The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)

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The Motorcycle Diaries

ORIGINAL TITLE

The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)

YEAR

2004

RUNNING TIME

128 min.

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COUNTRY

(New) Visual section

DIRECTOR

Walter Salles

SCREENWRITER

José Rivera (Books: Ernesto 'Che' Guevara)

COMPOSER

Gustavo Santaolalla

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Eric Gautier

CAST

Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo de la Serna, Mia Maestro, Mercedes Moran, Jorge Chiarella, Gabriela Aguilera

STUDIO/PRODUCER

Co-production Argentina-USA-Chile-Peru; Filmfour / South Fork Pictures / Tu Vas Voir Production

OFFICIAL WEB

http://www.motorcyclediariesmovie.com/

AWARDS

2004: Oscar: Best Original Song. 2 Nominations
2004: Nominated for Golden Globe: Best Foreign Language Picture
2004: 2 BAFTA Awards: Best Film not in the English Language, Music. 7 Nominations
2004: Goya Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay
2004: Cannes: Jury Prize Ecuménico
2004: Nominated for Cesar: Best Foreign Language Picture
2004: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Runner Up for Best Foreign Pictures

GENRE

Adventure. Drama | Road Movie. Biography. The 50s

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

In 1952, two young Argentines, Ernesto Guevara and Alberto Granado, set out on a road trip to discover the real Latin America. Ernesto is a 23-year-old medical student specializing in leprology, and Alberto, 29, is a biochemist. The film follows the young men as they unveil the rich and complex human and social topography of the Latin American continent. With a highly romantic sense of adventure, the two friends leave their familiar surroundings in Buenos Aires on a rickety 1939 Norton 500. Although the bike breaks down during the course of their eight-month journey, they press onward, hitching rides along the way. As they begin 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. As 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 within them the men they will later become by defining the ethical and political journey they will take in their lives.

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