The Shadow of Guevara

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The Shadow of Guevara is an intense, fast-paced thriller set in revolutionary Cuba. It focuses on Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, and their fellow radicalised soldiers.Pablo, a young peasant labourer, begins the sugar harvest of 1957 as a mentally and physically abused character on the farm where he works in Bayamo, Cuba. Running away to join the Revolution’s cause, Pablo finds Castro’s men, and becomes an aide to Che Guevara. But Guevara’s full nature is unclear to Pablo. He must ask himself to what degree he is willing to follow Guevara down a path of violence to achieve the goals of supposed freedom and equality.