Based on the journals of both Alberto Granado (Rodrigo De La Serna) and Ernesto Guevara (Gael Garcia Bernal), the man who would later become 'Che', The Motorcycle Diaries follows a journey of self-discovery, tracing the origins of a revolutionary heart.
With a highly romantic sense of adventure, the two friends leave their familiar surroundings in Buenos Aires on 'The Mighty One' - a rickety 1939 Norton 500. Although the bike breaks down in the course of their eight month journey, they press onward, hitching rides along the way. As they start to see a different Latin America in the people they meet on the road, the diverse geography they encounter begins to reflect their own shifting perspectives. They continue to the heights of Machu Picchu, where the majestic ruins and the extraordinary significance of the Inca heritage have a profound impact on the young men. When they arrive at a leper colony deep in the Peruvian Amazon, the two are beginning to question the value of progress as defined by economic systems that leave so many people beyond their reach. Their experiences at the colony awaken with them the men they will later become.
8 comments
chris197
12 Dec 15#8
Sold out. Shame.
grubpot
12 Dec 15#7
Really enjoyed this film
tudorrosca7
11 Dec 15#6
As much as I dislike the figure of Che Guevara, I actually enjoyed this film as it seems more about a youth on the back of a bike facing the injustices in his country than the story of a budding revolutionary. It certainly was more palatable than Oliver Stone's hagiography, "Che".
Uridium
11 Dec 15#5
Sold out
Trevanator
11 Dec 152#4
I haven't watched this for a while. I might have to put on a trilogy of Che Guevara films (this followed by Che 1 and 2) one cold, gloomy day over the Christmas period. I know how to party :sunglasses:
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11 Dec 15#3
Good film
sradmad
11 Dec 15#2
Sounds like my kinda film, thanks op, heat added :smiley:
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Based on the journals of both Alberto Granado (Rodrigo De La Serna) and Ernesto Guevara (Gael Garcia Bernal), the man who would later become 'Che', The Motorcycle Diaries follows a journey of self-discovery, tracing the origins of a revolutionary heart.
With a highly romantic sense of adventure, the two friends leave their familiar surroundings in Buenos Aires on 'The Mighty One' - a rickety 1939 Norton 500. Although the bike breaks down in the course of their eight month journey, they press onward, hitching rides along the way. As they start to see a different Latin America in the people they meet on the road, the diverse geography they encounter begins to reflect their own shifting perspectives. They continue to the heights of Machu Picchu, where the majestic ruins and the extraordinary significance of the Inca heritage have a profound impact on the young men. When they arrive at a leper colony deep in the Peruvian Amazon, the two are beginning to question the value of progress as defined by economic systems that leave so many people beyond their reach. Their experiences at the colony awaken with them the men they will later become.
8 comments