The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
Coming Out at 6 February 2004 in theaters.
“Diarios de motocicleta”
Adventure, Biography, Drama
The Motorcycle Diaries is biopic about the journey and written memoir of the 23-year-old Ernesto Guevara, who would several years later become internationally known as the iconic Marxist guerrilla leader and revolutionary Che Guevara. The film recounts the 1952 expedition, initially by motorcycle, across South America by Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado. As well as being a road movie, the film is a coming-of-age film; as the adventure, initially centered on youthful hedonism, unfolds, Guevara discovers himself transformed by his observations on the life of the impoverished indigenous peasantry.
Through the characters they encounter on their continental trek, Guevara and Granado witness first hand the injustices that the destitute face and are exposed to people and social classes they would have never encountered otherwise. To their surprise, the road presents to them both a genuine and captivating picture of Latin American identity. As a result, the trip also plants the initial seed of cognitive dissonance and radicalization within Guevara, who would later view armed revolution as a way to challenge the continent’s endemic economic inequalities and political repression.
In 1952, a semester before Ernesto “Fuser” Guevara is due to complete his medical degree, he and his older friend Alberto Granado, a biochemist, leave Buenos Aires to travel across South America. While there is a goal at the end of their journey – they intend to work in a leper colony in Peru – the main purpose is initially fun and adventure. They desire to see as much of Latin America as they can, more than 14,000 kilometres (8,700 mi) in just four and a half months, while Granado’s purpose is also to bed as many women as will fall for his pickup lines. Their initial method of transport is Granado’s dilapidated Norton 500 motorcycle christened La Poderosa (“The Mighty One”).
Director: Walter Salles
Writers: Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara (book), Alberto Granado (book), Jose Rivera
Stars: Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo De la Serna, Mía Maestro, Mercedes Morán, Jean Pierre Noher, Lucas Oro, Marina Glezer
Cast:
| Gael García Bernal | … | Ernesto Guevara de la Serna |
| Rodrigo De la Serna | … | Alberto Granado |
| Mía Maestro | … | Chichina Ferreyra |
| Mercedes Morán | … | Celia de la Serna (Argentina) |
| Jean Pierre Noher | … | Ernesto Guevara Lynch (Argentina) |
| Lucas Oro | … | Roberto Guevara (Argentina) |
| Marina Glezer | … | Celita Guevara (Argentina) |
| Sofia Bertolotto | … | Ana María Guevara (Argentina) |
| Franco Solazzi | … | Juan Martín Guevara (Argentina) |
| Ricardo Díaz Mourelle | … | Uncle Jorge (Argentina) |
| Sergio Boris | … | Young Traveler (Argentina) |
| Daniel Kargieman | … | Young Traveler (Argentina) |
| Diego Giorzi | … | Rodolfo (Argentina) |
| Facundo Espinosa | … | Tomás Granado (Argentina) |
| Matias Gomez | … | Kid (Argentina) |
| Diego Treu | … | Kid (Argentina) |
| Ariel Verdun | … | Kid (Argentina) |
| Gustavo Mansilla | … | Kid (Argentina) |
| Susana Lanteri | … | Aunt Rosana (Argentina) |
| Natalia Lobo | … | La Negra (Argentina) |
| Maida Andrenacci | … | Chichina’s Friend (Argentina) |
| Bárbara Lombardo | … | Chichina’s Friend (Argentina) |
| Dana Frijoli | … | Chichina’s Friend (Argentina) |
| Valeria Echeverria | … | Chichina’s Friend (Argentina) |
| Ariel Prieto | … | Chichina’s Friend (Argentina) |
| Matías Strafe | … | Chichina’s Friend (Argentina) |
| Nicolas Watson | … | Chichina’s Friend (Argentina) |
| Carlos Rivkin | … | Horacio Ferreyra (Argentina) |
| Elvio Suarez | … | Uncle Martín (Argentina) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Fernando Farías | … | Fire Chief (Chile) |
| Maximiliano Toledo | … | Ca±aco (Chile) |
| César López | … | Fireman (Chile) |
| 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) |
| Maria Esther Zamora | … | Chipi Chipi Band Singer (Chile) |
| 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) |
| Jonathan Balbis | … | Luis Pesce (Peru) |
| Matias Delgado Rizzi | … | Tito Pesce (Peru) |
| 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) |
| Antonella Costa | … | Silvia (Peru) |
| Igor Calvo | … | Dr. Souza Lima (Peru) |
| Julio Berrocal | … | Doctor |
| Alberto Granado | … | |
| Gustavo Pastorini | … | Passenger |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia