"El dia que me quieras" looks at the iconic photograph of the executed revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, taken by Bolivian photographer Freddy Alborta. The film includes interviews with Alborta, intercut with some arresting and sometimes surreal scenes from a Bolivian village festival.
"El dia" is an interesting meditation on the photograph and the circumstances under which it was taken, but the material may be too slight to justify a thirty-minute documentary. The scenes shot in the village, while undeniably beautiful, feel like padding.
The film doesn't offer any major revelations to students of either Guevara or photography, but it's an interesting and attractive piece nonetheless. It's just a pity that the director didn't have slightly more to show for his thirty minutes.
"El dia" is an interesting meditation on the photograph and the circumstances under which it was taken, but the material may be too slight to justify a thirty-minute documentary. The scenes shot in the village, while undeniably beautiful, feel like padding.
The film doesn't offer any major revelations to students of either Guevara or photography, but it's an interesting and attractive piece nonetheless. It's just a pity that the director didn't have slightly more to show for his thirty minutes.