Sacrificio: Who Betrayed Che Guevara (2001) (TV)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Directors:

Erik Gandini
Tarik Saleh

Release Date:

17 January 2001 (Sweden)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

Who betrayed Che Guevara?

Plot:

The two young Swedish journalist's Erik Gandini and Tarik Saleh have worked one year with Sacrificio...

Plot Keywords:

CIA | Betrayal | Assassination | Revolutionary | Espionage

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Jon Lee Anderson	...	Himself
Ciro Bustos	...	Himself
Régis Debray	...	Himself
Erik Gandini	...	Himself
Pierre Kalfon	...	Himself
Gary Prado	...	Himself
Felix I. Rodriguez	...	Himself
Tarik Saleh	...	Himself
Mario Teran	...	Himself
Humberto Vázquez	...	Himself

Also Known As:

Sacrificio (short title)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

Sweden

Language:

English | Swedish | Spanish

Color:

Black and White | Color

Company:

Atmo Media Network

An eye opener

I have made quite a vast essay on the Cuban revolution in my last year at high school and I must say that this documentary has shown me things that go against everything I've read on the death of Che Guevara. The young filmmakers confront people the whole world had forgotten about and know to make them feel very uncomfortable. From time to time the film tends to use its images a tad manipulative, but I don't see that as a problem, after all, the world's most popular critical filmmaker Michael Moore has made a quite living out of giving coloured information. Sacrificio has some nice use of music (drum 'n bass) and images (often grainy footage, flashy use of older footage), sometimes giving the film the look of a video clip. A very important film, that everyone with even only a passing interest in Cuba should see.