steve Soderberg\'s two-part biopic is an exceptional career high. Combining modernist, jazz and folk motifs and taut melodies with spare orchestration, dark instrumental colours (guitar, winds, horns, cellos), angular polyrhythms and brooding electronica, Iglesias creates an intricate and dense score of remarkable power, at once coolly formal and yet urgently lyrical. His mercurial shifts between the epic and the intimate infuse his astonishing score with a surprising historical sweep and psychological complexity. For all its effortless virtuosic experimentalism, Che possesses an extraordinary force and intensity.
Irish Times - JOCELYN CLARKE