THE ASTOR REVIEW

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. Soderbergh’s two part epic drama is more a contemplation of the polar events that created both a great man and a firm myth than it is a biography of the individual. Showing both the positive and negative influences and actions that led to successful and failed revolution in Cuba and Bolivia respectively, Che is a poignant contribution to the shared history of many. A thoughtful, measured reflection on two very disparate but equally significant chapters in South American and Caribbean history. TJ

IMDB SYNOPSIS

In 1965, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara resigns from his Cuban government posts to secretly make his latest attempt to spread the revolution in Bolivia. After arriving in La Paz, Bolivia late in 1966, by 1967, Che with several Cuban volunteers, have raised a small guerrilla army to take on the militarist Bolivian movement. However, Che must face grim realities about his few troops and supplies, his failing health, and a local population who largely does not share his idealistic aspirations. As the US supported Bolivian army prepares to defeat him, Che and his beleaguered force struggle against the increasingly hopeless odds.