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• Guerrilla is the second film of Steven Soderbergh's Che series, a two-part biopic about Ernesto "Che" Guevara. While the first part of Che, titled The Argentine, focuses on Guevara's "successful insurgency" to overthrow Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, Guerrilla chronicles Che's 1967 "failed revolt" in Bolivia. The campaign, during which "everything went wrong," resulted in Guevara's execution.The New York Times: Soderbergh and Che, Provocateurs (May 23, 2008)

• Fast Facts

  1. Part two of the Che film series
  2. Che release date: December 2008 (limited)HR: Guerrilla epic "Che"... (September 11, 2008)
  3. Guerrilla release date: January 2009HR: Guerrilla epic "Che"... (September 11, 2008)
  4. Director: Steven Soderbergh
  5. Screenwriters: Peter Buchman and Benjamin A. van der Veen
  6. Distributor: IFC Films

• Film Information

  Che received an "underwhelming" response following its premiere at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In September of that year, however, IFC Films purchased the North American rights to Che for a "low seven-figures."HR: Guerrilla epic "Che"... (September 11, 2008)

  To qualify the film for a possible Academy Award nomination, IFC will release the four-hour Che in Los Angeles and New York City in December. Following that run, The Argentine and Guerrilla will be released individually in January 2009.HR: Guerrilla epic "Che"... (September 11, 2008)

  Benicio del Toro, who stars as Guevara in both The Argentine and Guerrilla, won a "Best Actor" prize at Cannes for his portrayal of the revolutionary.Yahoo! News/AFP: Soderbergh film... (September 5, 2008)

• Cast Information

  • Benicio del Toro]] as Che Guevara
  • Demian Bichir as Fidel Castro
  • Rodrigo Santoro as Raul Castro
  • Franka Potente as Tania

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