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CANNES, France: Revolutionary idol Ernesto “Che” Guevara stormed
into Cannes in a more than four-hour movie offered up by
Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh, dissecting the rise and
fall of the world’s most celebrated guerrilla leader.
“I was drawn to Che,” the US director said
in production notes, “not only because his life reads like an
adventure story, but because I am fascinated by the technical
challenges that go along with implementing any large-scale political
idea.”
Che the movie, running exactly four hours 28
minutes, is a two-part epic about two very distinct chapters in
Guevara’s life that are destined to be released separately.
It won applause from weary film festival
critics, who were dished up the entire movie at a late-night
screening Wednesday—placated by an intermission sandwich bag and
KitKats.
But they emerged overwhelmed by the performance
of Oscar-winning Benicio Del Toro, the Puerto Rican-born 41-year-old
sometimes known as the “Spanish Brad Pitt.
-- AFP
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