4 best reincarnations in Che Guevara
On June 14, 1928, the famous Latin American revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara was born in Argentina. He inspired many artists with his life and struggles, including filmmakers who made biopics about him. Our selection includes 4 actors from different countries who have been in the role of Comandante. Remarkably, none of them were Argentinean. And which of them is the best - you decide!
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1. The 2004 film The Motorcycle Diaries, directed by Walter Salles, was nominated for various film awards over 40 times. This biographical picture is dedicated to the pre-revolutionary stage of Che Guevara's life.
2. In the role of Ernesto Guevara - Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal. And this is not the first time that Bernal had a chance to reincarnate as Che Guevara - the first time he played the Comandante two years earlier in the film "Fidel".
3. "Che" - a film directed by Steven Soderbergh in 2008, consists of two parts: about the revolutionary struggle in Cuba and the revolutionary struggle in Bolivia.
4. Actor from Puerto Rico Benicio del Toro received for this role of Ernesto Guevara the prize at Cannes and the Goya Award as the best actor.
5. The first film dedicated to Comandante was "Che!" directed by Richard Fleischner in 1969. The biography film covers the period of Che Guevara's life from the moment he first arrived in Cuba in 1956 until his death in the mountains of Bolivia in 1967.
6. And Ernesto played, oddly enough, an actor of Egyptian origin Omar Sharif.
7. The film with the already familiar name "Che" was shot by another director and screenwriter - Josh Evans in 2005. The plot of his plot is as follows: “Caught in Bolivia, Che is imprisoned, where he recalls the events of his life, the revolution and women ...”
8. In the role of Ernesto Guevara this time - the Spaniard Eduardo Noriega, accustomed to working with directors from different countries, in different countries and in different languages.
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