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Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, popularly known as Che, along with his friend Alberto Granado, decides to take a road trip across South America. His experiences on the journey transform him.Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, popularly known as Che, along with his friend Alberto Granado, decides to take a road trip across South America. His experiences on the journey transform him.Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, popularly known as Che, along with his friend Alberto Granado, decides to take a road trip across South America. His experiences on the journey transform him.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 36 wins & 49 nominations total
Rodrigo de la Serna
- Alberto Granado
- (as Rodrigo De la Serna)
Jean Pierre Noher
- Ernesto Guevara Lynch (Argentina)
- (as Jean-Pierre Noher)
Sofia Bertolotto
- Ana María Guevara (Argentina)
- (as Sofía Bertolotto)
Ricardo Díaz Mourelle
- Uncle Jorge (Argentina)
- (as Ricardo Diaz Mourelle)
Matias Gomez
- Kid (Argentina)
- (as Matías Gómez)
Ariel Verdun
- Kid (Argentina)
- (as Ariel Verdún)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen Ernesto and Alberto are in Temuco, walking with the bike and reading "El Diario Austral," Alberto complains because they misspelled his last name. El Diario Austral still exists, and it's the biggest newspaper in the Araucanía region of southern Chile. During filming in Temuco, the newspaper wrote a new article about the making of the film, and deliberately misspelled Alberto's last name again, 50 years later.
- GoofsAt Macchu Pichu, a piece is broken off of the sundial at the Inti Huatana (Hitching Post of the Sun). The damage occurred in 2000, when a crane fell on it. In the 1950s, it was still in perfect condition.
- Quotes
Ernesto Guevara de la Serna: [voice over] How is it possible to feel nostalgia for a world I never knew?
- Crazy creditsThe real Alberto appears at the very end of the film just before the credits.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Making of 'the Motorcycle Diaries' (2004)
- SoundtracksAdiós Muchachos
Written by César Felipe Veldani & Julio César Sander
Interpreted by Rodrigo de la Serna
Interpreted by Alberto Granado
Editorial SADAIC
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A Politically Thoughtful and Pretty Grand Tour of South America
"The Motorcycle Diaries" (Diarios de motocicleta) works more effectively as a bio-pic than on its own as a road movie.
The scenery throughout Latin America is beautiful and the two leads are very affecting, especially Gael García Bernal as Ernesto Guevara de la Serna when "Che" is still nascent.
But it's surprising how undramatic what happens that turns a sweet, middle-class med student into a revolutionary. He was already a liberal who wanted to help leprosy patients, so what happens isn't a complete turn-around -- even when they are broke, they can wire home for more money. Rather it sets off an internal thoughtfulness that is difficult to catch on film.
Mostly just leaving his sheltered life, particularly being dropped by his wealthy girlfriend, and seeing the continent, especially his first exposure to the indigenous peoples who suffer the most in every South American country even while tourists are visiting the ruins of their ancestors, becomes the nexus of his pan-continental political ideals.
He is mostly an observer and inconsistent protester of injustice, not a victim -- it's startling that his culminating noble sojourn at the leper colony, where he can put his skills and indivisible warmth to specific good, is only for three weeks.
So there's no eye-opening "Grapes of Wrath" conflict, though he is always contrasted with his carefree companion, Alberto Granado. Their close camaraderie is well-captured and Ernesto has a profound impact on him, as we learn in a final biographical summary.
It is amusing that Ernesto contradicts the stereotype of the Latin male sensualist and is a terrible dancer to the lovely soundtrack.
The scenery throughout Latin America is beautiful and the two leads are very affecting, especially Gael García Bernal as Ernesto Guevara de la Serna when "Che" is still nascent.
But it's surprising how undramatic what happens that turns a sweet, middle-class med student into a revolutionary. He was already a liberal who wanted to help leprosy patients, so what happens isn't a complete turn-around -- even when they are broke, they can wire home for more money. Rather it sets off an internal thoughtfulness that is difficult to catch on film.
Mostly just leaving his sheltered life, particularly being dropped by his wealthy girlfriend, and seeing the continent, especially his first exposure to the indigenous peoples who suffer the most in every South American country even while tourists are visiting the ruins of their ancestors, becomes the nexus of his pan-continental political ideals.
He is mostly an observer and inconsistent protester of injustice, not a victim -- it's startling that his culminating noble sojourn at the leper colony, where he can put his skills and indivisible warmth to specific good, is only for three weeks.
So there's no eye-opening "Grapes of Wrath" conflict, though he is always contrasted with his carefree companion, Alberto Granado. Their close camaraderie is well-captured and Ernesto has a profound impact on him, as we learn in a final biographical summary.
It is amusing that Ernesto contradicts the stereotype of the Latin male sensualist and is a terrible dancer to the lovely soundtrack.
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- Oct 15, 2004
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- Hành Trình Nam Mỹ
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- Gross US & Canada
- $16,781,387
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $159,819
- Sep 26, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $57,663,711
- Runtime2 hours 6 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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