1 00:00:18,095 --> 00:00:22,658 So they wanna get a sound level. Could you say something? 2 00:00:23,401 --> 00:00:25,301 Translate, boy. What did she say? 3 00:00:25,870 --> 00:00:28,465 Sorry? I wanna get a sound level. 4 00:00:29,975 --> 00:00:33,706 Could you say something into the microphone? 5 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:37,376 One, two, three... 6 00:00:39,885 --> 00:00:42,217 Is that where you're gonna sit? 7 00:00:42,387 --> 00:00:44,083 Unless you'd like me to move. 8 00:00:44,257 --> 00:00:46,782 That's a good place. As long as that's it, that's fine. 9 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:49,155 Okay, we're set. 10 00:00:52,732 --> 00:00:55,724 What if recent United States efforts 11 00:00:55,902 --> 00:00:59,099 to help the Latin American people are successful? 12 00:00:59,272 --> 00:01:03,368 If the ruling classes agreed to land reforms and tax reforms, 13 00:01:03,543 --> 00:01:05,512 if the standard of living could be raised, 14 00:01:05,679 --> 00:01:10,776 wouldn't the message of the Cuban revolution lose its power? 15 00:02:16,920 --> 00:02:21,152 Do what you want, but don't mess with the Americans. 16 00:02:21,426 --> 00:02:25,362 It's pretty simple. All we have to do 17 00:02:25,530 --> 00:02:27,828 is organize a coup. 18 00:02:27,999 --> 00:02:32,800 What did Batista do? He led a coup and took power in one day. 19 00:02:32,971 --> 00:02:36,269 The main issue is to control power. The rest is nonsense. 20 00:02:36,441 --> 00:02:39,673 It's not about taking power, but knowing what to do with it. 21 00:02:39,845 --> 00:02:43,747 - That's right. - That coup must be based on principles. 22 00:02:45,150 --> 00:02:48,711 Let's eat. Fidel is late. 23 00:02:50,422 --> 00:02:52,721 Argentine! Could you give me a hand? 24 00:02:53,692 --> 00:02:57,924 It's not about making concessions but establishing conditions. 25 00:03:11,812 --> 00:03:15,145 - Sorry I'm late. - It's about time! 26 00:03:15,449 --> 00:03:18,576 Good evening. Sorry I'm late. 27 00:03:23,224 --> 00:03:24,816 This is Ernesto. 28 00:03:25,526 --> 00:03:27,858 - The Argentine doctor. - Pleased to meet you. 29 00:03:28,028 --> 00:03:30,589 - My pleasure. - Let's eat! 30 00:03:31,933 --> 00:03:35,892 Twenty percent of all Cubans are permanently unemployed. 31 00:03:36,537 --> 00:03:42,773 One-point-five percent of the landowners control 46 percent of the land. 32 00:03:44,479 --> 00:03:49,076 Half the population has no electricity. Over half live in bohios. 33 00:03:51,020 --> 00:03:53,510 Sorry, what's a bohio? 34 00:03:54,123 --> 00:03:55,920 What's a bohio in Argentina? 35 00:03:56,092 --> 00:03:58,060 A shack. 36 00:03:58,261 --> 00:04:01,287 Thirty-seven percent can't read or write. 37 00:04:02,232 --> 00:04:05,132 Infant mortality is through the roof. 38 00:04:05,301 --> 00:04:06,928 What's more, 39 00:04:07,370 --> 00:04:10,898 while the thugs of the dictatorship 40 00:04:11,073 --> 00:04:13,803 gun down anyone who speaks out, 41 00:04:13,977 --> 00:04:16,810 most corrupt officials 42 00:04:16,980 --> 00:04:20,143 steal hundreds of millions of dollars from the public treasury 43 00:04:20,317 --> 00:04:23,582 and deposit it into U.S. and European banks. 44 00:04:23,754 --> 00:04:26,416 It's the same in all Latin American countries. 45 00:04:26,624 --> 00:04:28,649 In the last few years, 46 00:04:28,827 --> 00:04:31,887 the balance of payments between the U.S. and Cuba 47 00:04:32,063 --> 00:04:37,399 has been favorable to the U.S. by 1 billion dollars. 48 00:04:37,569 --> 00:04:39,230 What does this mean? 49 00:04:39,404 --> 00:04:41,964 That this poor Caribbean island 50 00:04:42,140 --> 00:04:46,099 is helping to support the economy of the most developed country in the world. 51 00:04:46,779 --> 00:04:51,148 As Marti used to say, if the U.S. takes Spain out of Cuba, 52 00:04:51,317 --> 00:04:53,785 then we would have to take out the U.S. 53 00:04:55,488 --> 00:04:56,853 Do you have a boat? 54 00:05:00,326 --> 00:05:01,692 Money? 55 00:05:03,062 --> 00:05:04,324 Not yet. 56 00:05:04,763 --> 00:05:06,197 Fighters? 57 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,959 We've smuggled 30 into Mexico. We'll get some more. 58 00:05:18,144 --> 00:05:19,941 Do you think I'm crazy? 59 00:05:20,948 --> 00:05:22,347 A little. 60 00:05:24,518 --> 00:05:26,008 Well, 61 00:05:26,286 --> 00:05:28,312 some craziness is good. 62 00:05:44,273 --> 00:05:46,332 Fidel have extraordinary faith 63 00:05:46,508 --> 00:05:48,999 that once we left for Cuba, 64 00:05:49,344 --> 00:05:50,936 we would make it there, 65 00:05:51,113 --> 00:05:54,811 and that once we made it to Cuba, we would fight. 66 00:05:54,984 --> 00:05:57,282 And that in fighting, we would win. 67 00:05:58,321 --> 00:06:00,447 And so it was that in November of '56, 68 00:06:00,622 --> 00:06:03,751 we left Mexico in a... 69 00:06:04,060 --> 00:06:07,928 A leaky boat, with 82 men onboard. 70 00:06:08,097 --> 00:06:13,558 And of those 82, only 12 would survive to witness our victory. 71 00:06:48,374 --> 00:06:50,773 Murderer! Assassin! 72 00:06:55,313 --> 00:06:58,874 Get out of Cuba, Che! Murderer! 73 00:07:00,186 --> 00:07:02,711 Among Fidel Castro's top lieutenants, 74 00:07:02,888 --> 00:07:07,257 one of the most powerful is Major Ernesto "Che " Guevara, 75 00:07:07,426 --> 00:07:10,884 the Argentine revolutionary who became a Cuban citizen 76 00:07:11,063 --> 00:07:15,159 and, as Minister of Industries, now presides over the Cuban economy. 77 00:07:15,335 --> 00:07:19,499 Major Guevara is a Marxist, a soldier, a physician, 78 00:07:19,673 --> 00:07:23,040 and the author of the classic handbook on guerilla warfare. 79 00:07:23,210 --> 00:07:25,201 He is 36 years old. 80 00:07:25,379 --> 00:07:27,643 He has been called the brains of the revolution 81 00:07:27,814 --> 00:07:32,274 and the power behind Fidel Castro, though he denies both assertions. 82 00:08:16,433 --> 00:08:18,060 From this point forward, 83 00:08:18,234 --> 00:08:20,862 we experienced 10 bitter days. 84 00:08:21,037 --> 00:08:25,372 The only way I could walk was to hold myself up with the trees, 85 00:08:25,542 --> 00:08:29,342 or by leaning on the butt of my rifle. 86 00:08:30,014 --> 00:08:33,574 As if that were not enough, I was traveling with a soldier 87 00:08:33,750 --> 00:08:37,710 who panicked every time my asthma made me cough. 88 00:08:45,229 --> 00:08:48,358 Soldiers! Soldiers are coming! There's a lot of them! 89 00:08:48,566 --> 00:08:51,297 They're going to kill us! We have to hide! 90 00:09:12,725 --> 00:09:14,556 That's Epifanio's house! 91 00:09:47,729 --> 00:09:49,754 Close the door. 92 00:10:12,888 --> 00:10:14,754 Where's Fidel? 93 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:19,827 My name is Ernesto Guevara. What's yours? 94 00:10:19,995 --> 00:10:22,463 Jorge Sotús, why? 95 00:10:22,632 --> 00:10:25,328 I have orders from Fidel to command you and your men, 96 00:10:26,903 --> 00:10:28,666 and lead you to where he is. 97 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:31,337 Where are you from? 98 00:10:31,608 --> 00:10:32,973 Argentina. 99 00:10:34,845 --> 00:10:39,010 I don't trust anyone. I'm the only one leading these troops. 100 00:10:39,417 --> 00:10:45,412 Frank Pais said to deliver these men to Fidel, personally. 101 00:10:46,424 --> 00:10:49,484 Listen! We'll stop for five minutes. 102 00:10:50,862 --> 00:10:52,853 Sit down, everyone. 103 00:10:55,300 --> 00:10:57,028 Hey, what's going on? 104 00:10:57,535 --> 00:11:00,027 - Fidel is coming! - Go and tell the doctor. 105 00:11:00,739 --> 00:11:03,468 - Stand up, come on! - Fidel is coming. 106 00:11:13,518 --> 00:11:15,315 Stand up. 107 00:11:15,487 --> 00:11:19,015 Come on, up! Grab your rifle. 108 00:11:28,101 --> 00:11:29,534 Finally! 109 00:11:30,703 --> 00:11:34,161 Good to see you. Are you all right? 110 00:11:34,340 --> 00:11:35,830 This is Epifanio. 111 00:11:36,844 --> 00:11:39,039 - Raúl. - How are you? 112 00:11:40,581 --> 00:11:42,173 Very good. 113 00:11:42,883 --> 00:11:44,214 Camilo. 114 00:11:45,519 --> 00:11:49,580 - How was your vacation? - Vacation? What vacation? 115 00:11:50,892 --> 00:11:52,291 Almeida. 116 00:11:54,796 --> 00:11:56,262 Hello, Ramiro. 117 00:11:58,266 --> 00:12:00,495 - Hi, Vilma. - Good to see you. 118 00:12:02,504 --> 00:12:03,994 Vilo. 119 00:12:04,739 --> 00:12:06,331 Hello, Celia. 120 00:12:25,027 --> 00:12:26,325 Thanks. 121 00:12:29,131 --> 00:12:30,530 Listen. 122 00:12:30,767 --> 00:12:34,031 Fidel wants to talk to you about what happened with Sotús. 123 00:12:36,807 --> 00:12:38,536 Let him speak. 124 00:12:38,708 --> 00:12:41,679 If you say something, it could sound defensive, 125 00:12:41,845 --> 00:12:43,642 and he's not going to like that. 126 00:12:47,584 --> 00:12:50,179 I left you in charge of the reinforcements. 127 00:12:51,356 --> 00:12:54,291 I don't have anything against Jorge Sotús, 128 00:12:54,459 --> 00:12:58,486 but how can you let someone with no experience take charge of the troops? 129 00:13:00,865 --> 00:13:03,925 You still have this complex about being foreign, and it's pointless. 130 00:13:04,102 --> 00:13:06,002 You trained with us, 131 00:13:06,170 --> 00:13:09,470 you came in the boat with us, you were wounded fighting with us. 132 00:13:10,376 --> 00:13:14,107 You are as Cuban and revolutionary as everyone here. 133 00:13:20,787 --> 00:13:22,686 We are forming three columns. 134 00:13:25,090 --> 00:13:27,616 Raúl will lead the first one. 135 00:13:28,895 --> 00:13:31,455 Almeida will be in charge of the second one. 136 00:13:31,965 --> 00:13:36,163 And Jorge Sotús will command the third one. 137 00:14:02,897 --> 00:14:05,958 I did all my studies, finished high school, 138 00:14:06,133 --> 00:14:09,661 then I worked as a mechanic for two or three years. 139 00:14:09,838 --> 00:14:14,775 I then delivered milk around the area. Also worked as a boxer. 140 00:14:14,944 --> 00:14:19,778 And in a circus, working as a magician, among other things. 141 00:14:19,948 --> 00:14:22,417 In a circus? How old are you? 142 00:14:22,585 --> 00:14:24,075 Twenty. 143 00:14:24,887 --> 00:14:28,414 Who gave them to you? The one and only Celia Sánchez! 144 00:14:30,426 --> 00:14:33,452 He looks like John Wayne. 145 00:14:34,965 --> 00:14:38,263 - A cowboy from the Wild West. - The Little Cowboy. 146 00:14:38,435 --> 00:14:41,198 That's it: "The Little Cowboy"! 147 00:14:41,370 --> 00:14:44,101 Little Cowboy! Little Cowboy! 148 00:15:05,296 --> 00:15:07,787 The army keeps moving up and down the road, Fidel. 149 00:15:08,233 --> 00:15:10,326 It would be pretty easy to hunt a couple of patrols. 150 00:15:10,502 --> 00:15:13,495 - We must be patient. - I agree, it would be easy to do. 151 00:15:13,705 --> 00:15:16,197 - We could do it fast and safely. - No, listen a second. 152 00:15:16,808 --> 00:15:19,140 If we attack one of the trucks, 153 00:15:19,979 --> 00:15:23,073 then the army would say it was a crash on the road. 154 00:15:23,249 --> 00:15:27,015 But if we launch a full attack on the Uvero barracks, 155 00:15:27,653 --> 00:15:31,681 it will be impossible for them to deny our victory. 156 00:15:31,992 --> 00:15:37,362 It will have a huge psychological impact. Do you understand? 157 00:15:51,678 --> 00:15:53,703 Sotús isn't in position, 158 00:15:53,881 --> 00:15:56,144 but he can't move because it's getting light out. 159 00:15:57,885 --> 00:16:02,083 I don't know about the others. It's hard to see because... 160 00:16:13,334 --> 00:16:14,359 Fuck, I missed! 161 00:16:31,287 --> 00:16:32,311 Get down! 162 00:16:32,488 --> 00:16:35,651 I have a saint watching over me! He protects me from everything! 163 00:16:52,843 --> 00:16:54,242 Are you okay? 164 00:16:54,411 --> 00:16:56,641 - It's my arm and leg. - Stay calm. 165 00:17:21,539 --> 00:17:22,563 Don't fall asleep. 166 00:17:27,813 --> 00:17:29,644 In War and Peace, 167 00:17:29,814 --> 00:17:34,217 Tolstoy remarks that military science assumes that the bigger the army, 168 00:17:34,387 --> 00:17:36,321 the stronger it is. 169 00:17:36,489 --> 00:17:40,926 On the other hand, only vaguely do they recognize 170 00:17:41,094 --> 00:17:44,256 that during military combat, the final strength of an army 171 00:17:44,431 --> 00:17:50,859 is also its true physical capacity, multiplied by one unknown "x. " 172 00:17:51,538 --> 00:17:55,372 This "x " is none other than the spirit of the troops, 173 00:17:55,542 --> 00:18:01,538 measured as the greater or lesser desire to fight and confront danger. 174 00:18:02,215 --> 00:18:05,275 Men with the desire to fight, 175 00:18:05,453 --> 00:18:08,250 who also understand why they are fighting, 176 00:18:08,423 --> 00:18:10,448 regardless of who they are fighting, 177 00:18:10,625 --> 00:18:13,025 whether under the command of military geniuses 178 00:18:13,194 --> 00:18:15,059 or those of normal intelligence, 179 00:18:15,229 --> 00:18:17,061 fighting with clubs 180 00:18:17,231 --> 00:18:21,031 or with machine guns that fire 30 rounds a minute, 181 00:18:21,203 --> 00:18:22,533 these men will put themselves 182 00:18:22,704 --> 00:18:25,469 in the most advantageous conditions for fighting, 183 00:18:25,641 --> 00:18:26,801 and they will triumph. 184 00:18:39,355 --> 00:18:41,415 Light this up! Come on! 185 00:18:43,326 --> 00:18:45,293 What are we going to do now? 186 00:18:45,462 --> 00:18:46,689 Take the barracks. 187 00:18:47,063 --> 00:18:48,758 Come on! 188 00:18:51,134 --> 00:18:53,433 Take this, motherfuckers! 189 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:57,864 From then on, 190 00:18:58,041 --> 00:19:01,944 Batista began to close his Sierra Maestra barracks, 191 00:19:02,113 --> 00:19:03,477 and Fidel was right. 192 00:19:03,647 --> 00:19:06,115 It was exactly as José Marti said: 193 00:19:06,283 --> 00:19:08,649 Whoever takes the Sierra Maestra takes Cuba. 194 00:19:19,431 --> 00:19:22,059 On our side, six comrades are dead and 17 are wounded. 195 00:19:22,267 --> 00:19:24,258 Of the 17, six can't walk. 196 00:19:26,071 --> 00:19:27,095 How is Almeida? 197 00:19:27,272 --> 00:19:29,467 He's fine. He's being treated. 198 00:19:30,675 --> 00:19:33,270 Get the prisoners. They're coming with us. 199 00:19:35,515 --> 00:19:36,914 excuse me, doctor. 200 00:19:37,083 --> 00:19:39,381 I have no experience in this kind of situation. 201 00:19:39,552 --> 00:19:43,043 There's a man over there who is choking. 202 00:19:44,757 --> 00:19:48,090 Okay, guys, we gotta get out of here. Come on, they're coming. 203 00:19:48,262 --> 00:19:49,559 Let's go, guys. 204 00:19:49,729 --> 00:19:51,196 Leave that. 205 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:54,861 You're okay. Help him. 206 00:19:58,071 --> 00:20:00,539 Che, we have to leave right now. 207 00:20:00,808 --> 00:20:03,572 Hey, shithead. Leave that. 208 00:20:03,744 --> 00:20:06,338 We have to go! Come on! 209 00:20:09,684 --> 00:20:12,152 Israel Pardo's farm is not far. 210 00:20:12,319 --> 00:20:15,756 - Ernesto can take the wounded there. - No. 211 00:20:16,391 --> 00:20:18,450 When they recover, 212 00:20:18,626 --> 00:20:21,060 we can meet up with you later. 213 00:20:21,229 --> 00:20:23,356 That could be very dangerous. 214 00:20:23,531 --> 00:20:26,091 They're going to flood this area with troops now. 215 00:20:26,267 --> 00:20:29,032 Fidel. We don't have a choice. 216 00:20:31,973 --> 00:20:33,736 Let's think about it. 217 00:20:39,849 --> 00:20:42,841 Anyway, give him the best weapons. 218 00:20:43,786 --> 00:20:47,587 So Fidel is off attacking towns to the west. 219 00:20:47,757 --> 00:20:50,851 Was it frustrating to you as a revolutionary, 220 00:20:51,026 --> 00:20:53,518 nursing 20 wounded men, trying to get them inland? 221 00:20:55,599 --> 00:20:59,365 A real revolutionary goes where he is needed. 222 00:20:59,536 --> 00:21:01,299 It may not be direct combat. 223 00:21:01,471 --> 00:21:04,600 Sometimes it's about doing other tasks: 224 00:21:04,775 --> 00:21:08,972 finding food, dressing wounds, carrying comrades for miles 225 00:21:09,146 --> 00:21:12,411 and then taking care of them until they can take care of themselves. 226 00:21:12,582 --> 00:21:14,380 This is what it means. 227 00:21:14,552 --> 00:21:16,019 Was it during this period 228 00:21:16,187 --> 00:21:18,951 that you discovered what you were fighting for? 229 00:21:20,658 --> 00:21:23,286 I always knew why I was fighting, 230 00:21:23,462 --> 00:21:27,057 but I can tell you that it was during the March of the Wounded 231 00:21:27,232 --> 00:21:32,033 in June of 1957 that I became the fighter I am today. 232 00:21:32,203 --> 00:21:35,401 And once that happens, it leaves you only one path. 233 00:21:35,574 --> 00:21:38,771 Then it seems you can never stop being a revolutionary. 234 00:21:40,145 --> 00:21:42,978 I do not have any plans to retire. 235 00:21:45,317 --> 00:21:47,115 It's infected. 236 00:21:48,354 --> 00:21:50,549 We'll have to leave it uncovered. 237 00:21:52,858 --> 00:21:55,157 I have to walk with my ass naked? 238 00:21:55,328 --> 00:21:56,818 Fuck! 239 00:22:32,367 --> 00:22:34,631 Vilo smells something. 240 00:22:43,045 --> 00:22:46,070 Let's pick some guavas before going back. 241 00:22:46,247 --> 00:22:48,307 Stop there, buddy. 242 00:22:50,319 --> 00:22:52,219 What are you two doing here? 243 00:22:52,888 --> 00:22:55,220 We're from here. What's your name? 244 00:22:55,391 --> 00:22:57,382 Israel. Israel what? 245 00:22:57,560 --> 00:22:58,755 Israel Pardo. 246 00:22:59,329 --> 00:23:03,732 - What's his name? - He's my brother, Guile. 247 00:23:05,936 --> 00:23:09,064 - Ernesto Guevara. - Did we scare you? 248 00:23:09,239 --> 00:23:10,366 Guile. 249 00:23:20,317 --> 00:23:22,842 Good, man, good. 250 00:23:24,589 --> 00:23:26,887 We have to take him to a hospital. 251 00:23:27,759 --> 00:23:29,091 Give me a swig. 252 00:23:44,610 --> 00:23:47,340 Can we trust anyone to take him out of here? 253 00:23:48,781 --> 00:23:50,113 Difficult. 254 00:23:51,250 --> 00:23:55,118 Soldiers tell people that the rebels kill them and steal their food. 255 00:23:59,292 --> 00:24:00,782 My mother is from here 256 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:02,154 and my father came from Haiti. 257 00:24:02,328 --> 00:24:04,626 When he met my mother, 258 00:24:04,798 --> 00:24:08,757 we moved to a farm that belonged to Juanito Echevarria. 259 00:24:08,935 --> 00:24:12,565 He gave us a piece of land to grow coffee. 260 00:24:12,740 --> 00:24:16,231 But we had to clear it and plant the seeds. 261 00:24:16,409 --> 00:24:22,212 And we had to give him a third of our crop. 262 00:24:22,416 --> 00:24:27,787 And one day Juanito decided to kick us out. 263 00:24:28,522 --> 00:24:31,320 When my father knew he had to leave, 264 00:24:31,492 --> 00:24:36,623 he stood in front of Juanito Echevarria and said, 265 00:24:36,998 --> 00:24:39,989 "I'll leave if you want, but you have to pay. 266 00:24:40,168 --> 00:24:45,367 You have to pay me for the four years that I worked here. " 267 00:24:46,942 --> 00:24:50,673 Do you know what Juanito Echevarría paid us for four years of work? 268 00:24:51,714 --> 00:24:53,544 One hundred pesos. 269 00:24:53,716 --> 00:24:56,913 My old man got 100 pesos for four years. 270 00:25:06,462 --> 00:25:07,724 Be careful. 271 00:25:13,270 --> 00:25:14,566 Okay. 272 00:25:16,140 --> 00:25:18,335 This is the bullet I removed from your body. 273 00:25:19,343 --> 00:25:20,867 You're a champ. 274 00:25:21,044 --> 00:25:22,569 - I'm going to get better now. - Yes. 275 00:25:34,225 --> 00:25:36,625 COP 1 Let's go. Keep them back, back. 276 00:25:36,795 --> 00:25:37,989 Keep them back. 277 00:25:38,163 --> 00:25:41,429 They have missiles aimed at the United States. 278 00:25:49,108 --> 00:25:51,440 Good morning. Would the commander like some makeup? 279 00:25:55,214 --> 00:25:56,238 - No. - No, thank you. 280 00:25:56,415 --> 00:25:58,542 You sure? All right. 281 00:26:04,390 --> 00:26:06,381 Maybe a little powder. 282 00:26:07,260 --> 00:26:09,194 excuse me? excuse me. 283 00:26:09,362 --> 00:26:12,229 - Maybe a little powder? - All right. 284 00:26:12,399 --> 00:26:17,063 Two hundred million Latin Americans that die of hunger. 285 00:26:17,737 --> 00:26:23,142 All these people contribute to the economic greatness 286 00:26:23,310 --> 00:26:25,244 of the United States. 287 00:26:26,147 --> 00:26:27,910 Revolutions are not exportable. 288 00:26:32,186 --> 00:26:34,711 Revolutions are created 289 00:26:34,889 --> 00:26:36,618 by the oppressive conditions 290 00:26:36,792 --> 00:26:38,918 that are imposed by the Latin American governments 291 00:26:39,093 --> 00:26:40,822 against its people. 292 00:26:41,563 --> 00:26:43,087 Cut. 293 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:46,032 Well done. Good job. 294 00:26:46,201 --> 00:26:49,136 Listen, I'd like to ask you a few more questions off the record. 295 00:26:49,304 --> 00:26:50,828 - Should we do that? - Yeah. 296 00:26:51,006 --> 00:26:55,500 If I don't work, I don't eat. And you are on welfare. 297 00:26:55,978 --> 00:26:58,174 Go back to work in Cuba. 298 00:26:59,382 --> 00:27:00,712 The people of the Third World 299 00:27:00,883 --> 00:27:02,874 must be able to fight for their own freedom, 300 00:27:03,051 --> 00:27:05,680 even if this means defying the wishes of the Soviet bloc? 301 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:19,431 Cuba doesn't align herself with blocs, 302 00:27:19,603 --> 00:27:20,864 she aligns herself with justice. 303 00:27:21,038 --> 00:27:23,370 The United States wants us to pay a very high price 304 00:27:23,540 --> 00:27:26,532 for the not-so-peaceful coexistence that we live in today. 305 00:27:33,651 --> 00:27:35,882 And we're willing to pay the price 306 00:27:36,053 --> 00:27:38,112 that takes us to the frontiers of dignity, 307 00:27:38,289 --> 00:27:39,484 not beyond. 308 00:27:40,125 --> 00:27:45,825 What's the point of the U.N. if our fate is determined by the OAS, 309 00:27:46,765 --> 00:27:52,500 an organization that expelled us and to which we no longer have ties? 310 00:27:53,238 --> 00:27:55,798 excuse me, Comandante. 311 00:27:55,974 --> 00:27:58,374 Will you need me tonight? 312 00:28:00,279 --> 00:28:07,117 Little boy, no one is so necessary or indispensable in this life. 313 00:28:08,020 --> 00:28:10,784 Don't go thinking that you are indispensable. 314 00:28:12,425 --> 00:28:13,791 Go, do what you need to do. 315 00:28:27,475 --> 00:28:29,738 I am going to give you a little checkup... 316 00:28:29,911 --> 00:28:32,971 ...beginning with your ears. Is that okay? 317 00:28:37,685 --> 00:28:39,050 Ah... 318 00:28:42,423 --> 00:28:45,790 Too much work and not enough to eat. 319 00:28:46,661 --> 00:28:51,099 Maria, try to eat meat whenever you can. 320 00:28:51,432 --> 00:28:53,332 - All right? - Thanks, doctor. 321 00:28:53,501 --> 00:28:56,437 - Let's go, Laura. - Goodbye. 322 00:28:56,605 --> 00:29:00,405 Mommy, that guy's a liar. He says the same thing to everyone. 323 00:29:01,710 --> 00:29:05,669 - Where does it hurt? - Nothing really hurts. 324 00:29:05,848 --> 00:29:09,807 I just came to see you because I've never seen a doctor before. 325 00:29:11,721 --> 00:29:15,156 Well, you've seen one now. I'm here for you. 326 00:29:19,529 --> 00:29:21,225 excuse me. 327 00:29:22,166 --> 00:29:24,531 Can I have your canteen, so I can fill it? 328 00:29:26,102 --> 00:29:27,468 Thank you, Guile. 329 00:29:30,674 --> 00:29:33,040 Listen, doctor. 330 00:29:33,209 --> 00:29:35,541 I want to go with you all. 331 00:29:37,148 --> 00:29:39,582 First you have to learn to read and write, man. 332 00:29:39,750 --> 00:29:41,445 I can learn. 333 00:29:42,020 --> 00:29:43,453 Very good, Guile. 334 00:29:43,621 --> 00:29:46,988 But I still can't take you because I don't have a gun to give you. 335 00:29:47,158 --> 00:29:49,058 But I don't care, I want to help. 336 00:29:50,261 --> 00:29:52,286 We need your help here. 337 00:29:53,432 --> 00:29:55,525 - Good morning. - Good morning. 338 00:29:57,135 --> 00:29:59,262 - Where do you come from? - From Bayamo. 339 00:29:59,504 --> 00:30:00,937 All of you? 340 00:30:02,909 --> 00:30:05,104 If you are armed, you can stay. 341 00:30:05,278 --> 00:30:07,803 If you're not, you have to leave right now. 342 00:30:08,214 --> 00:30:10,648 Esteban, come here. 343 00:30:14,687 --> 00:30:18,418 Man, didn't I tell you to only bring men with weapons? 344 00:30:21,261 --> 00:30:24,661 If we're attacked, how the hell are they going to defend themselves? 345 00:30:26,900 --> 00:30:28,765 Have you been drinking? 346 00:30:29,803 --> 00:30:31,395 No. 347 00:30:36,176 --> 00:30:38,167 Where did you get that from? 348 00:30:39,746 --> 00:30:41,543 I found it. 349 00:30:52,894 --> 00:30:54,418 Hey. 350 00:30:54,829 --> 00:30:57,958 Listen, what's your name? 351 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:00,497 Cuervo. 352 00:31:00,668 --> 00:31:02,034 Cuervo? 353 00:31:02,203 --> 00:31:04,171 How old are you? 354 00:31:07,109 --> 00:31:08,542 Twenty. 355 00:31:09,712 --> 00:31:12,181 They gave you a tremendous shotgun. 356 00:31:14,083 --> 00:31:16,143 They must like you. 357 00:31:17,319 --> 00:31:20,312 If they liked me they'd let me keep my rifle 358 00:31:20,490 --> 00:31:22,582 and not this stupid shotgun. 359 00:31:22,759 --> 00:31:25,091 They would have made me leader of a column, 360 00:31:25,262 --> 00:31:29,198 and we would be fighting by now instead of crossing these mountains. 361 00:31:56,260 --> 00:31:58,320 With your permission, doctor. 362 00:31:58,497 --> 00:32:03,161 We were standing guard last night but our relief never came. 363 00:32:03,335 --> 00:32:07,738 - We stayed until 6 in the morning. - We never found out where they were. 364 00:32:07,907 --> 00:32:12,240 We try to follow the rules, but it's not easy. 365 00:32:14,781 --> 00:32:16,475 Hey, Joel! 366 00:32:18,284 --> 00:32:20,718 Didn't you organize the watch last night? 367 00:32:21,521 --> 00:32:23,352 Yes, sir. Why? 368 00:32:23,523 --> 00:32:27,823 Omar and Carlos were on watch for four hours and relief never showed. 369 00:32:27,994 --> 00:32:29,723 Those guys are stupid shitheads. 370 00:32:29,896 --> 00:32:33,333 No, you're the only shithead here. 371 00:32:33,500 --> 00:32:35,194 Me? Why? 372 00:32:35,368 --> 00:32:40,362 Ernesto, they should've found out where their relief was sleeping. 373 00:32:40,541 --> 00:32:44,671 - That's not my fault. - What the fuck were you thinking? 374 00:32:45,179 --> 00:32:48,046 That was your responsibility. 375 00:32:50,752 --> 00:32:55,121 You organized the watch! You had to guarantee the shift relief! 376 00:32:56,123 --> 00:32:58,490 - Fuck! - Yes, sir. 377 00:33:03,865 --> 00:33:06,960 Tonight you'll stand watch for four hours. 378 00:33:10,773 --> 00:33:12,330 Stay focused! 379 00:33:17,980 --> 00:33:19,641 It's ready, Che. 380 00:33:22,385 --> 00:33:26,185 Esteban left to meet Cuervo at the sentry post. 381 00:33:26,656 --> 00:33:29,990 - When did he leave? - Half an hour ago. 382 00:33:31,395 --> 00:33:34,091 Those bastards are gone! 383 00:33:37,734 --> 00:33:40,202 Bandera, come here. 384 00:33:40,370 --> 00:33:43,362 Esteban and Cuervo took off. We have to find both of them. 385 00:33:58,923 --> 00:34:01,414 We're from Fidel's group. 386 00:34:01,592 --> 00:34:04,221 We're looking for food and money. 387 00:34:04,930 --> 00:34:08,228 You can put the money in this bag. 388 00:34:10,168 --> 00:34:14,469 The Comandante here wants to talk to your daughter. 389 00:34:35,929 --> 00:34:37,920 We searched all over, 390 00:34:39,065 --> 00:34:40,499 but nothing. 391 00:34:41,234 --> 00:34:43,031 All right. 392 00:34:55,883 --> 00:34:58,853 Well, it is impossible to defeat imperialism 393 00:34:59,787 --> 00:35:04,451 without identifying its head: the United States of America. 394 00:35:04,626 --> 00:35:10,326 In a capitalist system, most people live in an invisible cage. 395 00:35:10,499 --> 00:35:15,062 For example, there you accept the myth of the self-made man, 396 00:35:15,704 --> 00:35:18,195 but don't understand that the opportunities of most people 397 00:35:18,373 --> 00:35:22,469 are determined by forces they do not even see. 398 00:36:07,425 --> 00:36:09,290 This is ugly. 399 00:36:11,629 --> 00:36:15,691 I want the vanguard a hundred meters ahead of us at all times. 400 00:36:23,041 --> 00:36:24,703 We should bury them. 401 00:36:24,877 --> 00:36:28,974 Because yours is the kingdom, the power and glory forever and ever. 402 00:36:29,348 --> 00:36:30,646 Amen. 403 00:36:33,052 --> 00:36:34,076 Che. 404 00:36:34,253 --> 00:36:37,950 Locals say there's a terrible battle in the Estrada Palma military base. 405 00:36:38,123 --> 00:36:42,458 They say Raúl is wounded, and that the army is coming toward us. 406 00:36:43,196 --> 00:36:46,495 Forget about it. We're surrounded. 407 00:36:47,568 --> 00:36:50,036 The only way out of here 408 00:36:50,203 --> 00:36:52,195 is to cut through el Turquino. 409 00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:56,308 I'm ready to take the mountain. 410 00:36:59,145 --> 00:37:03,640 - Good to see you again. - Very, very eager to meet you. 411 00:37:03,819 --> 00:37:05,480 I want you to talk to Chris. 412 00:37:05,653 --> 00:37:09,522 He's this guy who's writing this fabulous book. 413 00:37:09,690 --> 00:37:11,624 Are you hungry? Would you like...? 414 00:37:12,995 --> 00:37:15,589 Yes, come on, let's get something. 415 00:37:15,764 --> 00:37:17,755 I'll bring them back. Come on. 416 00:37:17,933 --> 00:37:21,870 Major Guevara, I'd like to introduce you to Senator Eugene McCarthy. 417 00:37:25,607 --> 00:37:27,542 A pleasure. Pleasure, major. 418 00:37:27,710 --> 00:37:30,075 He would like to thank you 419 00:37:34,217 --> 00:37:35,649 for the Bay of Pigs Invasion. 420 00:37:38,922 --> 00:37:40,856 There was no better way 421 00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:48,063 to give the people solidarity with its revolution 422 00:37:50,333 --> 00:37:51,733 like a U.S.- backed invasion. 423 00:37:51,901 --> 00:37:54,336 Some of our problems we owe to the United States. 424 00:37:56,473 --> 00:37:57,701 Others are our own fault. 425 00:37:57,875 --> 00:38:01,436 Comandante, has the U.S. embargo against Cuba 426 00:38:01,613 --> 00:38:03,239 succeeded in isolating it 427 00:38:03,415 --> 00:38:05,143 from the rest of Latin America? 428 00:38:05,316 --> 00:38:08,047 If Cuba is ever to be completely free, 429 00:38:11,255 --> 00:38:14,282 it has to be important not only for sugar, for its sugar. 430 00:38:14,459 --> 00:38:17,826 Sir, would the Comandante object to giving me his autograph? 431 00:38:17,996 --> 00:38:19,827 Good night. 432 00:38:29,408 --> 00:38:31,842 That was a good party. 433 00:39:14,022 --> 00:39:15,546 Vilo. 434 00:39:23,998 --> 00:39:26,763 - He says he wants to talk to you. - I'm sorry. 435 00:39:26,935 --> 00:39:32,567 The problem is that one of your men who says he is Lalo Sardiñas 436 00:39:32,741 --> 00:39:35,471 is down there with a group of rebels, 437 00:39:36,612 --> 00:39:38,877 and if a patrol arrives 438 00:39:39,049 --> 00:39:43,247 they're going to burn my shack and kill my family. 439 00:39:43,687 --> 00:39:47,486 And that can't happen! No way! 440 00:39:48,992 --> 00:39:53,020 Pleased to meet you. My name is Ernesto Guevara. 441 00:39:53,197 --> 00:39:56,962 - What's your name? - Emilio Cabrera. 442 00:39:57,133 --> 00:40:01,696 Emilio, don't worry. No one is going to touch anything. 443 00:40:03,541 --> 00:40:09,241 Vilo, tell people to get ready, they're about to meet Fidel Castro. 444 00:40:12,717 --> 00:40:14,481 No, now listen to me. 445 00:40:14,652 --> 00:40:19,180 Raúl wasn't really wounded. We were the ones surrounding the army. 446 00:40:19,356 --> 00:40:21,119 And those bastards escaped. 447 00:40:21,292 --> 00:40:22,487 Boy! 448 00:40:22,994 --> 00:40:25,121 Come on, motherfucker. Give me a hug. 449 00:40:25,831 --> 00:40:27,492 How are you? 450 00:40:28,333 --> 00:40:29,528 Here. 451 00:40:32,437 --> 00:40:36,397 - Where did you get those peasants? - Those are my troops, man. 452 00:40:36,576 --> 00:40:38,668 They're working out all right. 453 00:40:38,845 --> 00:40:41,473 I don't speak out loud because they'll get big heads. 454 00:40:44,617 --> 00:40:46,244 We've missed you. 455 00:40:52,458 --> 00:40:53,755 Some coffee? 456 00:40:57,897 --> 00:40:59,365 Hey, Joel. 457 00:40:59,533 --> 00:41:02,263 Fidel asked me why I hadn't made you lieutenant. 458 00:41:03,604 --> 00:41:06,596 I told him because you didn't know how to read or write. 459 00:41:07,908 --> 00:41:11,400 Well, I want to learn. 460 00:41:11,578 --> 00:41:15,275 But I need someone to teach me. 461 00:41:15,449 --> 00:41:18,385 Then get a pencil and a pair of notebooks 462 00:41:18,552 --> 00:41:20,418 and put them in your backpack. 463 00:41:21,923 --> 00:41:23,288 Look, Che. 464 00:41:23,458 --> 00:41:26,791 This is the new recruit I wanted to introduce to you. 465 00:41:26,962 --> 00:41:28,656 Dr. Martínez Páez. 466 00:41:28,830 --> 00:41:30,059 - Doctor? - Doctor. 467 00:41:30,232 --> 00:41:31,664 Pleased to meet you. 468 00:41:32,301 --> 00:41:33,995 I have a present here. 469 00:41:37,373 --> 00:41:39,170 From now on, 470 00:41:40,676 --> 00:41:43,645 I stop being the medic to become a guerrilla. 471 00:41:43,813 --> 00:41:46,839 - What, are you giving up your job? - Yes, sir. 472 00:41:50,754 --> 00:41:54,190 - Who are they? - Chibás and Pazos. 473 00:41:55,324 --> 00:41:57,088 They're signing an agreement. 474 00:41:59,396 --> 00:42:01,023 What agreement? 475 00:42:03,100 --> 00:42:04,897 A political alliance. 476 00:42:07,772 --> 00:42:10,400 During the early stages of the revolution, 477 00:42:10,575 --> 00:42:13,908 wasn't there a conflict between Fidel and the urban movement? 478 00:42:15,479 --> 00:42:17,504 I would say the only conflict we've had 479 00:42:17,682 --> 00:42:20,913 - was with Fulgencio Batista. - Are you saying 480 00:42:21,085 --> 00:42:24,078 you had no conflict with the urban movement? 481 00:42:25,023 --> 00:42:27,355 We differed in our tactics. 482 00:42:27,526 --> 00:42:30,892 They wanted to oust Batista with a general strike, 483 00:42:31,062 --> 00:42:34,863 and we wanted to overthrow him with an armed struggle. 484 00:42:35,033 --> 00:42:36,261 And as you can see, 485 00:42:36,435 --> 00:42:39,337 our method proved the most effective for removing Batista. 486 00:42:39,504 --> 00:42:41,438 All right, gentlemen. 487 00:42:41,607 --> 00:42:48,605 The provisional government, first, will free all political prisoners, civilian and military. 488 00:42:48,882 --> 00:42:54,548 Second, it will guarantee freedom of information for the radio and press, 489 00:42:54,721 --> 00:43:00,523 and individual and political rights established in the 1940 Constitution. 490 00:43:00,693 --> 00:43:04,561 The provisional government will also establish terms for the Agrarian Reform 491 00:43:04,731 --> 00:43:07,599 leading to the distribution of public lands. 492 00:43:09,169 --> 00:43:10,568 Have a good trip. 493 00:43:15,676 --> 00:43:17,235 Excuse me, Fidel. 494 00:43:17,411 --> 00:43:20,575 I can't understand how you can meet with those clowns, 495 00:43:20,749 --> 00:43:23,911 and much less, how you can make an agreement with them. 496 00:43:24,085 --> 00:43:27,019 They're fighting against the same enemy we are. 497 00:43:28,623 --> 00:43:33,584 No, you're fighting, they're negotiating. 498 00:43:33,763 --> 00:43:36,356 They have lots of followers, Ernesto. 499 00:43:36,531 --> 00:43:39,330 People I can't afford to turn away. 500 00:43:39,501 --> 00:43:41,265 Let's see how it goes. 501 00:43:42,538 --> 00:43:45,302 But I'm sure that if we win the war, 502 00:43:45,508 --> 00:43:47,874 those guys will hand the keys over to the U.S. 503 00:43:48,110 --> 00:43:53,980 Listen, when this war is won, no one's handing any keys to anybody. 504 00:43:54,151 --> 00:43:55,913 I'll guarantee you that. 505 00:43:58,822 --> 00:44:01,655 Come here, I need you to sign something for me. 506 00:44:02,559 --> 00:44:05,049 It's a letter of condolence for Frank Pais. 507 00:44:06,797 --> 00:44:08,958 They killed his brother in Santiago. 508 00:44:09,900 --> 00:44:11,629 They killed his brother? 509 00:44:14,771 --> 00:44:16,603 Sign as "Comandante." 510 00:44:18,108 --> 00:44:19,838 Sign as "Comandante." 511 00:44:23,081 --> 00:44:26,414 I'm forming a new column on the eastern side of Mount Turquino. 512 00:44:26,584 --> 00:44:28,814 You'll have three captains: 513 00:44:28,987 --> 00:44:30,011 Lalo Sardiñas, 514 00:44:30,188 --> 00:44:31,678 Ramiro Valdés 515 00:44:31,856 --> 00:44:33,256 and Ciro Redondo. 516 00:44:33,591 --> 00:44:37,152 You have to wear out Mosquera's troops, 517 00:44:37,328 --> 00:44:40,765 harass them constantly. Don't let up on them. 518 00:44:40,932 --> 00:44:43,264 Don't even let them breathe! 519 00:44:43,435 --> 00:44:45,130 You cannot give them a break. 520 00:44:47,573 --> 00:44:49,872 I want you to establish a base at el Hombrito. 521 00:44:50,109 --> 00:44:51,371 Got it? 522 00:44:54,346 --> 00:44:58,283 No one can leave a wounded comrade on the battlefield. 523 00:44:58,451 --> 00:44:59,918 Right? 524 00:45:00,086 --> 00:45:04,853 If any of you leave weapons behind during battle or anywhere else, 525 00:45:05,125 --> 00:45:07,184 you'll have to go back for it, alone. 526 00:45:07,961 --> 00:45:11,693 And if anyone falls asleep on guard duty, he won't eat for three days. 527 00:45:12,733 --> 00:45:14,290 Is that clear? 528 00:45:15,902 --> 00:45:17,563 Thank you, Ciro. 529 00:45:17,738 --> 00:45:20,639 I want to say something else 530 00:45:22,109 --> 00:45:24,737 to make myself clear. 531 00:45:26,381 --> 00:45:30,340 We respect the peasants, 532 00:45:30,919 --> 00:45:34,082 so no one is allowed to touch their harvest 533 00:45:34,256 --> 00:45:37,692 or mess with them 534 00:45:37,893 --> 00:45:39,758 or their families. 535 00:45:40,929 --> 00:45:42,624 If anyone does, 536 00:45:43,565 --> 00:45:46,729 he will be punished to the full extent of the revolutionary code. 537 00:45:53,910 --> 00:45:55,376 Luis! 538 00:45:56,345 --> 00:45:57,573 Come here. 539 00:45:58,948 --> 00:46:02,406 Here you go. Take care of it like it's your girlfriend. 540 00:46:02,585 --> 00:46:04,519 Thank you, Comandante. 541 00:46:25,110 --> 00:46:27,168 Do you need help, Comandante? 542 00:46:27,611 --> 00:46:28,908 No. 543 00:46:52,471 --> 00:46:54,962 - Gustavo. - Yes, Comandante. 544 00:46:55,141 --> 00:46:58,475 Take your math notebook out and do some work. 545 00:46:58,644 --> 00:47:00,475 I'm exhausted, Comandante. 546 00:47:04,818 --> 00:47:06,115 Okay. 547 00:47:17,764 --> 00:47:19,959 What is the most important quality 548 00:47:20,133 --> 00:47:22,364 for a revolutionary to possess? 549 00:47:23,837 --> 00:47:25,237 Love. 550 00:47:25,539 --> 00:47:26,632 Love? 551 00:47:28,176 --> 00:47:31,703 Let me tell you something, at the risk of sounding ridiculous. 552 00:47:31,879 --> 00:47:36,680 A true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love: 553 00:47:37,351 --> 00:47:41,914 love of humanity, of justice and truth. 554 00:47:42,090 --> 00:47:45,548 It is impossible to conceive of an authentic revolutionary 555 00:47:45,727 --> 00:47:47,194 without this one quality. 556 00:48:20,164 --> 00:48:21,392 Don't move, asshole! 557 00:48:21,599 --> 00:48:23,032 - Please don't shoot! - Freeze! 558 00:48:23,199 --> 00:48:24,497 I'm a doctor. 559 00:48:25,169 --> 00:48:27,660 Che, they're shooting mortars! 560 00:48:28,572 --> 00:48:30,267 How many men are in your troop? 561 00:48:30,441 --> 00:48:31,806 One hundred forty. 562 00:48:33,711 --> 00:48:35,111 Under whose command? 563 00:48:37,114 --> 00:48:38,582 Merob Sosa. 564 00:48:39,417 --> 00:48:41,578 - Mortars! - Let's go. 565 00:48:49,961 --> 00:48:51,553 - Tell me. - Ramiro. 566 00:48:51,864 --> 00:48:55,857 Go back and keep shooting until Lalo Sardiñas' squad has passed. 567 00:48:56,435 --> 00:48:59,699 We'll do a second line of resistance 568 00:48:59,872 --> 00:49:03,399 up there, on the hill, 200 meters away. 569 00:49:04,710 --> 00:49:06,769 - See you. - Let's go, gentlemen. 570 00:49:23,130 --> 00:49:24,563 That's Gustavo! 571 00:49:24,731 --> 00:49:26,858 No, Roberto! Roberto! 572 00:49:36,744 --> 00:49:38,769 Are you optimistic about the normalization of relations 573 00:49:41,015 --> 00:49:43,779 between Cuba and the United States? 574 00:49:45,153 --> 00:49:47,088 Friends, it would be very difficult, 575 00:49:47,723 --> 00:49:50,088 it would take many, many years. 576 00:49:50,258 --> 00:49:52,318 By this, I mean with the U.S. government, 577 00:49:52,494 --> 00:49:55,121 because we have nothing against the American people. 578 00:49:55,296 --> 00:49:59,165 There is not even a trace of hatred in our country for the American people. 579 00:49:59,835 --> 00:50:03,168 Comandante, there's a page missing. 580 00:50:03,339 --> 00:50:06,673 - How is this possible? - The fourteenth. 581 00:50:16,119 --> 00:50:17,984 Here is the page. It's torn out. 582 00:50:19,989 --> 00:50:21,047 Excuse me, Comandante. 583 00:50:22,692 --> 00:50:24,421 There's a small problem. 584 00:50:25,796 --> 00:50:27,696 Bomb threat at the U.N. 585 00:50:27,931 --> 00:50:28,956 What did he say? 586 00:50:31,167 --> 00:50:33,432 They called the station 30 minutes ago. 587 00:50:38,642 --> 00:50:42,476 Hector, you go with Pedro and the Cuban delegation in the second car, 588 00:50:42,646 --> 00:50:43,908 and I will go in the first car. 589 00:50:44,082 --> 00:50:45,673 I think I should go with you. 590 00:50:45,884 --> 00:50:47,545 I didn't ask your opinion. 591 00:50:50,521 --> 00:50:52,819 Comandante, with all due respect, 592 00:50:52,991 --> 00:50:54,856 I came here to protect you. 593 00:50:55,694 --> 00:50:58,857 And I'd like you to give me that opportunity, at least. 594 00:50:59,030 --> 00:51:02,125 - That way we'll die together if... - No one is going to die. 595 00:51:04,203 --> 00:51:06,102 Traitor! 596 00:51:10,209 --> 00:51:12,905 Go away! Traitor! Murderer! 597 00:51:19,886 --> 00:51:22,753 Not only did you desert with your weapon 598 00:51:23,424 --> 00:51:26,518 and terrorize the area, stealing from the poor 599 00:51:26,693 --> 00:51:28,684 in the name of the revolution, 600 00:51:30,197 --> 00:51:31,892 but also, because of your betrayal, 601 00:51:32,065 --> 00:51:36,502 peasants were tortured and murdered by Batista's army. 602 00:51:38,439 --> 00:51:39,872 Why, Esteban? 603 00:51:40,742 --> 00:51:43,005 The punishment for treason is death. 604 00:51:47,949 --> 00:51:49,280 And you 605 00:51:49,751 --> 00:51:54,188 boasted of your authority as a messenger for the Rebel Army, 606 00:51:54,956 --> 00:51:58,518 and passing yourself off as Comandante Almeida 607 00:52:00,261 --> 00:52:02,787 you raped Juan Carlos Estévez's daughter, 608 00:52:05,734 --> 00:52:07,725 a teenager, 609 00:52:08,938 --> 00:52:11,930 and this also deserves the death penalty. 610 00:52:49,714 --> 00:52:51,512 Bring him here. 611 00:52:56,153 --> 00:52:57,643 Would you like a sip of rum? 612 00:52:59,525 --> 00:53:01,459 Roberto, give him a swig. 613 00:53:13,106 --> 00:53:14,970 Do you have a last wish? 614 00:53:16,309 --> 00:53:18,334 Let me confess to Father Chávez. 615 00:53:19,646 --> 00:53:23,138 We can't bring you the priest. He's far away, we have no time. 616 00:53:23,316 --> 00:53:25,750 - Something else? - Then give me another swig. 617 00:53:27,922 --> 00:53:29,479 Give him another. 618 00:53:38,832 --> 00:53:40,355 Ready. 619 00:53:43,337 --> 00:53:44,361 Aim. 620 00:53:44,539 --> 00:53:46,096 Make sure everyone knows I asked for my last confession. 621 00:53:46,273 --> 00:53:47,639 Fire! 622 00:53:59,521 --> 00:54:02,012 Mr. President, fellow delegates. 623 00:54:02,190 --> 00:54:04,590 The world has developed a great deal in this political arena, 624 00:54:04,759 --> 00:54:07,694 but American imperialism, above all, 625 00:54:07,862 --> 00:54:10,660 has led people to believe that peaceful coexistence 626 00:54:10,866 --> 00:54:15,199 is the exclusive right of the world's most powerful nations. 627 00:54:15,371 --> 00:54:19,137 Cuba, my fellow delegates, free and sovereign, 628 00:54:19,308 --> 00:54:21,742 with no chains tying it to anyone, 629 00:54:21,911 --> 00:54:25,574 without foreign investments in its territory, 630 00:54:25,748 --> 00:54:28,876 free from occupant military bosses determining political status, 631 00:54:29,052 --> 00:54:32,283 can stand tall at this assembly 632 00:54:32,456 --> 00:54:36,017 and demonstrate the correctness of the cry with which it was baptized. 633 00:54:36,193 --> 00:54:38,889 Free territory of America! 634 00:54:51,341 --> 00:54:56,837 The United States intervenes in Latin America claiming they defend freedom. 635 00:54:57,949 --> 00:55:01,147 One day this assembly will acquire enough maturity 636 00:55:01,619 --> 00:55:06,216 to demand equal rights for blacks 637 00:55:06,458 --> 00:55:08,688 and Latin Americans living in this country 638 00:55:08,860 --> 00:55:12,853 as they awaken from the long, brutal sleep to which they've been subjected. 639 00:55:13,032 --> 00:55:16,195 We need to say here 640 00:55:16,368 --> 00:55:18,734 something that is a known truth. 641 00:55:19,938 --> 00:55:23,271 And this is a truth we have always presented to the world. 642 00:55:23,809 --> 00:55:27,974 Executions? Yes, we have executed. 643 00:55:28,148 --> 00:55:33,108 We execute, and we'll continue to execute when it is necessary. 644 00:55:33,286 --> 00:55:36,620 Our fight is a fight to death. 645 00:55:37,057 --> 00:55:40,619 These are the conditions in which we live 646 00:55:40,795 --> 00:55:44,026 because of the imposition of American imperialism. 647 00:55:48,368 --> 00:55:49,836 Good morning. 648 00:55:54,775 --> 00:55:55,970 How are you, doctor? 649 00:55:56,544 --> 00:55:58,205 - Good. - And my brother? 650 00:55:58,379 --> 00:55:59,869 Very good. 651 00:56:00,314 --> 00:56:05,014 - What's your name? - He's Enrique, my brother. 652 00:56:05,220 --> 00:56:07,688 We're from Remedios. 653 00:56:07,856 --> 00:56:10,791 We worked for the 26th of July Movement. 654 00:56:11,893 --> 00:56:14,123 My brother and I, with a group, 655 00:56:14,296 --> 00:56:17,322 tried to burn down the stable at the town barracks, 656 00:56:17,499 --> 00:56:21,937 but one of the soldiers identified my brother, 657 00:56:22,238 --> 00:56:25,173 so we came here to find Fidel. 658 00:56:26,375 --> 00:56:29,367 - What's your name? - Rogelio Acevedo. 659 00:56:29,545 --> 00:56:32,309 - How old are you, Rogelio? - Sixteen. 660 00:56:33,449 --> 00:56:35,179 - And you? - Fourteen. 661 00:56:36,520 --> 00:56:38,214 Sixteen and 14. 662 00:56:39,188 --> 00:56:41,315 I can't accept you, you're too young. 663 00:56:43,460 --> 00:56:46,896 - What are you here for? - Same reasons as you. 664 00:56:47,131 --> 00:56:49,429 Is that so? Very good. 665 00:56:50,367 --> 00:56:52,130 Do you know how to read and write? 666 00:56:53,604 --> 00:56:55,003 No. 667 00:56:57,975 --> 00:57:01,069 Raise your hands, the ones who know how to read and write. 668 00:57:06,384 --> 00:57:08,545 So you know how to read and write? 669 00:57:08,720 --> 00:57:11,985 Yes, Comandante. I made it through 6th grade. 670 00:57:12,957 --> 00:57:17,657 We are not here in the middle of the mountains just to fire guns. 671 00:57:18,663 --> 00:57:21,724 A country that doesn't know how to read and write 672 00:57:21,901 --> 00:57:24,426 is easy to deceive. 673 00:57:25,237 --> 00:57:27,967 Since none of you have weapons, 674 00:57:29,175 --> 00:57:32,633 I'm picking only eight of you. The rest will have to go. 675 00:57:32,812 --> 00:57:35,144 This is no piece of cake, we're here to fight. 676 00:57:35,315 --> 00:57:39,581 We won't eat for days. We'll sleep on the ground in the rain. 677 00:57:39,753 --> 00:57:42,187 We're risking our lives here. 678 00:57:42,956 --> 00:57:44,253 Is that clear? 679 00:57:44,457 --> 00:57:46,448 - Yes. - Is that absolutely clear? 680 00:57:46,760 --> 00:57:48,250 Sure? 681 00:57:48,428 --> 00:57:50,828 Good. You will be a teacher. 682 00:57:50,997 --> 00:57:55,093 And the rest will learn from her. You came here to fight and to learn. 683 00:57:55,268 --> 00:57:56,565 Okay? 684 00:57:57,204 --> 00:57:58,865 And you? 685 00:57:59,207 --> 00:58:01,641 - Come on, boys, you gotta go. - No. 686 00:58:02,176 --> 00:58:03,575 Fuck, no. You have to go. 687 00:58:03,744 --> 00:58:06,646 If I have to go back to Remedios I'd rather shoot myself. 688 00:58:06,814 --> 00:58:08,612 Me too. 689 00:58:09,450 --> 00:58:11,180 My God. 690 00:58:12,186 --> 00:58:14,451 - Are you listening? - Let's go, man. 691 00:58:14,622 --> 00:58:16,352 Let's get moving. 692 00:58:18,227 --> 00:58:19,751 Come on. 693 00:58:40,308 --> 00:58:42,037 Wait, wait! 694 00:58:45,680 --> 00:58:47,045 You can't do that, man. 695 00:58:47,282 --> 00:58:49,511 Stand up! You're stopping the column! 696 00:58:49,718 --> 00:58:51,309 - Hold my gun. - Let's go. 697 00:58:57,526 --> 00:58:59,994 The next letter is... 698 00:59:00,930 --> 00:59:02,692 No? Look. 699 00:59:02,865 --> 00:59:05,060 Here. Yello... 700 00:59:05,934 --> 00:59:09,234 Excuse me, Che. He says he needs to talk to you. 701 00:59:09,404 --> 00:59:10,463 What's going on? 702 00:59:10,640 --> 00:59:14,667 Comandante, Camilo calls me a bad word every time he sees me. 703 00:59:14,844 --> 00:59:17,711 - What bad word? - Something rude I don't like. 704 00:59:17,880 --> 00:59:20,849 Go and get Camilo. Like what? 705 00:59:21,017 --> 00:59:24,545 I don't want to be a bother, but I'm a man who shouldn't be disrespected. 706 00:59:24,754 --> 00:59:26,688 everyone is laughing and making fun of me. 707 00:59:26,924 --> 00:59:30,017 I don't really understand what he's saying, but I don't like it. 708 00:59:30,193 --> 00:59:32,662 What's going on, Comandante? 709 00:59:32,830 --> 00:59:34,263 Albertico. 710 00:59:35,432 --> 00:59:37,059 What's the story? 711 00:59:37,735 --> 00:59:40,762 Okay, friend, now tell me what Camilo's been saying to you? 712 00:59:41,138 --> 00:59:44,438 He calls me "vanilla piss." 713 00:59:46,411 --> 00:59:49,039 Ventriloquist, man, ventriloquist. 714 00:59:49,214 --> 00:59:52,877 - That's not a bad word. - But it sounds bad. I don't like it. 715 00:59:53,051 --> 00:59:56,043 A ventriloquist is someone who talks without moving his mouth. 716 00:59:57,957 --> 01:00:00,482 - Why are you calling me that? - Yes, Camilo, why? 717 01:00:00,660 --> 01:00:03,059 Because he's a good messenger 718 01:00:03,229 --> 01:00:06,289 and he's always popping up with information, 719 01:00:06,799 --> 01:00:10,997 and he reminds me of a ventriloquist puppet that moves like this. 720 01:00:11,170 --> 01:00:12,831 Albertico, it's not a bad word. 721 01:00:13,005 --> 01:00:15,565 It's not an insult, man. I say it with affection. 722 01:00:15,808 --> 01:00:17,833 - He's a very good messenger. - Really? 723 01:00:18,944 --> 01:00:21,846 No, it's true. He's doing things really well. He's always there. 724 01:00:22,014 --> 01:00:23,243 Yes, he is. 725 01:00:23,417 --> 01:00:24,883 You wanna play ball, Che? 726 01:00:25,085 --> 01:00:29,681 Today is a perfect day to abandon the guerrilla movement. 727 01:00:30,991 --> 01:00:35,121 Another chance like this may not come along for weeks. 728 01:00:36,963 --> 01:00:38,329 Let's see. 729 01:00:39,299 --> 01:00:42,393 Anyone who'd like to leave this column, step forward. 730 01:00:55,484 --> 01:00:56,950 Stand up there. 731 01:00:57,152 --> 01:01:00,450 Come on, the quitters and the horses' asses! 732 01:01:04,193 --> 01:01:05,922 Stay there. 733 01:01:09,732 --> 01:01:12,530 I'm not leaving because I'm scared. I have a pain and... 734 01:01:12,701 --> 01:01:14,760 You are a moron. Shut up. 735 01:01:14,937 --> 01:01:17,668 - My mother is sick. - You are a moron! 736 01:01:20,710 --> 01:01:24,544 You'll have to give back everything that belongs to the column. 737 01:01:24,714 --> 01:01:26,705 You're a bunch of cowards. 738 01:01:26,983 --> 01:01:29,850 You have 30 minutes to get out of here. 739 01:01:30,086 --> 01:01:36,548 If we find you, you're deserters. Israel, Roberto, take them out. 740 01:01:38,462 --> 01:01:42,091 Dickhead, aren't you leaving with them? 741 01:01:42,900 --> 01:01:44,390 Another faggot. 742 01:01:47,271 --> 01:01:48,738 Anyone else? 743 01:01:53,110 --> 01:01:55,375 So did you grow balls? 744 01:01:57,048 --> 01:01:58,606 We can still stand a little bit more. 745 01:02:00,919 --> 01:02:02,887 You already behaved with dignity, 746 01:02:03,054 --> 01:02:07,458 but you have no chance of adapting to this warfare. 747 01:02:08,494 --> 01:02:10,519 Okay, I'll make an exception. 748 01:02:11,430 --> 01:02:15,595 I'll let you take your things with you, I'll give you a guide 749 01:02:15,768 --> 01:02:18,259 and 10 pesos to each of you. 750 01:02:18,771 --> 01:02:20,636 Comandante. 751 01:02:21,607 --> 01:02:24,041 I think you should forgive me in advance, 752 01:02:24,210 --> 01:02:26,872 as I know you will not like what I'm going to say. 753 01:02:28,882 --> 01:02:33,251 If we joined the troops, it wasn't to go back humiliated. 754 01:02:33,420 --> 01:02:36,446 We prefer, and I speak for both, 755 01:02:36,623 --> 01:02:40,081 to die on this mountain rather than return home as failures. 756 01:02:40,327 --> 01:02:43,854 We'll make the maximum effort even if it costs our lives. 757 01:02:44,531 --> 01:02:46,590 This is the last straw. 758 01:02:47,100 --> 01:02:51,299 While the strong grow weaker and leave, 759 01:02:51,473 --> 01:02:54,169 these snot-nosed kids get more courageous. 760 01:02:55,042 --> 01:02:56,840 Is there any logic here? 761 01:03:06,754 --> 01:03:10,850 The important ones aren't the ones who leave, but the ones who stay 762 01:03:11,093 --> 01:03:13,152 and the ones who will join us in the future. 763 01:03:14,063 --> 01:03:15,428 Listen to me. 764 01:03:15,798 --> 01:03:18,699 Comandantes Raúl and Almeida will come with me. 765 01:03:19,168 --> 01:03:21,796 They will open the second and third front with their columns. 766 01:03:22,771 --> 01:03:24,330 Camilo 767 01:03:24,940 --> 01:03:27,101 will replace Sardiñas as your new captain. 768 01:03:30,614 --> 01:03:32,013 Damn. 769 01:03:32,181 --> 01:03:34,912 Look how generous the revolution is. 770 01:03:58,809 --> 01:03:59,867 Individualism, 771 01:04:00,044 --> 01:04:01,603 the isolated action of a person 772 01:04:01,780 --> 01:04:04,873 alone in a social environment, must disappear in Cuba. 773 01:04:05,049 --> 01:04:08,850 But are people built that way? Isn't it really human nature? 774 01:04:10,222 --> 01:04:12,383 It is very easy to claim that in capitalism, 775 01:04:12,558 --> 01:04:19,396 the individual has the option to satisfy or to express true human nature. 776 01:04:20,600 --> 01:04:23,330 A child has one toy and wants two. 777 01:04:23,502 --> 01:04:30,067 That child gets two toys and wants four. This is human nature, isn't it? 778 01:04:30,243 --> 01:04:33,644 But when a whole society behaves in the same way, 779 01:04:33,813 --> 01:04:38,513 or when it becomes a monopoly, oppressing the less fortunate, 780 01:04:38,685 --> 01:04:40,880 is that human nature? 781 01:04:41,054 --> 01:04:43,488 It is then that one has to stand up and do something. 782 01:04:43,657 --> 01:04:47,753 And aren't you acting as an individual? Isn't Fidel an individual? 783 01:04:49,697 --> 01:04:52,393 Yes, of course, we are individuals 784 01:04:52,567 --> 01:04:54,397 who have accepted the challenge 785 01:04:54,568 --> 01:04:58,596 and the responsibility to lead in the name of a society as a whole. 786 01:05:10,251 --> 01:05:11,879 Long live free Cuba! 787 01:05:16,993 --> 01:05:20,292 Will they have much time to respond? 788 01:05:20,463 --> 01:05:22,327 Each one will have 10 minutes. 789 01:05:24,500 --> 01:05:27,936 - From the podium? No, from the floor. 790 01:05:29,138 --> 01:05:31,470 - And my rebuttal? Ten minutes. 791 01:05:33,809 --> 01:05:36,607 - Also from the floor? - No, from the podium. 792 01:05:39,650 --> 01:05:44,917 My government has nothing to do with the fact that every day, 793 01:05:45,088 --> 01:05:49,787 in Cuban circles, to bolster the illusions of the Cuban people, 794 01:05:50,995 --> 01:05:54,988 they announce the formation of invading brigades 795 01:05:55,166 --> 01:05:57,225 armed with revolvers 796 01:05:57,434 --> 01:06:01,496 and small-caliber weapons to confront an army that, 797 01:06:01,673 --> 01:06:05,837 according to the declarations of their leaders, 798 01:06:06,010 --> 01:06:11,506 has at their disposal, the most modern nuclear arms. 799 01:06:13,318 --> 01:06:15,945 The collective and individual actions 800 01:06:16,120 --> 01:06:19,682 of the governments of this hemisphere to restrict trade with Cuba 801 01:06:19,858 --> 01:06:21,655 are defensive measures, 802 01:06:21,827 --> 01:06:24,227 taken in response to Cuba's continued promotion 803 01:06:24,396 --> 01:06:28,730 of subversion and violence elsewhere in this hemisphere. 804 01:06:28,901 --> 01:06:32,895 We do not support or condone hit-and-run attacks 805 01:06:33,073 --> 01:06:38,204 against ships in the Cuban trade, or against other targets in Cuba. 806 01:06:39,179 --> 01:06:42,205 The surveillance flights are authorized 807 01:06:42,382 --> 01:06:46,113 by the resolution approved by the Organization of American States 808 01:06:46,286 --> 01:06:50,815 under the Rio Treaty on 23 October 1962. 809 01:06:51,057 --> 01:06:55,427 Absolutely false are the accusations 810 01:06:55,595 --> 01:06:59,726 that acts of genocide are being committed in Venezuela. 811 01:07:00,234 --> 01:07:04,568 Moreover, it is simply absurd and intolerable 812 01:07:04,739 --> 01:07:07,004 that a Cuban representative 813 01:07:07,174 --> 01:07:10,872 dares to make judgments about Venezuelan sovereignty, 814 01:07:11,113 --> 01:07:15,948 the unique and exclusive patrimony of the Venezuelan people, 815 01:07:16,585 --> 01:07:19,452 a truly free people, 816 01:07:19,622 --> 01:07:22,056 which has a democratic government 817 01:07:22,224 --> 01:07:25,956 with elections whose legitimacy are known to the entire world. 818 01:07:26,128 --> 01:07:29,359 The tragedy of the Cuban revolution 819 01:07:29,531 --> 01:07:34,731 Lies in not having known how to institutionalize this great movement 820 01:07:34,904 --> 01:07:37,964 into an administration with legal rights in the Americas. 821 01:07:38,141 --> 01:07:40,701 The greatest flaw of their leaders 822 01:07:40,911 --> 01:07:45,745 is that they suffer from excessive vanity which blinds them 823 01:07:46,149 --> 01:07:49,051 and prevents them from observing past examples 824 01:07:49,286 --> 01:07:51,311 which are typical of America, 825 01:07:51,721 --> 01:07:55,249 like the Mexican revolution in 1910. 826 01:07:56,593 --> 01:08:01,793 I, who lived many years of my youth in Cuba, 827 01:08:02,766 --> 01:08:05,599 and who perhaps feels more than Che Guevara 828 01:08:05,804 --> 01:08:08,067 that there has been enough suffering 829 01:08:08,239 --> 01:08:10,799 and pain for the Cuban people. 830 01:08:11,142 --> 01:08:15,943 In my brief reply to your capricious intervention into Panamanian issues, 831 01:08:16,147 --> 01:08:19,481 I'd like to finish by saying to you: 832 01:08:19,651 --> 01:08:22,416 Don't defend me, compadre. 833 01:09:04,832 --> 01:09:06,026 Vilo! 834 01:09:06,200 --> 01:09:07,963 Take the sick to the shelter! 835 01:09:08,135 --> 01:09:10,035 To the shelter! Take them to the shelter. 836 01:09:10,204 --> 01:09:12,172 Don't run. Don't run. 837 01:09:27,155 --> 01:09:28,645 Hurry up! 838 01:09:29,658 --> 01:09:31,091 Come on! 839 01:09:59,723 --> 01:10:01,918 One, two, three. 840 01:10:06,798 --> 01:10:10,631 Polo. Take the prisoners to your house and keep them there. 841 01:10:11,936 --> 01:10:16,067 Polo. Make sure no one mistreats them, verbally or physically. 842 01:10:16,440 --> 01:10:18,909 - Understood, Roberto? - Sure. 843 01:10:20,545 --> 01:10:21,944 Come on, walk! 844 01:10:28,053 --> 01:10:29,248 Che! 845 01:10:30,823 --> 01:10:34,122 They killed Ciro. They shot him in the head. 846 01:10:36,395 --> 01:10:38,022 We couldn't recover his body. 847 01:11:18,373 --> 01:11:20,364 May I talk to you for a second, sir? 848 01:11:26,881 --> 01:11:28,872 They were very well organized. 849 01:11:29,785 --> 01:11:32,413 - More than we expected? - Much more. 850 01:11:32,588 --> 01:11:37,525 They have a school, hospital, printing press, a power plant. 851 01:11:37,693 --> 01:11:39,662 They must have been here months. 852 01:11:41,163 --> 01:11:42,893 What do you want me to do with this? 853 01:11:46,735 --> 01:11:48,101 Torch it. 854 01:11:52,041 --> 01:11:54,101 I need you to go to Minas del Frio 855 01:11:54,344 --> 01:11:56,244 and create a training camp. 856 01:11:57,881 --> 01:11:59,314 What for? 857 01:12:01,352 --> 01:12:05,685 I want you to be personally in charge of the new recruits. 858 01:12:07,558 --> 01:12:09,650 What about my column? 859 01:12:10,428 --> 01:12:13,022 Ramiro can take your place for now. 860 01:12:17,202 --> 01:12:19,567 You know we're days away from an attack. 861 01:12:22,240 --> 01:12:26,073 - I don't understand. - This is more important. 862 01:12:27,845 --> 01:12:29,938 It makes sense, teach. 863 01:12:30,614 --> 01:12:33,378 Who can do that better than you? 864 01:12:34,852 --> 01:12:37,650 Tell me. No one, man. 865 01:12:37,822 --> 01:12:40,347 Look, when this is over, 866 01:12:40,524 --> 01:12:44,825 Cuba and the revolution will need you even more. 867 01:12:48,900 --> 01:12:51,164 After the loss of El Hombrito, 868 01:12:51,570 --> 01:12:55,836 Fidel took away your column and sent you to train new recruits. 869 01:12:56,007 --> 01:12:58,340 - Did you feel it was a demotion? No. 870 01:12:58,511 --> 01:13:00,411 Was that what you thought at the time? 871 01:13:02,014 --> 01:13:04,949 Even if I had a different opinion, 872 01:13:06,352 --> 01:13:09,480 even if I felt I had been demoted, 873 01:13:10,289 --> 01:13:12,951 I knew Fidel had his reasons, and you can be sure of that. 874 01:13:13,125 --> 01:13:15,093 And around this same time, 875 01:13:15,461 --> 01:13:20,195 many others were trying to do this in a more peaceful way. 876 01:13:20,366 --> 01:13:23,268 Yes, that is why Fidel backed the general strike. 877 01:13:23,437 --> 01:13:24,903 But he always made it very clear 878 01:13:25,072 --> 01:13:29,168 that we were the only ones capable of defeating the enemy. 879 01:13:29,343 --> 01:13:31,311 A t the outset, 880 01:13:31,478 --> 01:13:34,937 a lot of the other rebel groups didn't share Fidel's belief 881 01:13:35,116 --> 01:13:38,711 that agrarian reform was a core principle of the revolution. 882 01:13:38,887 --> 01:13:41,048 What was the turning point? 883 01:13:41,222 --> 01:13:44,385 How did he finally bring them around? 884 01:13:44,559 --> 01:13:46,993 After the failure of the general strike of April 9th, 885 01:13:47,161 --> 01:13:48,253 there was no more doubt. 886 01:13:48,830 --> 01:13:50,525 The 26th of July Movement 887 01:13:50,698 --> 01:13:53,259 was the only group that could defeat Batista. 888 01:13:53,435 --> 01:13:56,666 That is what a leader does: He convinces people to share his vision. 889 01:13:56,839 --> 01:14:01,208 Are you a leader? Do you get people to share your vision? 890 01:14:03,012 --> 01:14:04,809 He wants me to tell you 891 01:14:04,980 --> 01:14:06,880 that you have proved one thing to him for sure: 892 01:14:07,049 --> 01:14:10,451 He would rather face a soldier than a journalist. 893 01:14:10,854 --> 01:14:13,322 They see us rebels as agitators, 894 01:14:13,556 --> 01:14:17,515 people who want to gain prestige by complicating Batista's life. 895 01:14:17,694 --> 01:14:19,321 But we don't see ourselves like that. 896 01:14:20,063 --> 01:14:23,328 We see ourselves as a small army that will become a bigger army... 897 01:14:23,833 --> 01:14:28,167 Fidel has to be the commander in chief of the entire rebellion. 898 01:14:29,973 --> 01:14:33,204 But we have to propose it with tact. 899 01:14:33,844 --> 01:14:38,474 Our relationship with the Communist Party still makes people nervous. 900 01:14:39,250 --> 01:14:43,983 We raised funds by naming Fidel 901 01:14:44,155 --> 01:14:46,988 as leader of our revolution. 902 01:14:47,993 --> 01:14:52,430 Outside of Cuba, he's the only recognizable figure we've got. 903 01:14:52,831 --> 01:14:57,063 No one is saying that in the plains they screwed up. 904 01:14:57,235 --> 01:14:59,396 But what is clear in the Sierra Maestra 905 01:14:59,571 --> 01:15:03,735 is that defeating Batista doesn't assure the end of the dictatorship. 906 01:15:03,909 --> 01:15:07,073 We also have to overthrow Batista's army 907 01:15:07,246 --> 01:15:09,839 in order to prevent another coup. 908 01:15:10,515 --> 01:15:12,847 Being under the command of the Soviet Union 909 01:15:13,019 --> 01:15:16,715 isn't any better than being under the command of the United States. 910 01:15:17,023 --> 01:15:21,050 Latour, you're still thinking like a colonized person does. 911 01:15:21,227 --> 01:15:24,129 Cuba won't be under anyone's command. 912 01:15:25,098 --> 01:15:27,532 Cuba is for the Cuban people. 913 01:15:28,201 --> 01:15:32,069 I'll do everything I can with the Stalinists from the PSP, 914 01:15:32,239 --> 01:15:34,229 but I don't think it will be worth it. 915 01:15:37,911 --> 01:15:40,402 And we understand it, Faustino. 916 01:15:40,581 --> 01:15:43,176 That's precisely why we always want to include... 917 01:15:43,351 --> 01:15:45,251 "Stalinists"? 918 01:15:46,387 --> 01:15:51,052 From now on, the coordination of the plains militias 919 01:15:51,226 --> 01:15:56,823 will serve the needs of the guerrillas in the Sierra Maestra. 920 01:15:56,999 --> 01:16:01,402 Fidel Castro will become commander in chief of all the armed forces. 921 01:16:03,271 --> 01:16:05,296 Long live the revolution! 922 01:16:19,189 --> 01:16:21,248 I want to congratulate you, Fidel, 923 01:16:22,192 --> 01:16:25,559 because today you entered the path of the greatest men of the Americas. 924 01:16:27,530 --> 01:16:29,498 A path that 925 01:16:30,333 --> 01:16:32,267 will prove to the world 926 01:16:33,637 --> 01:16:37,835 it's possible to get to power with an armed struggle 927 01:16:38,008 --> 01:16:39,999 supported by the people. 928 01:16:43,314 --> 01:16:45,111 It's not only me, Ernesto. 929 01:16:45,715 --> 01:16:47,445 It's all of us. 930 01:16:47,618 --> 01:16:51,384 This wouldn't be possible if I were on my own. 931 01:16:55,660 --> 01:16:57,856 I want you to organize a new front. 932 01:16:59,465 --> 01:17:00,931 Once we start this offensive, 933 01:17:01,099 --> 01:17:03,830 I want to take the war down from the Sierra Maestra into the plains. 934 01:17:06,939 --> 01:17:09,999 You'll have to unite all the rebel factions. 935 01:17:10,742 --> 01:17:15,304 We have to take control of Las Villas Province, dividing the island in two. 936 01:17:15,681 --> 01:17:19,846 Camilo's going to head in the same direction, leading his own column. 937 01:17:22,722 --> 01:17:25,088 There will be no victory in Havana 938 01:17:25,692 --> 01:17:27,819 without victory in Las Villas. 939 01:17:30,196 --> 01:17:34,428 Getting all the groups to work together will be difficult, Ernesto. 940 01:17:34,601 --> 01:17:38,094 So I hope you have sharpened your political skills. 941 01:17:41,675 --> 01:17:43,108 And one other thing. 942 01:17:43,477 --> 01:17:45,536 I know you are very reckless, 943 01:17:45,913 --> 01:17:49,007 but you can't always put yourself on the frontline. 944 01:17:49,484 --> 01:17:51,610 You are too important to us. 945 01:17:51,919 --> 01:17:53,546 It's an order. 946 01:18:03,298 --> 01:18:05,766 I want to respond to the Nicaraguan delegate 947 01:18:05,934 --> 01:18:10,564 even though I did not understand his argument about accent. 948 01:18:11,307 --> 01:18:14,367 I believe he referred to Cuba, 949 01:18:14,743 --> 01:18:19,704 Argentina and somewhat to Russia of the Soviet Union. 950 01:18:20,316 --> 01:18:22,045 In any event, 951 01:18:22,218 --> 01:18:27,451 I hope the Nicaraguan delegate found no North American accent in my speech, 952 01:18:27,823 --> 01:18:30,587 because that would be truly dangerous. 953 01:18:31,028 --> 01:18:34,429 But one thing is for sure, we don't commit assassinations 954 01:18:34,597 --> 01:18:37,624 like the ones being committed right at this moment 955 01:18:37,801 --> 01:18:42,170 by the political police of Venezuela who are called DIGEPOL 956 01:18:42,339 --> 01:18:44,204 if I am not misinformed. 957 01:18:44,441 --> 01:18:47,639 This police force has committed a series of barbarous acts, 958 01:18:47,812 --> 01:18:51,076 executions, which is to say assassinations. 959 01:18:51,248 --> 01:18:53,615 The Panamanian delegate, 960 01:18:53,918 --> 01:18:56,511 who has been kind enough to call me "Che" 961 01:18:56,688 --> 01:18:58,713 as I am called by the Cuban people, 962 01:18:58,890 --> 01:19:01,791 began speaking about the Mexican revolution. 963 01:19:01,960 --> 01:19:06,329 While Cuba spoke about the North American massacre in Panama, 964 01:19:06,498 --> 01:19:08,523 the Panamanian delegation 965 01:19:08,701 --> 01:19:13,104 continued speaking in this vein, without referring at all 966 01:19:15,808 --> 01:19:18,368 to that American massacre for which 967 01:19:18,544 --> 01:19:23,743 the Panamanian government broke off relations to the United States. 968 01:19:23,917 --> 01:19:28,080 On to Mr. Stevenson. Regrettably, he is not present here. 969 01:19:29,856 --> 01:19:34,316 Mr. Stevenson again claims there is no violation of the law 970 01:19:34,494 --> 01:19:39,193 that neither airplanes nor boats leave from here and, of course, 971 01:19:39,366 --> 01:19:43,564 that pirate attacks just happen. They just come out of nowhere. 972 01:19:44,904 --> 01:19:51,276 Due to the demands of imperialism, our prime minister declared five points 973 01:19:51,445 --> 01:19:54,539 to secure peace in the Caribbean. 974 01:19:54,714 --> 01:19:56,273 And these are... 975 01:19:56,450 --> 01:19:57,474 First: 976 01:19:57,985 --> 01:20:03,013 A halt to the economic blockade and all forms of commercial pressure 977 01:20:03,190 --> 01:20:08,788 imposed by the United States all over the world against our country. 978 01:20:08,964 --> 01:20:12,297 Second: Halt all subversive activities, 979 01:20:12,868 --> 01:20:17,396 such as the launch and distribution of arms and explosives by air and water, 980 01:20:17,573 --> 01:20:19,871 organization of mercenary invasions, 981 01:20:21,077 --> 01:20:23,203 infiltration of spies and saboteurs, 982 01:20:23,413 --> 01:20:27,679 and all actions carried out from the territory of the United States 983 01:20:27,849 --> 01:20:30,478 or accomplice countries. 984 01:20:31,254 --> 01:20:32,312 Third: 985 01:20:32,655 --> 01:20:36,557 Halt all pirate attacks carried out from bases located 986 01:20:36,726 --> 01:20:39,661 in the United States and Puerto Rico. 987 01:20:43,299 --> 01:20:47,669 Fourth: Halt all airspace and territorial water violations 988 01:20:47,838 --> 01:20:51,535 by U.S. aircraft and warships. 989 01:20:51,942 --> 01:20:55,571 Fifth: Withdrawal from the Guantánamo naval base 990 01:20:55,880 --> 01:20:59,406 and return of Cuban territory occupied by the U.S. 991 01:21:06,290 --> 01:21:10,318 This great mass of humanity has said "Enough!" and has stepped forward. 992 01:21:10,495 --> 01:21:16,229 This march of giants will not stop until true independence is won, 993 01:21:16,402 --> 01:21:20,634 for which so many died in vain. 994 01:21:22,208 --> 01:21:24,471 All of this, my fellow delegates, 995 01:21:24,643 --> 01:21:28,170 is the new stance of the American continent, 996 01:21:28,347 --> 01:21:31,442 a stance captured by the cry 997 01:21:31,618 --> 01:21:34,678 that is shouted every day by our people 998 01:21:34,855 --> 01:21:38,052 as an expression of our irrefutable decision to fight, 999 01:21:38,225 --> 01:21:40,852 paralyzing the strikes of armed intruders, 1000 01:21:41,027 --> 01:21:45,464 an outcry that counts the support of all the people of the world 1001 01:21:45,665 --> 01:21:50,227 and especially the socialist camp headed by the Soviet Union. 1002 01:21:50,404 --> 01:21:54,363 This cry is " Homeland or death!" 1003 01:22:13,562 --> 01:22:15,086 Che! 1004 01:22:18,066 --> 01:22:21,160 That's Las Villas, behind the clouds. 1005 01:22:31,313 --> 01:22:34,772 Camilo arrived a few weeks ago and we put ourselves under his command. 1006 01:22:34,951 --> 01:22:36,475 Very good. 1007 01:22:36,653 --> 01:22:39,747 - I see you received our supplies. - Yes, thanks. 1008 01:22:39,923 --> 01:22:42,050 Of all the groups operating in the area, 1009 01:22:42,225 --> 01:22:44,853 the Communist Party was the only one to send help. 1010 01:22:45,028 --> 01:22:46,620 I'm not surprised, Comandante. 1011 01:22:46,796 --> 01:22:50,596 Most of these groups are too busy fighting each other. 1012 01:22:50,900 --> 01:22:56,429 Months ago, Menoyo broke from the Directory, creating a Second Front. 1013 01:22:56,606 --> 01:22:59,167 Since then, each one has carved out its own territory. 1014 01:22:59,343 --> 01:23:02,403 There's been open hostility between the two factions. 1015 01:23:02,580 --> 01:23:05,913 Where does the 26th of July Movement stand in all of this? 1016 01:23:06,818 --> 01:23:10,049 Recently, Menoyo met with Víctor Bordón. 1017 01:23:10,221 --> 01:23:13,419 I think both groups 1018 01:23:13,591 --> 01:23:15,650 are on the brink of an armed confrontation. 1019 01:23:16,193 --> 01:23:19,459 We're ready to cooperate with the 26th of July Movement 1020 01:23:19,697 --> 01:23:22,428 in all military maneuvers. 1021 01:23:22,601 --> 01:23:26,332 We even agree with agrarian reform 1022 01:23:26,539 --> 01:23:30,736 as long as it's done reasonably 1023 01:23:30,909 --> 01:23:33,606 and brings in money. 1024 01:23:34,646 --> 01:23:38,481 Landowners should be pressured 1025 01:23:39,051 --> 01:23:43,078 to sell their idle land to the peasants. 1026 01:23:43,256 --> 01:23:45,588 But it should be sold at cost. 1027 01:23:46,125 --> 01:23:48,525 Will you be the one fixing the price? 1028 01:23:48,928 --> 01:23:51,454 How can a peasant with no money buy land? 1029 01:23:53,066 --> 01:23:56,524 But what do you want? Just give it to them? 1030 01:23:56,703 --> 01:23:59,331 So they can destroy it like they did in Mexico? 1031 01:23:59,506 --> 01:24:02,304 The owner of the land is the one who works it. 1032 01:24:03,377 --> 01:24:08,873 Comandante, you have permission to institute agrarian reform in the region, 1033 01:24:09,150 --> 01:24:13,246 but the Second Front will continue to charge the land taxes. 1034 01:24:13,588 --> 01:24:18,719 Menoyo, the region belongs to us all. What we have to do here is fight. 1035 01:24:19,994 --> 01:24:22,462 The only thing the Directory won't do 1036 01:24:22,697 --> 01:24:26,963 is any kind of deal with Menoyo's Second Front. 1037 01:24:27,135 --> 01:24:30,799 We'll never do business with that bunch of bandits. 1038 01:24:30,973 --> 01:24:33,771 We need to attack all the army garrisons in the area. 1039 01:24:33,943 --> 01:24:35,774 But you can't attack Güinia de Miranda, 1040 01:24:35,945 --> 01:24:37,344 because that zone is ours. 1041 01:24:37,513 --> 01:24:41,540 We have more experience and more weapons than you do. 1042 01:24:41,717 --> 01:24:45,347 Do you think the Americans are just going to sit and watch this happen? 1043 01:24:45,522 --> 01:24:47,456 No, man, listen. 1044 01:24:49,626 --> 01:24:54,928 We shouldn't be doing things so openly. 1045 01:24:56,933 --> 01:25:00,391 So you're one of those who think we can make a revolution 1046 01:25:00,570 --> 01:25:03,095 behind the backs of the Americans? 1047 01:25:03,441 --> 01:25:08,139 No, man. A real revolution cannot be hidden. 1048 01:25:08,312 --> 01:25:11,679 I can do more with the 400 rifles I have 1049 01:25:11,849 --> 01:25:14,841 than you can with your little bazooka 1050 01:25:15,019 --> 01:25:19,388 and all the balls your troops may have. 1051 01:25:20,658 --> 01:25:25,687 Look, Peña, the day I have to take arms against my comrades 1052 01:25:25,864 --> 01:25:28,332 will be the day I stop fighting. 1053 01:25:29,768 --> 01:25:34,330 If you don't take Güinia de Miranda in five days, we'll do it ourselves. 1054 01:25:36,576 --> 01:25:39,339 I am Comandante Ernesto Guevara. 1055 01:25:41,580 --> 01:25:44,777 He is Comandante Ramiro Valdés. 1056 01:25:45,118 --> 01:25:48,019 And he is Captain Victor Bordón. 1057 01:25:50,857 --> 01:25:53,655 I just want to say three things. 1058 01:25:53,893 --> 01:25:55,521 First: 1059 01:25:56,063 --> 01:26:01,194 From now on, I am the only one 1060 01:26:01,368 --> 01:26:05,532 in charge of the region of Las Villas. 1061 01:26:06,106 --> 01:26:07,767 Second: 1062 01:26:08,909 --> 01:26:11,935 We will enforce strict discipline. 1063 01:26:14,115 --> 01:26:15,548 And third: 1064 01:26:16,784 --> 01:26:19,344 The fighting is going to intensify. 1065 01:26:21,589 --> 01:26:25,958 Whoever is not ready to sacrifice himself for his homeland 1066 01:26:26,127 --> 01:26:28,561 can leave his gun on the ground 1067 01:26:29,130 --> 01:26:31,360 and abandon the column 1068 01:26:32,333 --> 01:26:33,857 immediately. 1069 01:26:45,815 --> 01:26:46,976 Fire. 1070 01:27:16,379 --> 01:27:18,245 Give it to me, damn it! 1071 01:27:32,164 --> 01:27:34,359 Homeland or death! 1072 01:28:02,829 --> 01:28:04,127 You're ready? 1073 01:28:13,340 --> 01:28:14,807 Thank you. 1074 01:28:24,351 --> 01:28:27,219 Tell Oltuski the money will be put to good use. 1075 01:28:27,389 --> 01:28:28,913 Will do. 1076 01:28:32,093 --> 01:28:33,525 excuse me. 1077 01:28:33,862 --> 01:28:37,491 The police are looking for me in Santa Clara and want to arrest me. 1078 01:28:37,666 --> 01:28:40,726 I need to stay here. I'm not going anywhere. 1079 01:28:41,437 --> 01:28:44,872 Well, you can stay and work in the infirmary, 1080 01:28:45,041 --> 01:28:47,737 because we don't allow people to just hang around. 1081 01:28:48,877 --> 01:28:51,779 I want you to know that for the last two years 1082 01:28:51,948 --> 01:28:54,109 I've been working in the clandestine movement. 1083 01:28:54,283 --> 01:28:58,310 I've been taking weapons, bombs and fugitives all across the province. 1084 01:28:58,487 --> 01:29:01,547 I think that gives me the right to become a guerrilla. 1085 01:29:01,825 --> 01:29:02,917 Okay. 1086 01:29:03,093 --> 01:29:06,118 We've started taxing 1087 01:29:06,295 --> 01:29:08,856 some of the largest landowners. 1088 01:29:09,066 --> 01:29:11,796 I need someone to collect the money. 1089 01:29:11,969 --> 01:29:14,870 You can start with that and then we'll see. 1090 01:29:15,239 --> 01:29:16,706 Thanks. 1091 01:29:17,141 --> 01:29:18,630 Ramiro. 1092 01:29:19,810 --> 01:29:22,609 - The girl here will collect the taxes. - Okay. 1093 01:29:35,793 --> 01:29:39,195 Finally we were working with the other groups. 1094 01:29:39,365 --> 01:29:41,594 It was like a wave. 1095 01:29:42,267 --> 01:29:47,069 When we arrived in the towns, people received us with open arms, 1096 01:29:47,473 --> 01:29:49,441 and many of them even joined us. 1097 01:29:49,608 --> 01:29:52,168 And you took a lot of towns in less than a week. 1098 01:29:52,344 --> 01:29:55,472 Isn't it now called "the lightning campaign "? 1099 01:29:55,648 --> 01:29:58,742 True, but in reality, the battle had been building steam 1100 01:29:58,918 --> 01:30:02,184 for nearly 100 years. 1101 01:30:03,822 --> 01:30:07,884 When people hate their government, it's not very hard to take a town. 1102 01:30:21,075 --> 01:30:24,168 One machine gun, 180 rifles 1103 01:30:24,345 --> 01:30:26,210 and 9,000 rounds of ammunition. 1104 01:30:26,914 --> 01:30:30,146 Victor, we need you to blow the Cabaiguán bridge. 1105 01:30:30,318 --> 01:30:32,411 The Cabaiguán bridge? Now? 1106 01:30:32,586 --> 01:30:34,486 Yes. Now. 1107 01:30:36,892 --> 01:30:38,416 How did it go? 1108 01:30:39,026 --> 01:30:40,995 I couldn't collect the money. 1109 01:30:41,163 --> 01:30:44,064 In Placetas, the police are looking for me too. 1110 01:30:44,232 --> 01:30:45,722 Rogelio! 1111 01:30:45,901 --> 01:30:47,892 Take the compañeras back to camp. 1112 01:30:48,070 --> 01:30:51,335 Wait a minute. With all due respect, 1113 01:30:51,740 --> 01:30:55,837 I know these towns like the back of my hand. Let me be your guide. 1114 01:30:56,012 --> 01:30:57,639 I already have a guide. 1115 01:31:09,393 --> 01:31:12,884 Don't worry. I know you're going to stay with us. 1116 01:31:13,062 --> 01:31:16,760 Don't be like that. Calm down, girl. 1117 01:31:18,135 --> 01:31:20,035 Don't worry. 1118 01:31:32,916 --> 01:31:34,646 Do you know Cabaiguán? 1119 01:31:43,762 --> 01:31:47,255 And tell Milián to have his people ready. 1120 01:31:47,433 --> 01:31:49,195 We'll attack the garrison. 1121 01:31:49,368 --> 01:31:51,130 Perfect. 1122 01:32:00,679 --> 01:32:01,977 Che. 1123 01:32:02,148 --> 01:32:04,174 We have to give you a tetanus shot. 1124 01:32:06,253 --> 01:32:09,347 No, it might trigger an asthma attack. 1125 01:32:09,523 --> 01:32:11,855 Give me some aspirin. 1126 01:32:18,965 --> 01:32:21,593 Comandante, this is the Virgin of Caridad del Cobre, 1127 01:32:21,768 --> 01:32:24,328 the patron saint of Cuba, to help your arrival in Havana. 1128 01:32:24,504 --> 01:32:27,371 I hope it helps us arrive in Placetas. 1129 01:32:27,542 --> 01:32:29,339 Goodbye! 1130 01:32:29,777 --> 01:32:33,712 - How are you? Does it hurt? - A little, but that's unavoidable. 1131 01:32:37,051 --> 01:32:38,712 Here, for your arm. 1132 01:32:39,454 --> 01:32:40,785 Thanks. 1133 01:32:42,223 --> 01:32:44,248 Long live the revolution! 1134 01:33:03,446 --> 01:33:05,846 Shit, Argentine. You broke your paw? 1135 01:33:06,049 --> 01:33:08,745 - It's nothing. I fell off a roof. - So, what happened? 1136 01:33:08,917 --> 01:33:11,978 - I just spoke to Fidel. - And? 1137 01:33:12,155 --> 01:33:14,350 Santiago has almost surrendered. 1138 01:33:14,524 --> 01:33:16,924 Santa Clara is the only thing standing between us and Havana. 1139 01:33:17,093 --> 01:33:20,392 Batista's throwing everything he's got to Santa Clara. 1140 01:33:20,564 --> 01:33:22,030 That's why, 1141 01:33:22,198 --> 01:33:25,167 when you take Remedios and I take Yaguajay, 1142 01:33:25,369 --> 01:33:28,236 we can then take Santa Clara together. 1143 01:33:29,340 --> 01:33:30,898 Give me a light. 1144 01:33:38,383 --> 01:33:40,851 I know what I'm going to do when we win this thing. 1145 01:33:41,018 --> 01:33:42,542 I'll put you in a cage, 1146 01:33:42,720 --> 01:33:45,519 tour the country and charge admission. 1147 01:33:45,689 --> 01:33:47,749 We'll be rich, man! 1148 01:33:54,566 --> 01:33:56,864 What made you join the Movement? 1149 01:33:57,870 --> 01:34:02,533 Well, I was in college when Fidel attacked the Moncada Barracks. 1150 01:34:02,707 --> 01:34:06,235 When I read his defense plea, " History Will Absolve Me," 1151 01:34:06,412 --> 01:34:09,381 I knew he was the only one who could take down Batista. 1152 01:34:09,549 --> 01:34:13,212 And that he would do it fighting, and I liked that. 1153 01:34:13,386 --> 01:34:15,286 Does your family support you? 1154 01:34:15,454 --> 01:34:16,887 Of course. 1155 01:34:17,057 --> 01:34:19,787 My cousin was killed. 1156 01:34:20,961 --> 01:34:25,659 The brutality of the army intensified after the general strike. 1157 01:34:26,733 --> 01:34:27,893 I think they got scared 1158 01:34:28,101 --> 01:34:31,332 when they saw so many people against them. 1159 01:34:37,244 --> 01:34:39,338 You don't look like a Communist. 1160 01:34:40,048 --> 01:34:43,483 - And what do Communists look like? - Well, not like you. 1161 01:34:43,651 --> 01:34:45,448 We come in all colors. 1162 01:34:51,292 --> 01:34:55,023 Do you expect to stay in Cuba after the success of the revolution? 1163 01:34:55,631 --> 01:34:57,997 My wife and my daughter are in Mexico. 1164 01:34:58,166 --> 01:35:00,431 I have to keep them in mind. 1165 01:35:01,604 --> 01:35:02,866 Of course. 1166 01:35:06,442 --> 01:35:09,468 I'm Lieutenant Pérez Valencia. 1167 01:35:09,645 --> 01:35:11,477 The rebel army 1168 01:35:11,648 --> 01:35:13,946 is not what you have imagined. 1169 01:35:14,117 --> 01:35:16,745 Hand over your weapons and no one will be injured. 1170 01:35:18,455 --> 01:35:20,355 Stay on the air, over. 1171 01:35:20,690 --> 01:35:22,851 Santa Clara hasn't sent reinforcements. 1172 01:35:23,026 --> 01:35:25,358 It's a lost cause for these people. 1173 01:35:25,795 --> 01:35:27,626 Attention, Che, attention. Che, attention, Che. 1174 01:35:27,797 --> 01:35:31,893 Listen, could you resolve the problem and follow the instructions, 1175 01:35:32,068 --> 01:35:35,334 the instructions, the instructions you gave me with the man I sent? 1176 01:35:35,506 --> 01:35:39,703 So tell me if you understand, understand, understand me. Over, Che. 1177 01:35:39,877 --> 01:35:42,345 Camilo, I hear you perfectly. 1178 01:35:42,980 --> 01:35:46,381 Your record is broken, you have to change it. Over. 1179 01:35:47,753 --> 01:35:50,687 How long will you be in Yaguajay? Over. 1180 01:35:50,856 --> 01:35:53,756 Three days, maybe a week. Over. 1181 01:35:53,925 --> 01:35:56,222 The more time you stay there 1182 01:35:56,428 --> 01:35:59,795 the harder it will be here, Camilo. Over. 1183 01:36:00,532 --> 01:36:04,127 Don't dare to enter the city without me, do you hear? 1184 01:36:05,337 --> 01:36:08,568 Camilo, it's fair to share the glory sometimes. Over. 1185 01:36:08,740 --> 01:36:12,370 Sharing the glory is fine, but with an Argentine, 1186 01:36:12,545 --> 01:36:14,706 don't do that to me. 1187 01:36:15,214 --> 01:36:17,205 Over and out, Che. 1188 01:36:33,233 --> 01:36:36,566 It's good to have you in Santa Clara, Colonel Casillas. 1189 01:36:37,237 --> 01:36:40,229 The city's forces are at your disposal. 1190 01:36:41,041 --> 01:36:43,875 Can those forces get me some coffee? 1191 01:36:44,311 --> 01:36:46,974 The best beans in the world, colonel. 1192 01:36:53,088 --> 01:36:54,385 Sit down. 1193 01:37:40,203 --> 01:37:44,037 Camilo Cienfuegos wanted you to wait for him, 1194 01:37:44,207 --> 01:37:45,539 but you kept going. 1195 01:37:45,710 --> 01:37:47,439 Why? 1196 01:37:49,880 --> 01:37:52,611 Santa Clara was all they had left, 1197 01:37:52,784 --> 01:37:57,153 the only thing linking Havana to the country as a whole. 1198 01:37:57,321 --> 01:37:59,482 And though we had not slept for days 1199 01:37:59,657 --> 01:38:02,388 and the army outnumbered us nine to one, 1200 01:38:03,595 --> 01:38:07,622 at that point, safely waiting for Camilo seemed to us more dangerous. 1201 01:38:08,500 --> 01:38:10,593 People of Santa Clara, 1202 01:38:10,769 --> 01:38:13,738 this is Comandante Guevara speaking. 1203 01:38:14,873 --> 01:38:17,468 The enemy wants us to live in fear, 1204 01:38:17,644 --> 01:38:19,612 but it is they who should be afraid. 1205 01:38:21,548 --> 01:38:25,507 The situation of the military regime is getting worse every day, 1206 01:38:26,686 --> 01:38:29,018 because their soldiers don't want to fight. 1207 01:38:32,692 --> 01:38:33,920 Santa Clara, 1208 01:38:34,694 --> 01:38:39,928 if there has ever been a time to fight for our freedom, 1209 01:38:40,100 --> 01:38:43,035 that time is now. 1210 01:38:43,204 --> 01:38:46,071 That moment has come. 1211 01:39:02,090 --> 01:39:04,183 I want air strikes 1212 01:39:05,126 --> 01:39:07,390 all around the neighborhoods. 1213 01:39:08,697 --> 01:39:10,824 Torch those bastards! 1214 01:39:44,601 --> 01:39:46,365 He's dead. 1215 01:39:49,107 --> 01:39:50,597 Cover him with that sheet. 1216 01:39:50,775 --> 01:39:52,366 I need more help. 1217 01:39:52,776 --> 01:39:54,244 - Aleida. - The situation is critical. 1218 01:39:54,445 --> 01:39:57,380 Talk to Camajuani and ask for more doctors. 1219 01:40:49,870 --> 01:40:51,030 Yes? 1220 01:40:51,973 --> 01:40:55,170 Comandante, it's Rogelio calling from the station. 1221 01:40:59,381 --> 01:41:00,404 Speak to me, Rogelio. 1222 01:41:00,581 --> 01:41:04,814 Comandante, we took the train station. 1223 01:41:05,053 --> 01:41:06,748 Is it safe? 1224 01:41:08,023 --> 01:41:09,149 Good. 1225 01:41:09,324 --> 01:41:14,227 Go with 15 men to the train tracks between Toscano and San Pedro 1226 01:41:14,396 --> 01:41:16,364 and wait there. 1227 01:41:16,598 --> 01:41:17,963 All right. 1228 01:42:18,263 --> 01:42:21,256 The tank is screwing us. The machine gun doesn't let us get closer. 1229 01:42:21,434 --> 01:42:22,628 For Guile and Ramiro. 1230 01:42:22,801 --> 01:42:25,236 - What's the highest position? - The church at the end of the street. 1231 01:42:25,403 --> 01:42:27,702 Then you have to take the church, you must take the church. 1232 01:42:27,873 --> 01:42:29,431 Of course, Comandante. 1233 01:42:32,044 --> 01:42:33,341 Go. 1234 01:42:45,292 --> 01:42:46,691 Hit it hard. 1235 01:42:55,136 --> 01:42:57,603 - How many houses do we have to cross? - Five. 1236 01:42:58,805 --> 01:43:01,206 Little Cowboy, it's too many. 1237 01:43:02,943 --> 01:43:05,879 Hit it hard. Fuck. We have to break it down now! 1238 01:44:18,089 --> 01:44:21,058 Get down, Little Cowboy. You're going to get hit. 1239 01:44:43,082 --> 01:44:44,413 Stay here. 1240 01:45:29,665 --> 01:45:31,155 Aleida! 1241 01:45:49,786 --> 01:45:52,778 - What the fuck are you doing? - The SIM is on the hotel rooftop. 1242 01:45:53,757 --> 01:45:55,748 They hit Little Cowboy. 1243 01:45:58,762 --> 01:46:01,323 Tamayo. What happened? 1244 01:46:03,834 --> 01:46:05,300 They got Little Cowboy, Comandante. 1245 01:46:05,468 --> 01:46:06,902 What happened to him? 1246 01:46:07,071 --> 01:46:09,904 We claimed a rooftop to get a good position, 1247 01:46:10,574 --> 01:46:14,670 and then he got shot in the head. They killed him. 1248 01:46:23,989 --> 01:46:25,819 Take him to the medical station. 1249 01:46:33,165 --> 01:46:34,497 Tamayo. 1250 01:46:35,034 --> 01:46:37,433 You are now in charge of the suicide platoon. 1251 01:46:37,737 --> 01:46:40,706 Keep breaking the walls until you reach the church. 1252 01:46:40,873 --> 01:46:42,465 They need to pay for this. 1253 01:46:53,620 --> 01:46:55,918 The rebels have surrounded the city 1254 01:46:56,090 --> 01:46:58,319 and our tanks can't cross the barricades. 1255 01:46:59,193 --> 01:47:00,592 Shit. 1256 01:47:04,431 --> 01:47:06,626 Get Havana on the phone. 1257 01:47:08,635 --> 01:47:11,297 Tell them to airlift men from Cienfuegos. 1258 01:47:13,608 --> 01:47:16,599 We're going to secure this city neighborhood by neighborhood 1259 01:47:16,777 --> 01:47:18,837 and street by street. 1260 01:47:19,948 --> 01:47:20,972 Send a battalion. 1261 01:48:36,962 --> 01:48:38,190 Where are you going? 1262 01:48:38,363 --> 01:48:41,662 I don't want to fight anymore. I'm tired of this. 1263 01:48:43,535 --> 01:48:45,059 Let me go. 1264 01:48:52,178 --> 01:48:54,373 Anyone else want to leave? 1265 01:48:58,384 --> 01:49:00,545 Cease fire! 1266 01:49:01,321 --> 01:49:03,380 Cease fire! 1267 01:49:22,276 --> 01:49:24,836 Tell your men to put down their arms. 1268 01:49:25,046 --> 01:49:27,536 I'm not going to negotiate with a subordinate. 1269 01:49:28,482 --> 01:49:30,451 You forgot to leave your gun. 1270 01:49:30,619 --> 01:49:34,145 - Give me that gun. - Take your belt off. 1271 01:49:36,892 --> 01:49:40,260 I said I wouldn't negotiate with a subordinate. 1272 01:49:40,428 --> 01:49:43,865 That's okay. This isn't a negotiation. 1273 01:49:44,767 --> 01:49:46,393 Comandante, 1274 01:49:46,702 --> 01:49:49,432 I give you my word of honor that if you let us return to Havana, 1275 01:49:49,605 --> 01:49:51,869 we won't fire another shot. 1276 01:49:52,041 --> 01:49:54,339 I believe your word of honor. 1277 01:49:54,510 --> 01:49:58,811 But I can't let those bullets kill more Cubans. Here or anywhere else. 1278 01:49:59,549 --> 01:50:03,384 You have 15 minutes to convince your men to surrender. 1279 01:50:03,553 --> 01:50:07,923 If not, you will be responsible for any bloodshed. 1280 01:50:15,165 --> 01:50:17,156 Shit! 1281 01:50:20,837 --> 01:50:23,500 Send this box to Camilo in Yaguajay. 1282 01:50:23,674 --> 01:50:26,041 Aleida, come here. 1283 01:50:58,678 --> 01:51:00,373 Call them on the telephone. 1284 01:51:02,315 --> 01:51:07,252 We agree to a ceasefire to get our dead and wounded. 1285 01:51:14,195 --> 01:51:17,358 - I advise you to surrender. - Over my dead body. 1286 01:51:18,866 --> 01:51:21,630 What's wrong with you? Where are you going? 1287 01:51:27,241 --> 01:51:30,006 Your colonel wants you to fight to the death. 1288 01:51:32,179 --> 01:51:35,239 We don't want more Cubans to die. 1289 01:51:36,684 --> 01:51:38,710 Give up your weapons 1290 01:51:39,521 --> 01:51:41,512 and you will live. 1291 01:51:46,662 --> 01:51:48,425 Turn in your weapons! 1292 01:51:49,399 --> 01:51:50,889 Now! 1293 01:52:08,918 --> 01:52:10,351 Well... 1294 01:52:12,089 --> 01:52:14,181 The colonel and I 1295 01:52:14,425 --> 01:52:18,828 are going on a special mission to check our positions. 1296 01:52:20,264 --> 01:52:23,563 Keep up the resistance until I return, is that clear? 1297 01:52:23,734 --> 01:52:25,726 Whatever you say, colonel. 1298 01:52:28,973 --> 01:52:31,099 Shoot anyone who tries to leave. 1299 01:52:45,290 --> 01:52:46,621 Who is this? 1300 01:52:46,792 --> 01:52:49,659 That's Sánchez, the police captain. 1301 01:52:50,595 --> 01:52:53,258 We found torture instruments in the station. 1302 01:53:00,072 --> 01:53:03,406 You know, I have an idea to take the hotel. 1303 01:53:04,810 --> 01:53:06,334 Tell me. 1304 01:53:06,513 --> 01:53:08,071 Leave it to me. 1305 01:54:16,085 --> 01:54:19,021 Don't shoot, don't shoot! We surrender! 1306 01:54:19,889 --> 01:54:21,686 Turn in your weapons! 1307 01:54:32,803 --> 01:54:34,601 Come on, hurry up! 1308 01:54:50,856 --> 01:54:54,815 Camilo took Yaguajay and he and his troops are heading this way. 1309 01:54:55,827 --> 01:54:58,092 We just heard the news on the shortwave. 1310 01:54:58,264 --> 01:55:00,824 It looks like Batista abandoned the country. 1311 01:55:02,902 --> 01:55:04,994 Yes, sir. Right now. 1312 01:55:11,344 --> 01:55:14,473 It's General Cantillo calling from Havana. 1313 01:55:16,149 --> 01:55:17,707 Okay, leave. 1314 01:55:19,752 --> 01:55:20,811 Yes, general? 1315 01:55:20,988 --> 01:55:26,290 I'm negotiating directly with the U.S. ambassador. 1316 01:55:26,493 --> 01:55:31,123 I'm in command of the army now, acting on behalf of Fidel Castro. 1317 01:55:31,298 --> 01:55:35,633 I authorize you to negotiate a truce, but not to surrender. 1318 01:55:35,803 --> 01:55:39,102 You can't surrender under any circumstances. 1319 01:55:40,074 --> 01:55:42,008 As you say, general. 1320 01:55:45,813 --> 01:55:47,440 Captain. 1321 01:55:47,749 --> 01:55:49,478 I need to talk to Guevara. 1322 01:55:51,253 --> 01:55:55,689 I've spoken to Fidel Castro. There's been no deal with General Cantillo. 1323 01:55:56,891 --> 01:56:00,123 This is a revolution, not a coup. 1324 01:56:00,296 --> 01:56:05,734 It's either unconditional surrender or we'll take the garrison by force. 1325 01:56:05,935 --> 01:56:08,665 And you'll be responsible for the bloodshed. 1326 01:56:08,904 --> 01:56:13,273 Be aware of the possibility that the U.S. government will intervene 1327 01:56:13,443 --> 01:56:15,307 militarily in Cuba. 1328 01:56:15,512 --> 01:56:19,414 If that happens, it would be an even bigger crime, 1329 01:56:19,916 --> 01:56:22,714 as you will be supporting a foreign invasion. 1330 01:56:23,653 --> 01:56:25,781 In that case, your only remaining option would be 1331 01:56:25,957 --> 01:56:29,290 for you to shoot yourself for committing treason. 1332 01:56:30,361 --> 01:56:34,058 Mr. Guevara, I need to talk with my superiors about that. 1333 01:56:37,201 --> 01:56:39,533 It's 19 minutes past 10. 1334 01:56:40,037 --> 01:56:45,100 At 11, I'll give the order to attack using all our forces. 1335 01:56:59,091 --> 01:57:02,993 - Sir, may I return home to my family? - No. 1336 01:57:03,161 --> 01:57:05,061 But we won the revolution already! 1337 01:57:05,230 --> 01:57:08,894 We only won the war, the revolution begins now. 1338 01:57:15,073 --> 01:57:18,532 Get all your things, we're leaving for Havana tomorrow. 1339 01:57:18,711 --> 01:57:20,508 Aleida. You too. 1340 01:57:20,680 --> 01:57:22,808 I'll need a guide. 1341 01:57:22,982 --> 01:57:26,714 - But I don't know Havana very well. - Neither do I. 1342 01:57:29,889 --> 01:57:33,917 - This man wants to say hello to you. - Thanks for all you've done for Cuba. 1343 01:57:34,094 --> 01:57:38,224 Not me, all of them. All of them. 1344 01:57:41,301 --> 01:57:44,964 Get ready. We're leaving for Havana tomorrow. 1345 01:57:55,483 --> 01:57:58,316 He told me he was heading to Havana to participate in a military junta 1346 01:57:58,486 --> 01:58:01,650 which was going to resolve the problems of the Cuban people. 1347 01:58:01,823 --> 01:58:05,885 I told him murderers like him weren't going to resolve anything anymore. 1348 01:58:06,394 --> 01:58:08,055 When I told him I was bringing him to you, 1349 01:58:08,230 --> 01:58:10,391 he pissed in his pants. 1350 01:58:10,566 --> 01:58:13,330 He begged me to take him to another chief. 1351 01:58:13,803 --> 01:58:15,498 What do you want me to do with this guy? 1352 01:58:15,671 --> 01:58:19,972 Keep him as a prisoner of war. He will be judged by a tribunal. 1353 01:58:20,576 --> 01:58:23,272 Comandante, place him under special watch. 1354 01:58:23,447 --> 01:58:24,936 Sure. 1355 01:58:27,817 --> 01:58:30,286 - Son of a bitch. - Bandit. 1356 01:58:30,954 --> 01:58:32,478 I can't see anything, then I turn around 1357 01:58:32,656 --> 01:58:36,922 and I see Roberto in the jeep, holding the grenade 1358 01:58:37,094 --> 01:58:39,028 with the pin still in it. 1359 01:58:39,197 --> 01:58:40,254 You're kidding. 1360 01:58:40,430 --> 01:58:43,763 So he's looking at me, smiling, like I'm stupid. 1361 01:58:43,934 --> 01:58:46,802 But when he came out of the jeep, I swear to you, 1362 01:58:46,971 --> 01:58:48,768 he stood up, acting like a tough guy, 1363 01:58:48,972 --> 01:58:52,534 still holding the grenade in his hand, just like this, boy. 1364 01:58:52,710 --> 01:58:56,111 He could barely walk because his knees were shaking so hard, 1365 01:58:56,280 --> 01:59:00,980 and suddenly his eyes went up, 1366 01:59:01,153 --> 01:59:05,886 and then he fainted with the grenade in his hand with the pin still in it. 1367 01:59:07,291 --> 01:59:08,919 Good one. 1368 01:59:16,336 --> 01:59:18,167 Who has a light? 1369 01:59:18,404 --> 01:59:20,268 Not me. 1370 01:59:24,144 --> 01:59:26,009 Hey, this was mine! 1371 01:59:30,617 --> 01:59:33,142 - Gentlemen. - So, then? 1372 01:59:33,319 --> 01:59:36,221 I'm going to the capital. Thanks for everything. 1373 01:59:36,422 --> 01:59:39,084 - See you in Havana. - Of course. 1374 01:59:40,160 --> 01:59:41,423 Ernesto. 1375 01:59:51,272 --> 01:59:53,968 - Take care. - Yes, Che. 1376 01:59:54,142 --> 01:59:56,303 Don't worry, my man. 1377 01:59:57,512 --> 02:00:00,447 Ultimately, what we can say is that the revolution 1378 02:00:00,615 --> 02:00:01,877 has moments of complete madness. 1379 02:00:03,552 --> 02:00:05,952 The attack, for instance... 1380 02:00:06,121 --> 02:00:09,249 The attack, for instance, against the Moncada Garrison, 1381 02:00:09,424 --> 02:00:11,791 the expedition of the Granma. 1382 02:00:14,897 --> 02:00:17,922 The continuous struggle of the small group of men 1383 02:00:18,099 --> 02:00:19,624 that were left from that exp... 1384 02:00:23,706 --> 02:00:28,303 The resistance against those last attacks by the dictatorship 1385 02:00:28,477 --> 02:00:30,809 in the Sierra Maestra. 1386 02:00:32,749 --> 02:00:35,149 The invasion of Las Villas. 1387 02:00:37,053 --> 02:00:40,922 The taking of the key cities in Cuba. 1388 02:00:42,459 --> 02:00:45,656 If you analyze each one of those things, 1389 02:00:48,600 --> 02:00:53,765 you come to the conclusion that there was craziness involved. 1390 02:00:57,841 --> 02:00:59,366 So, then? 1391 02:01:00,011 --> 02:01:01,740 Are you coming with us? 1392 02:01:03,081 --> 02:01:05,914 Yes. Under one condition. 1393 02:01:06,084 --> 02:01:07,312 Which? 1394 02:01:07,485 --> 02:01:09,453 When we're done in Cuba, 1395 02:01:09,622 --> 02:01:12,682 you let me bring the revolution to all Latin America. 1396 02:01:14,126 --> 02:01:16,720 You, too, are a little crazy. 1397 02:01:22,735 --> 02:01:24,931 It's a thing that I haven't seen anybody doing. 1398 02:01:25,105 --> 02:01:28,096 The rice is the most important thing, if you take... 1399 02:01:30,243 --> 02:01:34,543 Comandante, do you need my services tonight? 1400 02:01:35,949 --> 02:01:38,713 Son, you're killing me. 1401 02:01:38,885 --> 02:01:42,377 Did I make you angry with what I said the other night? 1402 02:01:42,555 --> 02:01:46,219 I'm sorry, I don't know what I was thinking. 1403 02:01:48,128 --> 02:01:52,531 No, son, you are loved, as they say in Cuba. 1404 02:01:52,700 --> 02:01:55,396 - Thank you, Comandante. - Do what you need to do. 1405 02:01:55,569 --> 02:01:57,093 Good night. 1406 02:01:59,607 --> 02:02:02,098 How does it feel to be a symbol? 1407 02:02:02,710 --> 02:02:05,508 A symbol of what? A symbol of the revolution. 1408 02:02:07,950 --> 02:02:10,248 There is one thing I can tell you. 1409 02:02:10,419 --> 02:02:13,752 We were very aware that we represented the hopes 1410 02:02:13,922 --> 02:02:17,858 of an unredeemed America. 1411 02:02:18,026 --> 02:02:22,429 And all eyes, those of the oppressors and those of the oppressed, 1412 02:02:22,598 --> 02:02:24,293 were fixed upon us. 1413 02:02:24,467 --> 02:02:30,133 In January of 1959, how old were you? 1414 02:02:30,873 --> 02:02:33,307 I was 30 years old. 1415 02:02:38,349 --> 02:02:40,544 See you in Havana! 1416 02:02:40,918 --> 02:02:42,385 It's Rogelio. 1417 02:02:42,552 --> 02:02:44,180 Tell him to stop. 1418 02:02:45,456 --> 02:02:47,219 - What? - Rogelio. 1419 02:02:47,424 --> 02:02:48,721 Yes, tell him to stop. 1420 02:02:52,396 --> 02:02:54,660 What are you doing with that car? 1421 02:02:54,866 --> 02:02:56,332 I'm driving it to Havana. 1422 02:02:56,500 --> 02:02:58,092 Who gave you authorization? 1423 02:02:58,603 --> 02:03:02,402 I took it. It belonged to one of the snipers, man. 1424 02:03:02,573 --> 02:03:04,439 Don't "man" me, Rogelio. 1425 02:03:04,609 --> 02:03:08,670 Even if it was Batista's, this car isn't yours. 1426 02:03:10,048 --> 02:03:13,745 Go back to Santa Clara immediately and give it back. 1427 02:03:13,918 --> 02:03:19,255 And then you will go to Havana by bus, by jeep or on foot. 1428 02:03:19,858 --> 02:03:22,918 I'd rather walk than drive to Havana in a stolen car. Let's go. 1429 02:03:47,154 --> 02:03:48,985 Unbelievable.