

I went to the theater earlier this week and watched "CHE", the documentary of the world's most controversial revolutionist, Ernesto Guevara. While watching the movie I was surprised to realize that the movie was based on a book I read more than ten years ago: El Che, 800 pages of fine print, a collection of Guevara's detailed diaries during the guerilla war in Cuba. Back then I devoured the book page after page and couldn't stop wondering whether he was hero or predator, humanitarian or terrorist, philanthropist or assassin. One thing's for sure: Noone could have portrayed Che (=Ernesto Guevara) better than Benicio del Toro. Not only is he an amazing actor and deserves another Academy Award for his performance, but the physical resemblance to the real Che is striking (see pictures). Real disappointing though was Demian Bichir's performance as Fidel Castro. He projects very little and looks like a character with a timid personality, not like the leader of the Cuban revolution. Bichir is a well-known actor in Mexico and should have done a lot better. In any case, this movie is all about Benicio del Toro, real outstanding, don't miss it. And this was just the first part! I mentioned the flick in my lessons and got tons of questions concerning Ernesto "Che" Guevara: 1. Q: Why does everybody call him "Che"? (his real name is Ernesto) A: In Argentina people have a habit of saying "che" in between sentences, it could be translated as "well", a kind of filler. Hence, the nickname. 2. Q: Che was Argentine. Why in the world did he fight in the Cuban revolution? A: He was traveling across Latin America, from the South (Argentina) to the North (Mexico). It was in Mexico where he met Fidel Castro and together they planned and later achieved the Cuban Revolution. 3. Q: After the revolution was accomplished Che left Cuba. Why? A: Noone knows for sure and accounts differ considerably. The most credible version is that he stopped getting along with Fidel. The latter slowly, gradually turned into a power-hungry dictator. The Cubans, basically, had traded one dictator (Batista) for another (Castro). Bye-bye revolution. Che left, went to Congo, Africa to stage his next revolution, was bitterly disappointed by the lacking team-spirit of the Congolese, went on to Bolivia to fight another guerilla war and was eventually killed. He was 39 years old.
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