CHE (Steven Soderberg, USA, 2008)

Quite calm meditation by Soderberg on Comandante Ernesto Che Guevara - out of 4 hours of screen time we stuck 85 percents in Cuban and Bolivian woods in guerilla mode, and most of the times director chooses to look at Che from rather unconventional angle: he's almost in spectator's mode, observing deeds and mistakes of his troops. Maybe it's to do with little filming period - Soderberg shot each part of 'Che' in 40 days. Neverthless, if you read the Guevara's diaries on which the films were based (I most certainly did), you wouldn't expect action bonanza. But Del Toro's acting and presence lifted film's power, and after watching this you may feel as blessed as some Bolivian peasants after meeting Comandante - "Was it really Che Guevara? Did I really shook his hand?"