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Che: Rise and Fall

2009 · 60 min

A sober, talk-driven historical documentary that moves at a reflective pace, built on testimony and archival footage rather than drama.

Overview
Che: Rise and Fall, was entirely shot in Cuba at the time the remains of the legendary warrior were being airlifted from Bolivia to his final resting place in Santa Clara. The documentary brings out, for the first time, the voice of his brothers in arms in Sierra Maestra, Congo and Bolivia. But above all, that of Alberto Granados with whom the young CHE Guevara rode on a motorcycle out of Argentina on a trip that will end, tragically, sixteen years later in the jungles of Bolivia.

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    Themes
    • memory
    • death
    • politics
    • betrayal
    • identity
    Places
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    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
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    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism9
    Romance1
    Tension3
    Darkness5
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary, history
    Directed by
    Eduardo Montes-Bradley
    Starring
    Alberto Castellanos, Alberto Granados, Argudin Mendoza, Enrique Oltuski, Enrique Villegas
    Runtime
    60 min
    Languages
    Spanish

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