Natalie Portman (in Lanvin) arrives at the premiere of Che at the Palais des Festivals during the 2008 Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday in Cannes, France.
Che is one motion picture showing at Cannes, which rus over four hours long. It’s a combination of both Guerrilla and The Argentine, both directed by Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s franchise, Traffic and Erin Brokovich). Here are the plotlines:
Guerrilla: After the fall of Fulgencio Batista in Cuba, Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara (Benicio Del Toro) moved on to foment revolutions in Africa and South America, eventually being captured and killed by counter-insurgency rangers in the mountains of Bolivia, backed by the CIA.
The Argentine: In 1956, Che (Del Toro) and a band of Castro-led Cuban exiles mobilize an army to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.
