Description

50 years after his death, the film embarks on a journey to deconstruct Che Guevara’s heroic guerillero’s myth. With on-camera testimonies, previously unseen documents and little known archival footage, this is the story of a man trapped by his own legend.


From his hagiographies to his caricatures, Che was the main author behind his own legend. Cinema-lover, writer, photographer, he continually staged his life to build the myth that would survive him.


Casting a spotlight on his family, his work or his fights, he became one of the leading figures of Revolution across the globe. He even exposed his own darker self. From battle dress to shaggy beard and Cuban cigar on his lips, he forged the image of the noble, yet grimy guerillero and seized his own image of a firebrand ready to plunge the world into the fire.

Casting a spotlight on his family, his work or his fights, he became one of the leading figures of Revolution across the globe. He even exposed his own darker self. From battle dress to shaggy beard and Cuban cigar on his lips, he forged the image of the noble, yet grimy guerillero and seized his own image of a firebrand ready to plunge the world into the fire.