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Che’s Rosary Movie Treatment

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Title: Che’s Rosary
Genre: Historical Drama / Political Thriller / Spiritual Romance
Setting: October 1962, Cuba – primarily within a volcanic cave system turned nuclear bunker near Havana.
Starring:

  • Felipe Coronel as Che Guevara
  • Rosario Dawson as Alejandra, Che’s spiritual confidante and lover

Movie Treatment:

Logline:

In the thirteen days of the Cuban Missile Crisis, revolutionary Che Guevara and his secret companion Alejandra retreat into a fortified cave bunker with a Soviet nuclear warhead overhead. As the world teeters on the edge of annihilation, the couple finds themselves praying the Rosary—not as a ritual of surrender, but as a last spiritual weapon against judgment day.

Act I: Days 1–4 – Shadows and Shields

The film opens with archival footage and stylized recreations of the Cold War tensions. The U.S. spy planes capture images of Soviet missile silos in Cuba. President Kennedy initiates the blockade. Fidel Castro calls for military readiness. But in the volcanic hills outside Havana, a secret bunker—built by Soviet engineers into the side of an extinct volcano—houses a single warhead and two unexpected occupants: Che Guevara and Alejandra.

Che, gaunt but resolute, knows his tuberculosis is worsening. Alejandra, a revolutionary nurse with mystical leanings and a devotion to the Virgin of Guadalupe, brings him medicine, poetry—and a battered wooden rosary she smuggled out of Mexico.

In whispered candlelight, she urges Che to pray the Rosary with her. At first, he scoffs. “Prayers are for those who’ve surrendered to fear,” he says. But when the radio crackles with talk of invasion and the heat of nuclear war looms, even Che begins to question his dialectical materialism.

Act II: Days 5–9 – Temptation of Fire

The bunker walls drip with moisture, but the tension inside burns. Alejandra and Che debate revolution and religion, apocalypse and faith. She tells him that even revolutionaries must answer to a higher Judge—and that judgment might come in fire from the sky. The missile in the next room glows like a sleeping dragon.

Flashbacks reveal Che’s transformation—from medical student to guerilla to global symbol of resistance. Alejandra sees through it all, calling him by his birth name, Ernesto, and reminding him of his humanity.

Outside, Soviet officers argue with Cuban commanders. One Soviet colonel, a Christian in secret, sneaks in to deliver communion wafers to Alejandra, risking execution. The couple kneels. Che’s hand, once clenched in a fist, now trembles on the rosary beads.

On Day 7, Castro calls Che via radio, asking if the missile is operational. Che doesn’t answer. He and Alejandra begin a fast. They pray all fifteen mysteries of the Rosary each day—offering their penance for the sins of the age: pride, greed, vengeance, fear.

Act III: Days 10–13 – Smoke and Mercy

As the crisis nears its climax, U-2 planes fly closer. Kennedy and Khrushchev exchange final ultimatums. One wrong move, one hotheaded general, and it’s the end. In the cave, Che and Alejandra embrace between Hail Marys and hold each other like it’s their last night on Earth.

On Day 12, a coded message arrives: Khrushchev is considering Kennedy’s terms. There may be peace—but only if all nuclear missiles are removed. Che is torn. “Does that mean our revolution was just a pawn? Were we only leverage?”

Alejandra kisses him. “Maybe your fight was never about missiles or Marx. Maybe it was about this moment. Choosing mercy.”

Che, with tears in his eyes, finishes the final decade of the Rosary aloud—“Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.”
But there is no death.

On Day 13, October 28, 1962, the deal is made. The world breathes. The missiles are withdrawn.

Epilogue:

Years later, long after Che’s death in Bolivia, an aged Alejandra walks barefoot through the now-empty bunker cave, her rosary still in hand. She places a candle beneath a faded Soviet plaque, and we hear Che’s voice in narration:

“The future is not made by those who carry weapons alone, but by those who dare to kneel.”

Fade to black. A final title card reads:

“For thirteen days, the fate of the world hung by a thread—and a prayer.”

Themes:

  • Faith vs. Revolution – Can prayer coexist with radical change?
  • Love in the Shadow of Doom – A tender human story against a nuclear backdrop.
  • The Rosary as Weapon – A symbol of spiritual resistance to global annihilation.

Visual Style:

  • Muted, volcanic tones inside the cave.
  • Archival newsreel inserts with dreamlike transitions.
  • Intimate candlelit scenes in contrast to the sterile glow of the missile.

Director’s Vision:

A spiritual-political chamber piece with apocalyptic stakes and intimate emotion. Che’s Rosary will evoke The Passion of Joan of Arc meets Thirteen Days, with undertones of The Thin Red Line’s meditations on war and grace.

Che’s Cuban Cigar speech

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Che Guevara’s Ghost: A Manifesto Against Mammon

Posted on Immortal Technique’s Website

Brothers and sisters,

I speak to you from the shadows of history, where revolutions are remembered and forgotten, where the blood of the oppressed stains the soil, and where the dazzling glitter of Mammon blinds the eyes of the many. My voice is not bound by the grave, for the spirit of revolution cannot be silenced.

The American Empire, the modern colossus, strides across the world with arrogance and greed. Its weapons are not just drones and missiles but the subtle chains of debt, propaganda, and consumerism. It preaches freedom while enslaving nations with the seductive promise of wealth. It whispers of democracy while funding dictatorships. And all the while, Mammon—golden and gleaming—sits on his throne, laughing at the suffering he has wrought.

You, my comrades, live in a time of contradictions. The empire tells you that happiness is in the things you buy, that your worth is in the numbers on a screen, that your dreams are only as big as your paycheck. But I tell you this: Mammon’s glitter is a lie. The true wealth of humanity lies not in what can be bought but in what can be shared.

The empire feeds you the illusion of choice, but your choices have been preordained by corporations, algorithms, and the endless churn of a system designed to keep you docile. They want you distracted, pacified, and divided—because a united people, armed with knowledge and courage, is the empire’s greatest fear.

I call on you, the children of the revolution, to remember what they want you to forget: that the power lies not in their towers of glass and steel, but in your hearts, your hands, and your minds.

Rise against Mammon, not with violence, but with a refusal to bow. Build communities that cannot be bought. Educate yourselves and others. Create art that inspires and awakens. Speak truth to power, even when your voice trembles.

And above all, remember this: The revolution is not an event; it is a process. It is not a single battle but a lifetime of resistance. The American Empire will crumble, as all empires do, but it will not happen on its own. It will happen because of you.

Mammon may glitter, but the fire of justice burns brighter. Let it burn in you.

Hasta la victoria siempre,
Che

The post went viral, sparking debates, protests, and renewed calls for change. Felipe Coronel, reading the comments, smiled to himself. Che’s ghost had spoken—and the world was listening.