The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
- Original title
- Diarios de motocicleta
- Directed by
- Walter Salles
- Genre
- drama film, adventure film, road movie, biographical film, coming-of-age film
- Country
- Peru, Argentina, Chile, Germany
- Runtime
- 2h 06m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 1,437 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 1952, two young men travel across South America on a rickety motorcycle. Along the way, they see the harsh lives of poor people. This changes how one of them sees the world.
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What happens
The Motorcycle Diaries (Spanish: Diarios de motocicleta) is a 2004 biographical coming-of-age road film directed by Walter Salles from a screenplay by José Rivera, based on Che Guevara's 1995 memoir of the same name and Alberto Granado's memoir Che Guevara: The Making of a Revolutionary. The film recounts the 1952 expedition, initially by motorcycle, across South America by Guevara and Granado, observing the life of the impoverished indigenous peasantry. Through the trip both of them witness the social classes struggle in Latin America. It stars Gael García Bernal (who had previously played Che in the 2002 miniseries Fidel) as Guevara, and Rodrigo de la Serna as Granado (Serna himself is second-cousin to Guevara on his maternal side). The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on 15 January 2004, and was later added into the main competition of the 57th Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. It was received with positive reviews from critics. At the 77th Academy Awards, Rivera was nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay category, while Uruguayan singer Jorge Drexler won the Best Original Song category for "Al otro lado del río". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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