Documentary 'Les survivants du Che' recounts guerrillas' 2,400 km escape

The documentary film 'Les survivants du Che' (The Survivors of Che), directed by Christophe Dimitri Réveille, recounts the harrowing escape of six guerrillas who fought alongside Ernesto 'Che' Guevara. After Guevara was captured and executed in Bolivia on October 9, 1967, these six companions evaded a pursuit of 4,000 Bolivian soldiers, backed by the CIA, trekking over 2,400 kilometers across Bolivia in hopes of reaching Cuba. The film, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, features testimonies from three surviving guerrillas, a CIA agent, a Bolivian soldier, and French intellectual Régis Debray. It blends archival footage, interviews, and animated sequences to create a narrative that is part adventure, survival story, and human drama set against geopolitical conflict. The documentary is scheduled for theatrical release in France on September 9, 2026. The film also highlights the broader context of Guevara's failed attempt to export the Cuban Revolution to Latin America. In addition, the RFI program mentions the Venice Film Festival (Mostra) and the film 'Trois adieux' by Isabelle Coixet.