Diarios de motocicleta (2004)

Director:

Walter Salles

Writers (WGA):

Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (book)
Alberto Granado (book)
(more)

Release Date:

24 September 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Biography | Drama

Tagline:

Before he changed the world the world changed him

Plot:

The dramatization of a motorcycle road trip Che Guevara went on in his youth that showed him his life's calling.

Plot Keywords:

Motorcycle | Friend | Che Guevara | Diary | 1950s

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 26 wins & 37 nominations

Cast

Gael García Bernal	...	Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (Argentina)
Rodrigo De la Serna	...	Alberto Granado (Argentina)
Mercedes Morán	...	Celia de la Serna (Argentina)
Jean Pierre Noher	...	Ernesto Guevara Lynch (Argentina) (as Jean-Pierre Noher)
Lucas Oro	...	Roberto Guevara (Argentina)
Marina Glezer	...	Celita Guevara (Argentina)
Sofia Bertolotto	...	Ana María Guevara (Argentina) (as Sofía Bertolotto)
Franco Solazzi	...	Juan Martín Guevara (Argentina)
Ricardo Díaz Mourelle	...	Uncle Jorge (Argentina) (as Ricardo Diaz Mourelle)
Sergio Boris	...	Young Traveler (Argentina)
Daniel Cargieman	...	Young Traveler (Argentina) (as Daniel Kargieman)
Diego Giorzi	...	Rodolfo (Argentina)
Facundo Espinosa	...	Tomás Granado (Argentina)
Matias Gomez	...	Kid (Argentina) (as Matías Gómez)
Diego Treu	...	Kid (Argentina)
Ariel Verdun	...	Kid (Argentina) (as Ariel Verdún)
Mía Maestro	...	Chichina (Argentina)
Gustavo Mansilla	...	Kid (Argentina)
Susana Lanteri	...	Aunt Rosana (Argentina)
Natalia Lobo	...	La Negra (Argentina)
Maida Andrenacci	...	Chichina's Friend (Argentina) (as Maída Andrenacci)
Bárbara Lombardo	...	Chichina's Friend (Argentina)
Dana Frijoli	...	Chichina's Friend (Argentina)
Valeria Echeverria	...	Chichina's Friend (Argentina) (as Valeria Echeverría)
Ariel Prieto	...	Chichina's Friend (Argentina)
Matías Strafe	...	Chichina's Friend (Argentina)
Nicolas Watson	...	Chichina's Friend (Argentina) (as Nicolás Watson)
Carlos Rivkin	...	Horacio Ferreyra (Argentina)
Elvio Suarez	...	Uncle Martín (Argentina) (as Elvio Suárez)
Pablo Villarrazza	...	Esteban Aguirre (Argentina)
Liliana Kolinsky	...	Chichina's Mother (Argentina)
Guillermo Ojeda	...	Men with Oxen Cart (Argentina)
Oscar Alegre	...	Don Olate (Argentina)
Fernando Llosa	...	Von Puttkamer (Argentina) (as Fernando Ignacio Llosa)
Marta Lubos	...	Schatzie von Puttkamer (Argentina)
Cristián Chaparro	...	Luna (Chile) (as Cristian F. Chaparro)
Cristian Arancibia	...	Tulio (Chile)
Gabriela Aguilera	...	Piedad (Chile)
Juan Maliqueo	...	Araucano Father (Chile)
Samuel Cifuentes	...	Araucano Son (Chile)
Constanza B. Majluf	...	Chilean Sister (Chile)
Evelyn Ibarra	...	Chilean Sister (Chile)
Victor Hugo Ogaz	...	Young Man (Chile) (as Víctor Hugo Ogaz)
Fernando Farías	...	Fire Chief (Chile) (as Fernando Farias)
Maximiliano Toledo	...	Ca±aco (Chile)
César López	...	Fireman (Chile) (as César Lopez)
Pablo Macaya	...	Janitor (Chile)
Rosa Curihuentro	...	Doña Rosa (Chile)
Erto Pantoja	...	Mechanic (Chile)
Vladimir Paredes	...	Truck Driver (Chile)
Brandon Cruz	...	Miner (Chile)
Vilma M. Verdejo	...	Miner's Wife (Chile)
Jaime Azócar	...	Mine Foreman (Chile) (as Jaime Azocar)
Maria Esther Zamora	...	Chipi Chipi Band Singer (Chile) (as María Esther Zamora)
Pollito Gonzalez	...	Chipi Chipi Band Pianist (Chile)
Jorge Lobos	...	Chipi Chipi Band Percussionist / Trumpeter (Chile)
Cuti Aste	...	Chipi Chipi Band Clarinetist / Accordionist (Chile)
Roberto Lindl	...	Chipi Chipi Band Double Bass Player (Chile)
Gustavo Morales	...	Félix (Peru)
Gustavo Bueno	...	Dr. Hugo Pesce (Peru)
Maria Beatriz Abele	...	Zdenka Pesce (Peru) (as María Beatriz Abele)
Jonathan Balbis	...	Luis Pesce (Peru)
Matias Delgado Rizzi	...	Tito Pesce (Peru) (as Matías Delgado Rizzi)
Jorge Rodríguez Paz	...	Peruvian from Canepa (Peru)
Jackelyne Vásquez	...	Luz (Peru)
Ernesto Cabrejos	...	Card Player (Peru)
Víctor Ángeles	...	Card Player (Peru)
Willy Gutiérrez	...	Card Player (Peru)
Gerald Mayeux	...	Card Player (Peru)
Matías Gomez	...	Card Player (Peru)
Jorge Chiarella	...	Dr. Bresciani (Peru)
Ricardo Velásquez	...	Banca (Peru)
Carolina Infante	...	Sister Margarita (Peru)
Nidia Bermejo	...	Young Indian Nurse (Peru)
Carlos 'Caitro' Soto de la Colina	...	Papa Carlito (Peru)
Delfina Paredes	...	Mother Sister Alberto (Peru)
Nemesio Reyes	...	Leper from San Pablo (Peru)
Hernan Herrera	...	Leper from San Pablo (Peru) (as Hernán Herrera)
Antonella Costa	...	Silvia (Peru)
Igor Calvo	...	Dr. Souza Lima (Peru)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alberto Granado	...	Himself (uncredited)
Gustavo Pastorini	...	Passenger (uncredited)

Directed by
Walter Salles

Writing credits (WGA)
Ernesto 'Che' Guevara		(book "Notas de viaje") (as Ernesto Guevara)
Alberto Granado		(book "Con el Che por America Latina")
Jose Rivera		(screenplay)

Produced by
Daniel Burman	....	co-producer
Diego Dubcovsky	....	co-producer
Mónica Lima	....	assistant producer
Michael Nozik	....	producer
Robert Redford	....	executive producer
Edgard Tenenbaum	....	producer
Karen Tenkhoff	....	producer
Paul Webster	....	executive producer
Rebecca Yeldham	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Gustavo Santaolalla

Cinematography by
Eric Gautier

Film Editing by
Daniel Rezende

Casting by
Walter Rippell

Production Design by
Carlos Conti

Art Direction by
Coca Oderigo
Laurent Ott
Maria Eugenia Sueiro

Set Decoration by
Carlos Conti

Costume Design by
Beatriz De Benedetto
Marisa Urruti

Makeup Department
Marisa Amenta	....	makeup artist
Karina Arbulú	....	assistant makeup artist: Peru
Katerine Astete	....	key makeup artist
Esther Barbieri	....	assistant hair stylist
Laura Borselli	....	special makeup effects artist
Jana Carboni	....	special makeup effects artist
Araceli Farace	....	assistant makeup artist
Ariel Godoy	....	assistant hair stylist
Sebastián Molchasky	....	special makeup effects artist
Marisol Ortega	....	assistant hair stylist
Jean-Jacques Puchu	....	key hair stylist (as Jean-Jacques Puchu Lapeyrade)
Laura Quijandría	....	assistant makeup artist: Peru
Norma Recalde	....	assistant hair stylist
Juan A. Redondo	....	special makeup effects artist
Juan Angel Redondo	....	special makeup effects artist
Luigi Rocchetti	....	special makeup effects artist
Alejandro Staricco	....	assistant hair stylist
Juan Pedro Rodriguez Valiente	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Ricardo Avelluto	....	unit manager
Carlo Bettin	....	production supervisor
Raúl Campos	....	unit manager
Peter McAleese	....	executive in charge of production
Federico Noejovich	....	location unit manager
Severo Santos	....	assistant production manager
Graham Stumpf	....	post-production supervisor
Marcelo Torres	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Federico Berón	....	second assistant director
Márcia Faria	....	first assistant director
Claudio Leiva Araos	....	second assistant director
Samuel León	....	assistant director
Pablo Ramos	....	director help
Claudio Reiter	....	assistant director
Sara Rossi	....	assistant director
Julia Solomonoff	....	first assistant director
Natalia Vacs	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
Fernanda Abadía	....	painter
Lorena Acin	....	scenic painter
Angélica Alvear	....	set dresser
Silvina Carballo	....	assistant production designer
Martín Libert	....	property master
Matías Martínez	....	assistant production designer
Daniel Mauvignier	....	painter
Alejandro Gastón Mondello	....	assistant property master
Ariel Guillermo Mondello	....	assistant property master
Jorge Mondello	....	property master
Julio Ojeda	....	assistant property master
Ana Piaggio	....	graphic designer
Estella Zeballos	....	assistant property master

Sound Department
Bryan Arenas	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Javier Bennassar	....	sound editor
Jean-Claude Brisson	....	sound
Colin Cooper	....	adr recordist
Gary Coppola	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jed M. Dodge	....	dialogue editor
Frank Gaeta	....	sound designer
Frank Gaeta	....	supervising sound editor
Lauro Galindo	....	adr recordist
Patrick Giraudi	....	sound re-recording mixer
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer
Catherine Harper	....	foley artist
Terry Isted	....	adr recordist
Andrea Lakin	....	sound re-recording mixer
Patricio A. Libenson	....	foley supervisor (as Patricio Libenson)
Leandro Lima	....	sound
Christopher Moriana	....	foley artist
Todd Niesen	....	dialogue denoising
Todd Orr	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Romero	....	boom operator
Christopher Sidor	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Chris Sidor)
Victor Alejandro Tendler	....	sound assistant
Dennis Twitty	....	foley editor

Special Effects by
Georges Demétrau	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Merysa Nicholas	....	digital compositor
Adam Stern	....	digital artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Enrique Apéstegui	....	electrician: Peru
Alejandro Arbulú	....	electrician: Peru
Pablo Baião	....	second assistant camera: Peru
Alberto Bellezia	....	second assistant camera: Peru
Rubén Carpio	....	electrician: Peru
Aníbal Cattaneo	....	grip
Aníbal Haran	....	electrician
John Rockwell Harris	....	additional still photographer
Rafael Mackay Fulle	....	grip
Flavio Naranjo	....	grip
Constanza Ott	....	first assistant camera
Paula Prandini	....	still photographer
Dennis Ramírez	....	grip
Rodolfo Resch	....	electrician
Agustín Roca	....	electrician
Sergio Scalisi	....	gaffer
Cristian Vega	....	assistant camera: second unit, Argentina
Peter Zuccarini	....	water camera operator

Casting Department
Norma Angeleri	....	extras casting
Pablo Pérez Giménez	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gabriela Bellacomo	....	costume assistant
Fátima Macera	....	costume assistant (as María Fátima Macera)
Carmen Montecalvo	....	costume assistant
Ramiro Piombo	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Luis Bernardez	....	post-production coordinator
Gilbert Carreras	....	film color timer
Steve Johnson	....	colorist
Isabelle Julien	....	color timer
Maria Montoreano	....	second editor
Fabien Pascal	....	color timer
Miguel Schverdfinger	....	assistant editor
Patrick Thauvin	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Robb Boyd	....	music editor (as Robert Boyd)
Anibal Kerpel	....	music editor
Stephen Lotwis	....	music editor
Lee Scott	....	music editor: temp tracking

Transportation Department
Sergio Miguel	....	unit transportation coordinator

Other crew
Patricia Apter	....	production coordinator
Kim Ballard	....	production financing
Susan Bradley	....	title designer
Paul Cafferty	....	post-production accountant
Emma Chapman	....	unit publicist
Dante Deccheco	....	production assistant
Nicky Earnshaw	....	assistant: Peter McAleese
José Luis García Espina	....	location manager
María Gowland	....	script supervisor
Leo Haidar	....	legal counsel
Bill Holderman	....	assistant to producer
Donna Kail	....	assistant: Mr. Redford
María Paula Mancini	....	assistant production accountant
Gianni Minà	....	creative consultant
Anna Luiza Müller	....	publicist
Alexander Nicolas	....	marketing
Sebastián Ponce	....	assistant to producer
John H. Price	....	interviews: post-production
Joe Russo	....	interviews: post-production
Paola Scagnet	....	accounting assistant
Ettore Scola	....	creative consultant
Mauro Stecco	....	production apprentice
Alistair Thompson	....	supervising production accountant
Fernando Wajs	....	production accountant
Connie Wethington	....	assistant: Michael Nozik
Brad Simonsen	....	production executive (uncredited)

Thanks
Tessa Ross	....	very special thanks
Leslie Urdang	....	thanks

Production Companies

• FilmFour
• South Fork Pictures
• Tu Vas Voir Productions
• BD Cine
• Inca Films S.A.
• Sahara Films
• Senator Film Produktion
• Sound for Film

Distributors

• A-Film Distribution (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Asociace Ceských Filmových Klubu (ACFK) (2006) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• BIM Distribuzione (2004) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2004) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Constantin Film (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Diaphana Films (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• Focus Features (2004) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Golden Scene (2004) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• Golden Village (2004) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Herald Film Company (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Monopole-Pathé (2004) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Pandasia Entertainment (2005) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Pathé Distribution (2004) (UK) (theatrical)
• Alliance Atlantis Home Video (2005) (Canada) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Highlight Film (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2004) (Thailand) (all media)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2004) (Vietnam) (all media)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2004) (Finland) (all media)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• YLE Teema (2007) (Finland) (TV)

Special Effects

• Fx Stunt Team

Other Companies

• Alfa Vision  lighting equipment
• Donna Daniels Public Relations  publicity
• Monkeyland Audio  post-production sound
• Sound Satisfaction  foley recording facilities
• Susan Bradley Film Design  title design
• Title House Digital  titles
• UMG Soundtracks  soundtrack released by
• Virtualmix  sound re-recording
• Widget Post Production  post-production facilities

Also Known As:

The Motorcycle Diaries (UK) (USA)
Carnets de voyage (France)
Die Reise des jungen Che (Germany)
Voyage à motocyclette (France) (festival title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Runtime:

126 min

Country:

Argentina | USA | UK | Germany | Mexico | Chile | Peru | France

Language:

Quechua | Spanish

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Taiwan:R-12 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Zurich) | Iceland:L | Hungary:14 | South Korea:15 | Sweden:7 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Canada:G (Québec) | Chile:TE | Finland:K-7 | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:AL | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | Norway:11 | Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Argentina

Company:

FilmFour

Trivia:

Despite being based upon an Argentinean book, about a Cuban-Argentinean legend, with a Mexican and an Argentinean actor in the leading roles and spoken in Spanish, the film represented Brazil in many film festivals worldwide. Only the director, Walter Salles, is Brazilian.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: At the end of the movie, when Che is at the airport, a yellow GMC pickup drives by. The pickup has a 1-piece windshield; GMC did not introduce the 1-piece windshield until a few years after 1952).

Quotes:

Ernesto Guevara de la Serna: This isn't a tale of heroic feats. It's about two lives running parallel for a while, with common aspirations and similar dreams.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Qué Rico El Mambo

Great acting, direction and story - Oscar worthy

This movie is based on the true story that took Ernesto Guevara (Gael Garcia Bernal) and Alberto Granado (Rodrigo de la Serna) on a road trip all across and along South America in the 1950's. The script/direction elegantly avoids any politics or similar. Its focus is on the human transformation of two young Argentine professionals, a turning point in their lives, who decide to see their continent with their own eyes. This movie only covers Che Guevara's life BEFORE he became the famous Che Guevara. Most of us would agree with Che's goals but less, I guess, would agree with his means. However, the movie concentrates on how the world changed Ernesto which in turn led him to try to change the world. The movie ends at the end of their road trip. I understand that there is another movie in the making (with Benicio del Toro) which will show the rest of Che' s life, with politics and flying bullets included. The acting of the movie is first class: Gael Garcia Bernal performs at his best; however it is Rodrigo de la Serna's performance the one that is simply outstanding; not only he represents Granado's as a funny, outgoing character, but he also highlights Gael's characterization of Guevara. Great photography, humor, action, and drama are all ingredients of this movie. If you want to watch a movie that deals with reality and that contrasts with Hollywood's fantasies, this is your movie. You'll laugh, may be cry, but for sure you'll leave the theater thinking about a few things. Finally, this movie ironically represents Che's ultimate goal, a unified continent: the director is Brazilian, the main actor Mexican, the main actress and supporting actor Argentinean, the script writer is from Puerto Rico and the producer, Robert Redford is American. And, the movie was filmed in Argentina, Chile and Peru. Length: 2hs 04 min.