Che (2014 film)

Che
Che
	English poster of the film
Directed by	Ebrahim Hatamikia
Written by	Ebrahim Hatamikia
Produced by	Mehdi Karimi
Starring	Fariborz Arabnia; Saeed Rad; Babak Hamidian; Merila Zarei;
Cinematography	Hossein Jafarian
Edited by	Mehdi Hosseinivand
Music by	Fardin Khalatbari
Release date	February 24, 2014;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Iran
Language	Persian

Che (Persian: چ) is a 2014 Iranian biographical war film directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia. Che depicts 48 hours in the life of Mostafa Chamran in August 1979, who was then defense minister of Iran. On August 16 and 17, 1979 he was sent by Ayatollah Khomeini to command several military operations in the civil war in the Kordestan region which was besieged by anti-revolutionary forces.^[1]^[2] The film was submitted to the 32nd Fajr International Film Festival^[2] and won two Crystal Simorghs in for best editing and best visual effects.^[3] In addition to Chamran the film is also about Asghar Vesali who was killed during the war and the people of Paveh in Kermanshah province.^[4]

Title

Che is the seventh letter in Persian alphabet which is the first letter in Mostafa Chamran's family name.

Six months after 1979 Iranian revolution there were some news that Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan and Komalah forces in Kordestan are going to fight against Iranian revolutionary forces and take the freedom of the city in the region. Ordered by Ayatullah Khomeini, Mostafa Chamran is sent to the location to clear the city out of Kurdish forces. He has 48 hours.

Iranian Che poster

American Che poster

The two similar posters

Many Iranian websites noticed the similarity between the original Iranian poster design of the film and the poster for the unrelated 2008 film directed by Steven Soderbergh.^[5]^[6]