Che: Part One

War, History, Biography

Julia Ormond	Lisa Howard
Benicio Del Toro	Ernesto Che Guevara
Rodrigo Santoro	Raúl Castro
María Isabel Díaz	María Antonia
Demián Bichir	Fidel Castro
Ramón Fernández	Hector
Yul Vazquez	Alejandro Ramirez
Jose Caro	Esteban
Pedro Adorno	Epifanío Díaz
Jsu Garcia	Jorge Sotus
Santiago Cabrera	Camilo Cienfuegos
Roberto Santana	Juan Almeida
Vladimir Cruz	Ramiro Valdés Menéndez
Marisé Alvarez	Vilma Espín
Jorge Perugorría	Vilo

Director	Steven Soderbergh
Producer	Gregory Jacobs; Steven Soderbergh
Writer	Peter Buchman; Ernesto Guevara

We first meet Ernesto Che Guevara (Benicio Del Toro) in Mexico, having dinner with no other than Fidel Castro (Demián Bichir). The future communist leader of Cuba convinces the young doctor to join his cause: to topple the unpopular regime of general Batista and take over power in Havana. After this, the story follows Che during the years of guerilla warfare in jungle, full of hardship, danger and death. He starts from the bottom, almost alone, but as time progresses and rebels are joined by more and more opressed peasants Che rises through the ranks.