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Che: A New Man

2010 · 124 min

A patient, intimate archival portrait that lets you sit close to a myth and see the man behind it.

Overview
The latest documentary by Tristan Bauer took 12 years to complete. It is a unique and invaluable historical document—a jewel not to be missed—that offers us a different, more intimate and personal, perspective on the life of Ernesto Che Guevara than other films about him that have emerged recently. Presenting brilliantly edited archival material, including private documents and intimate recordings that have never been made available to the public before (including recordings of Che reading poems by Vallejo and Neruda to his wife, intimate family gatherings on 8mm, a speech given by Che in French), Bauer allows us to see the iconic figure as a hero but also as the larger-than-life passionate and idealistic human being that he was.

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    • politics
    • memory
    • justice
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    adult
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    • true story
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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Tristán Bauer
    Written by
    Carolina Scaglione, Tristán Bauer
    Cinematography
    Javier Julia
    Runtime
    124 min
    Country
    Spain, Cuba, Argentina
    Languages
    Spanish

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