Che: Part Two

"The untold story of his final revolution"

2008 2h 15m EN

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Seven years after his triumph in Cuba, Che winds up in Bolivia, where he tries to ignite the same revolutionary fires as before.

“The untold story of his final revolution”

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Cast

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)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Steven Soderbergh
Writers: Terrence Malick, Benjamin A. Van Der Veen, Peter Buchman
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America, Spain, France

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $58M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Earned back only 15% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: United States of America, Spain, France.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Che Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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311+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Steven Soderbergh, shot by Steven Soderbergh. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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The take

Steven Soderbergh directs. Steven Soderbergh behind the camera. Alberto Iglesias scores. Pablo Zumárraga cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America, Spain, France. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

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1Mid-budget at $58M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Earned back only 15% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
3Released 18 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
5International production across 3 countries: United States of America, Spain, France.
6Part of the "Che Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
7311+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
8Directed by Steven Soderbergh, shot by Steven Soderbergh. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
9Original score by Alberto Iglesias. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
10Editor Pablo Zumárraga shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
11Benicio del Toro and Carlos Bardem and Demián Bichir carry the top of the cast.
12Marketing tagline: "The untold story of his final revolution".
13IMDB entry: tt0374569 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
14Released under 17 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Steven Soderbergh
Original score: Alberto Iglesias
Editing: Pablo Zumárraga
Production design: Antxón Gómez
Costume design: Bina Daigeler
Makeup / hair: Nacho Díaz
VFX supervisor: Rafa Solórzano
Sound: Larry Blake
Stunt coordinator: Jordi Casares
Runtime: 135 min · 2h 15m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $58,000,000
Box office: $8,638,163
Return: 15% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Che: Part Two (2008)

Part of

Che Collection

Che is a two-part 2008 biopic about Argentine Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Rather than follow a standard chronological order, the films offer an oblique series of interspersed moments along the overall timeline. Part One is entitled The Argentine and focuses on the Cuban Revolution from the landing of Fidel Castro, Guevara, and other revolutionaries in Cuba to their successful toppling of Fulgencio Batista's dictatorship two years later. Part Two is entitled Guerrilla and focuses on Guevara's attempt to bring revolution to Bolivia and his demise.

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CinemaSerf2024-04-25
★ 6/10
Picking up from his part in the successful installation of the Castro government in Cuba, Guevara (Benicio Del Toro) has moved around the South American continent a bit before ending up in Bolivia where he and a few faithful followers decide to mobilise the miners in the south of the country against the leadership of President Barrientos. What's clear fairly quickly here is that his forces are smaller, much less well equipped and fighting a foe far more adept at his kind of warfare. This is much more of a documentary-style presentation from Steven Soderbergh and I found it really quite a dry chronology that portrayed Guevara as a sort of serial revolutionary. A man of principal, yes, but also one who increasingly became unwilling to consider that his might not be the only way to solve a problem. Also, his antagonist in Bolivia also knew well how to engender support from the "campaniles", many of whom had elected him in the first place. There appears to be much more speculation in this, too, and I found it struggled to maintain it's momentum as at times it bordered on the look of a spaghetti western. It illustrates well the gap between rich and poor, but here his philosophy is not so clearly defined - it's as if he always needs some sort of cause, regardless of his appreciation of what these people actually wanted or needed. The acting is really neither here nor there, and the dialogue suffers from audio issues when set amidst the dense jungle environment. I think this could easily have been condensed down and added to Part One. Interesting, but not great, and it doesn't really tell us very much about the man at all.

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