Seven years after his triumph in Cuba, Che winds up in Bolivia, where he tries to ignite the same revolutionary fires as before.
Acting
Del Toro's physical decay is hauntingly committed.
Cinematography
1.85:1 Academy ratio traps you in the jungle.
Direction
Soderbergh strips hero worship, delivers historical autopsy.
Director
Steven Soderbergh
Benicio del Toro
Ernesto Che Guevara
Carlos Bardem
Moisés Guevara
Demián Bichir
Fidel Castro
Joaquim de Almeida
President René Barrientos
Pablo Durán
Pacho (Alberto Fernández Montes de Oca)
Eduard Fernández
Ciro Algarañaz
Marc-André Grondin
Régis Debray
Óscar Jaenada
Darío (David Ardiazola)
Kahlil Méndez
Urbano (Leonardo Tamayo Núñez)
Cristian Mercado
Inti (Guido Peredo Liegue)
Jordi Mollà
Captain Mario Vargas
Gastón Pauls
Ciro Bustos
Jorge Perugorría
Joaquin (Juan Vitalo 'Vilo' Acuña)
Lou Diamond Phillips
Mario Monje
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Soderbergh shot Part Two first, using the grueling Bolivian shoot as a trial by fire for cast and crew before the comparatively luxurious Cuban sequences of Part One.
The film's commercial failure effectively killed the mid-budget adult bio-pic; Soderbergh later cited it as the moment he realized theatrical distribution was broken for challenging material.
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