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Ernesto "Che" Guevara-The Bolivian Diary
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"An understated, stunningly effective portrait." Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Just over 30 years ago, on October 9, 1967, Che Guevara was executed by the Bolivian army, aided by the CIA. Guevara's diary, a detailed, personal account of his futile 11-month attempt to spark a revolution in Bolivia, is the basis for Richard Dindo's intimate portrait. Che's relationship with the mysterious Tania, his betrayal, his constant battle with asthma and his distress at the death of his comrades are recounted and interspersed with interviews with Bolivians who met Che during those final days. "An understated, stunningly effective portrait. A stubborn ideologue, Fidel Castro's comrade-in-arms and later Cuba's Minister of Industry, Guevara abandons his family and high position in 1965 for a shaky dream of permanent revolution, first in Zaire and later in Bolivia. But he sinks into catastrophe... We get all this in Guevara's own words: terse, lean, worried, and empty of the brutality or bravado some may expect. A story stronger than myth, deeper than romance." -- Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
(France, Switzerland, in English with some subtitles, 94 min.)
Classification: TBA
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