CHE MOVIE
, PART ONE: JANUARY 1
Che Movie
was A
labour of love
for Academy Award-winning director,
Steven Soderbergh
(TRAFFIC, OCEAN’S ELEVEN)
CHE
features a career defining performance from
Benicio del Toro
(SIN CITY, TRAFFIC) in the title role in Che Movie which won the
Best Actor Award
at the Cannes Film Festival 2008 for his role in Che Movie.
Che Movie is the first film in
Steven Soderbergh
's two-part
Che Guevara
epic tracks the charismatic revolutionary as he joins Fidel Castro's band of Cuban exiles and
journeys
to the island on a leaky boat in 1956. From these humble beginnings, the small team of rebels mobilise popular support and recruit an army which will ultimately topple the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista, while
Che
himself undergoes a transformation from a simple doctor to one of the most iconic political figures of the modern age.
Part 1 of Che Movie is in UK Cinemas from January 1 2009. Part 2 of Che Movie is in Cinemas February 2009
Advanced previews of Che Movie
part 1 along with
Che Movie
part 2 can be seen at selected UK Cinemas only on January 1. Che Movie is released by Optimum Pictures
