故事以参加古巴革命英雄切·格瓦拉的游击部队,并被切·格瓦拉命名为“埃内斯托”的日本血统玻利维亚人埃内斯托·弗莱迪的一生故事。作为日系玻利维亚人而出生于1941年10月的埃内斯托·前村·弗莱迪出生于富裕家庭,少年时期的他看到贫富差距巨大的社会中不少贫穷人人生时,经常向贫穷朋友送上关心。为了人类而决定从医的他在古巴医学院留学时认识了切·格瓦拉,并因此改变了他的人生。随后,听闻祖国玻利维亚军事政变,埃内斯托·弗莱迪参加了切·格瓦拉的游击队,决心为国民而奉献生命。The first film in forty years to be co-produced by Cuba and Japan, it recounts the story of Freddy Maymura Hurtado who was a Bolivian man of Japanese descent. He joined the freedom fighters lead by Che Guevara in 1966 and was martyred at the age of twenty five. Aiming to rid his world of injustice and the gap between the rich and powerful and the rest of us the inspiring film reminds the viewer of the need for living with a purpose. Ernesto means 'serious,' but was also Che Guevara's first name.