SACRIFICIO:
WHO BETRAYED CHE GUEVARA?
Original language title: SACRIFICIO

Country of production: Sweden
Year: 2001
Language: Swedish, Spanish, English
60 mins.

An explosive re-examination of the betrayal and assassination of Argentinean revolutionary icon Ernesto "Che" Guevara. In 1970s Bolivia, the CIA and others captured and interrogated French intellectual Regis Debray and Argentinean artist Ciro Bustos. Both were said to know of Che's whereabouts. The canonical story goes that Debray revealed nothing, while Bustos betrayed Che's whereabouts to interrogators, who then had Che killed. This explosive film suggests that story is dead wrong. Across three continents, the filmmakers track down and interview Bustos, Debray, CIA and Bolivian military figures, and several other participants in Che's final days. They also interview vaunted historians of that time. Over the course of the film, the filmmakers construct an alternative and highly plausible account of the reasons for Che's death - an account that will not sit well with those raised on the leftist legends of the 60s and 70s. Manically composed, SACRIFICIO vigorously brings one of the 20th century's most explosive and controversial figures back to startling new life.

Directors: Erik Gandini and Tarik Saleh
Cinematography: Marten Nilsson, Lukas Eisenhauer
Music: various
Editing: Johan Soderberg
Production Company: Atmo for SVT
Source:
Ryan Krivoshey
The Cinema Guild
130 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016, USA
rkrivoshey@cinemaguild.com

Erik Gandini has been working as a documentary filmmaker since 1994. His filmography includes RAJA SARAJEVO (1994), NOT WITHOUT PRIJEDOR (1996), AMERASIANS (1998), SACRIFICIO (2001).

Tarik Saleh makes his film debut with SACRIFICIO.

Thursday, March 27
9pm
Facets Cinematheque
Screening with REPORTING FROM A RABBIT HUTCH