The Argentine
Spain / France / USA,
2008, 126 min
Directed by:
Steven SoderberghScreenplay:
Peter BuchmanComposer:
Alberto IglesiasCast:
Benicio Del Toro, Julia Ormond, Oscar Isaac, Edgar Ramirez, Santiago Cabrera, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Yul Vazquez, Victor Rasuk, Jsu Garcia, Demián Bichir (more)Plots(1)
First instalment of Steven Soderbergh's political drama starring Benicio del Toro as iconic revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, based on the memoirs of Guevara. The film follows events in late 1950s Cuba, when Che and a band of Cuban exiles led by Fidel Castro (Demian Bichir) set out for Cuba from Mexico and, over the next two years, mobilise an army in order to topple the US-supported dictatorship of Fulgenzio Batista. (StudioCanal UK)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Goya Awards
- 2009 - Benicio Del Toro (Best Actor)
- 2009 - Antxón Gómez (Best Art Direction)
- 2009 - Peter Buchman (Best Adapted Screenplay)
- 2009 - Alberto Iglesias (Best Original Score)
- 2009 - Best Production Supervision
Cannes Film Festival
- 2008 - Benicio Del Toro (Best Actor)
- 2008 - Steven Soderbergh (Golden Palm - Official Competition)