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Overview

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Director:
Walter Salles
Contact:
View company contact information for The Motorcycle Diaries on IMDbPro.
Release Date:
24 September 2004 (USA) more
Tagline:
Before he changed the world the world changed him more
Plot:
The dramatization of a motorcycle road trip Che Guevara went on in his youth that showed him his life's calling. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 26 wins & 37 nominations more
User Comments:
A Politically Thoughtful and Pretty Grand Tour of South America more (264 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Motorcycle Diaries (UK) (USA)
Carnets de voyage (France)
Die Reise des jungen Che (Germany)
Voyage à motocyclette (France) (festival title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language.
Runtime:
126 min
Language:
Quechua | Spanish
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Filming Locations:
Argentina more
Company:
FilmFour more

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Trivia:
The motorcycle used by the real life pair was a British-made Norton International, which had a 500cc single cylinder engine. The director revealed that they found, restored and used such Nortons except for the crash scenes where modern Suzukis were made up to look like Nortons and christened "Nortsukis". The director revealed that whereas the old Nortons were unfailingly reliable, the modern Suzukis were forever breaking down. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: The movie is set in the early 1950s. However, when Ernesto and Alberto arrive to the port of Valparaiso, Chile, a blue floating dry-dock (the "Valparaiso III", owned by SOCIBER) is visible on the bay. That wasn't commissioned there until 1985. more
Quotes:
Ernesto Guevara de la Serna: How is it possible to feel nostalgia for a world I never knew? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Match Point (2005) more
Soundtrack:
De Usuahia A La Quica more

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45 out of 63 people found the following comment useful.
A Politically Thoughtful and Pretty Grand Tour of South America, 15 October 2004
Author: noralee from Queens, NY

"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.

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