Che: Part One (2008)
| Release Date | 21 May 2008 |
| Budget | $30,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $2,000,000 |
| Genre | Biography, Drama, History, War |
| Country | FranceSpainUSA |
| Filming Locations | Campeche, Mexico |
| Language | English, Spanish |
| Sound Mix | DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS |
| Color | Black and White, Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Biopic [feature] |
| Niche Genre | Historical Film |
| Mood | Food for Thought |
| Themes | Political Unrest, Fighting the System |
| Tones | Stylized, Gritty, Matter-of-Fact, Cerebral, Sweeping |
| Tags | Cuba, Doctor, Jungle, Revolution |
Che is a two-part 2008 biopic about Ernesto 'Che' Guevara directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Benicio del Toro. 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 on Cuba to their successful toppling of the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista two years later. Part Two is entitled Guerrilla and focuses on Guevara's attempt to bring revolution to Bolivia and his demise. Both parts are shot in a cinéma vérité style, but each has different approaches to linear narrative, camerawork, and the visual look.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Vladimir Cruz
Ramiro Valdés Menéndez
Alfredo De Quesada
Israel Pardo
Kahlil Mendez
Leonardo Tamayo Núñez
Elvira Mínguez
Celia Sánchez
Andres Munar
Joel Iglesias Leyva
Jorge Perugorría
Vilo
Othello Rensoli
Pombo
Roberto Santana
Juan Almeida
Norman Santiago
Tuma
Roberto Urbina
Guile Pardo
Pablo Guevara
Dinner Guest #1
Franklin Díaz
Dinner Guest #2
Armando Suárez Cobián
Dinner Guest #3
María Isabel Díaz
María Antonia
Mateo Gómez
Cuban Diplomat #1
Ramon Fernandez
Héctor
Jose Caro
Esteban
Pedro Adorno
Epifanío Díaz
Luis Rodriguez Sanchez
Rebel Messenger #1
Marisé Alvarez
Vilma Espín
Christian Nieves
Oñante Cantinflás
Liddy Paoli Lopez
Quike Escalona
Francisco Cabrera
Rebel Guide
Pedro Telémaco
Eligio Mendoza
Milo Adorno
Mario Leal
Juan Pedro Torriente
Pedro Chape
Manuel Cabral
Cuban Man at Bar #1
Oscar A. Colon
Cuban Man at Bar #2
Jay Potter
Richard Hottelet
Stephen Mailer
Paul Niven
René Lavan
Cuban Diplomat #2
Octavio Gómez Berríos
Otto
Blanca Lissette Cruz
María
Laura Andújar
Laura
Georgina Borri
Old Woman #1
Alejandro Renteria
Umberto
Israel Lugo Graniela
Omar
Bryant Huffman
Cuervo
Euriamis Losada
Carlos
Xavier Antonio Morales
Esteban's Accomplice
José Luis Gutiérrez
Polo
Jon DeVries
Sen. Eugene McCarthy
Leslie Lyles
Partygoer #1
Elvis Nolasco
Partygoer #4
Sheridan Lowell
Partygoer #5
Eugenio Monclova
Emilio Cabrera
Luis Gonzaga Hernandez
Lalo Sardiñas
Jose A. Nieves
Dr. Julio Martínez Páez
Joksan Ramos
Raúl Chibás
Luis Rosario
Rebel Luis
Santa Fe Osmin Hernandez
Gustavo
Julio Cesar Morales
Jesús
Leonardo Castro
Army Medic
Oscar De La Fe Colon
Bazooka Guy #1
Xaiex Arriaga
Bazooka Guy #2
P.J. Benjamin
Captain Stanton
Al Espinosa
Angry Demonstrator #1
Ana Maria Andricain
Angry Demonstrator #2
Michael Countryman
U.S. Ambassador Stevenson
Jorge Armando
Enrique Acevedo
Aris Mejias
Carmen
Carlitos Ruiz Ruiz
Ventriloquist
Victoria Espinosa
Old Woman #2
Diego Arria
Venezuela Ambassador
Omar Rodríguez
Panama Ambassador
Eduardo Cortés
Sánchez Mosquera
Joaquín Méndez
Faustino Pérez
Pablo Venegas Colón
René Ramos Latour
Jerry Nelson Soto
Nico Torres
Jose Brocco
Ovidio Díaz Rodríguez
Juan Carlos Arvelo
Rolando Cubela
Roy Sánchez-Vahamondes
Faure Chomón
Yamil Collazo
Enrique Oltuski
Alejandro Carpio
Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo
Andres Santiago Bravo
Hermes Peña Torres
Aurelio Lima
Victor Bordón Machado
Alba Caraballo
Aleida's Friend
Doel Alicea
Oltuski's Messenger
Rafa Alvarez
Lieutenant Pérez Valencia
Jose Cotte
Dr. Fernandez Mell
Naya Tanya Rivera
Woman in Crowd
Néstor Rodulfo
Miguel
Luis Alberto Garcia
Colonel Joaquín Casillas Lumpuy
Teofilo Torres
Colonel Hernández
Ernesto Faxas
Fernández Suero
Ricardo Alvarez
Antonio Jiménez
Miguel Rodarte
Man with Sledgehammer
Rafael Simón
Rebel Messenger #2
Gerardo Albarrán
Police Officer
Guillermo Ríos
Comandante Gómez Calderón
Victor Angulo Villacis
Red Cross Worler
Fernando Gutiérrez Vargas
Aide to Hernández
Ramiro Garza Balboa
Man Greeting Che
Carmen Mahiques
Cook at Cuban Embassy
Jorge Alberti
Soldier Hector
Fernando Arroyo
Soldier
Lou D'Amato
U.N. Delegate
Jonathan Fret
Aleida's companion
Robert Myers
U.N. Diplomat
Ragini Parmar
Pakistan Ambassador
Alexandra Tejeda Rieloff
U.N. Protester
Ken Sladyk
Romanian Diplomat at U.N.
Susan Stewart
Protester #2
Director
Writer
Peter Buchman
Producer
Belén Atienza
executive producer
Álvaro Augustín
executive producer
Pilar Benito
associate producer
Laura Bickford
producer
Frederic W. Brost
executive producer
Brahim Chioua
executive producer
Celia D. Costas
line producer: New York
Philip Elway
executive producer
Gregory Jacobs
executive producer
Alvaro Longoria
executive producer
Vincent Maraval
executive producer
Silvana Paternostro
associate producer
Anna Roth
line producer: Mexico
Cristina Zumárraga
line producer
Original Music
Alberto Iglesias
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Cinematographer
Editor
Pablo Zumárraga
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Casting Director
Rodrigo Bellott
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J.C. Cantu
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Mary Vernieu
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Production Designer
Antxón Gómez
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Art Director
Laia Colet
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María Clara Notari
Set Decorator
Pilar Revuelta
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Costume Designer
Bina Daigeler
Makeup Department
Barbara Cantu
key hair stylist
Gloria Pasqua Casny
hair department head
Antonio Garfias
assistant makeup artist
Loretta James-Demasi
key makeup artist
Katherine James
makeup department head
Natasha Ladek
wig maker: Benicio Del Toro
Isaac Lanado Chavira
assistant makeup artist
Geraldine Lee
assistant makeup artist
Ana López Puigcerver
makeup department head
Production Manager
Marian Briozzo
post-production supervisor
Ellen Gordon
production manager: PR
Robin Le Chanu
production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marcos González Palma
dga trainee: Puerto Rico/Mexico
Yvette Gurza
second assistant director
Gregory Jacobs
first assistant director
Lynne Martin
additional second assistant director
Jody Spilkoman
key second assistant director
Basti Van Der Woude
second assistant director
Art Department
Stuart Auld
key scenic artist
Roberto Bonelli
set designer
Charlie Bonilla
construction foreman: Puerto Rico
Ezra Buenrostro
assistant art director
Gladys Bustos
assistant property master
Marsi Caraballo
graphic designer
Rick Chavez
assistant property master
Oscar A. Colom Cruz
set dresser
Lizz Diaz
art department assistant
Alisarine Ducolomb
art department coordinator
Carlos Gamboa
set designer
David J. Gonzalez
assistant props
Juan Guallini Indij
head greensman
Luis E. Maldonado
set dresser
Alejandra Martinez
scenic foreman
Georgie Miranda
second greensman
Monica Monserrate
assistant set decorator
Armando Patino
graphic designer: Mexico
Wilhem Perez
painter
Andrew Petrotta
property master
Moises Pineda
production buyer
Raquel Medina Rampolla
art department coordinator
Sound Department
Tim Atkins
adr recordist
Óscar Barros
dialogue editor
Antonio Betancourt
sound mixer
Mike Chock
sound editor
Mark DeSimone
adr mixer: New York
Nick Foley
adr mixer
Martín García Blaya
dialogue editor
Gabriel Gutiérrez
supervising sound editor
Hugo Jeffreys
adr recordist
Luis Antonio Landrau
boom operator
Lucía Loiseau
assistant dialogue editor
Mark A. Mangini
sound editor, sound re-recording mixer
Beauxregard Neylon
adr mixer
Marc Orts
dialogue mixer, sound
Hiraldo Pina
sound, boom operator
Iñaki Sanchez-Elvira
foley editor
Billy Theriot
assistant sound editor
Eduardo Valverde
boom operator
Rafael Jose Perez Veve
sound
Special Effects
Steve Austin
special effects foreman
Charlie Bonilla
special effects: Puerto Rico, special effects: Mexico
Conor Coughlan
special effects
Yves De Bono
special effects foreman
John J. Downey
special effects gangboss
Jesus G. Duran
special effects foreman: Mexico
Ken Gorrell
special effects
Werner Hahnlein
special effects foreman
Kevin Hannigan
special effects coordinator
Heath Hood
special effects technician
Ken Tarallo
special effects technician
Russell Tyrrell
special effects technician
Kenneth Van Order
special effects technician
Chris L. Ward
special effects technician
Visual Effects
Luis Blasco
digital compositor, compositor
Francesco Campobasso
senior cgi artist
Aníbal Del Busto
digital compositor
Eduardo Díaz
digital compositor
Sergio Garcia Abad
computer graphics supervisor
Úrsula García
visual effects producer
Pablo Hernández-Meléndez
matchmover
Guillermo Orbe
digital compositor
Ramón Ramos
digital compositor
Thorsten Rienth
digital compositor
Rafa Solorzano
visual effects supervisor
Carlos Trijueque
digital compositor
Daniel Trujillo
digital compositor
Stunts
Damian Achilles
stunts
Brian Brown
stunts
Jorge Casares
stunt coordinator
Toby Holguin
stunts
Jalil Jay Lynch
stunt performer
Daniel Maldonado
stunts
Jeff Medeiros
stunts
Jimmy Ortega
stunt double
Manny Siverio
stunt coordinator
Paul Veluzat
stunt driver
Camera and Electrical Department
Emanuel Carrión
electrician
Leslie Colombani
gaffer
Sergio Delgado
first assistant camera
Gary Jay
camera operator
Santiago Benet Mari
electrician
Abner Medina
second assistant camera
Frank Norris
camera trainee
Juan Pablo Ojeda
assistant camera
Raymond Orraca
best boy electric
Angel Pastrana
key grip
Francisco Román
camera grip
Naomi Villanueva
second assistant camera
Casting Department
Patricia Alonso
casting director: Puerto Rico
Ed Arenas
casting: Florida
J.C. Cantu
casting associate
Carla Hool
casting director: Mexico
Eyra Aguero Joubert
casting assistant
Ricardo Padula
casting: Florida
Jesus Quinones
casting assistant
Rodrigo Urbano
casting associate
Francisco Veyro
extras casting: Mexico
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ana Cuerda
costume supervisor
Anette Czagany
key costumer
Katalina Iturralde
costume aging assistant
Glenn Gregory Krah
set costumer
Edgar Molinos
costumer
Gladyris Silva
costume supervisor
Editorial Department
Matt Absher
assistant editor
Corey Bayes
assistant editor
Leigh Anne Bowles
post-production coordinator
Jimmy Fusil
digital intermediate producer
Nat Jencks
first assistant editor
David Kirchner
associate editor
Tim Stipan
digital intermediate colorist
Michael P. Whipple
digital intermediate engineer
Lee Wimer
color timer
Music Department
Isobel Griffiths
orchestra contractor
Transportation Department
Arturo Curiel
transportation coordinator: Mexico
Shane Greedy
transportation coordinator
Luis A. Jurado
transportation captain
Francisco 'Panchi' López-Franco
assistant to picture car coordinator
Alfonso Paredes
driver
Josiuan Rojas
transportation coordinator
Other Crew
Jon Lee Anderson
chief consultant
Jose Manuel Ballesteros
craft service coordinator
Julie Bernards
payroll accountant
Rino Bonavita
accountant
Karla Bukantz
production coordinator: Mexico
Paola Cambo
assistant location manager
Aarón I. Campos
set production assistant
María De Orduña
location assistant
James D. Dever
military technical advisor
David Fencl
armorer
Kevin Hindley
script clearance
Hannah M. Hinkel
second assistant accountant
Jason Hinkel
first assistant accountant
Sonya Lunsford
production controller
Michelle Malley-Campos
production assistant
Neyda Johana Mercado
assistant production coordinator
Tom Minder
first assistant military advisor
Cristina Ramiro Monroy
production assistant
Sorely Muentes
production assistant
Jedrek Oquendo
production assistant
Terry Quay
assistant military advisor
Alejandro de Quesada
historical consultant
Giancarlo Rebella
location assistant: Puerto Rico
Vivian Rebella
assistant location manager
Alfredo R. Robles Rodriguez
production assistant
Horacio Rodríguez
assistant location manager
Misael Rodriguez-Quijano
production assistant
Chuck Rousseau
armorer
Coraly Santaliz
script supervisor
Spooky Stevens
unit publicist
Sofia Tirado
location manager
Karen S. Uphoff
assistant location manager
Alejandro Uriegas
location assistant
Axel Uriegas
on-set production assistant
Fernando Uriegas
location manager
José R. Varona
on set medic
Eric Vega
production coordinator
Nacha Zurinaga
travel coordinator
Pablo Goldbarg
language consultant
Weston Scott Higgins
assistant military advisor
Thanks
Arancha R. De Buen
thanks
Cristobal Garcia
thanks
Production Company
Estudios Picasso
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Laura Bickford Productions
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Morena Films
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Section Eight
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Telecinco
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Wild Bunch
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Distributor
IFC Films
Alfa Films
Europa Filmes
Filmware International
GAGA Communications
Nikkatsu
Optimum Releasing
Paradise Group
Paramount
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SPI International
SPI International
Scanbox Entertainment AB
Scanbox Entertainment
Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE)
Warner Bros.
Miscellaneous
1 Force
military technical advisors
AdeQ Historical Archives & Services
historical photographs
CTT
grip and lighting equipment
Continental Entertainment Group (CEG)
funding
Dolby Laboratories
sound mix
IndieClear
script clearance
Packair Airfreight
international logistics
Red Digital Cinema
camera equipment provided by
Varèse Sarabande
soundtrack
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