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The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
Diarios de motocicleta (original title)

15 126 min  -  Adventure | Biography | Drama  -   24 September 2004 (USA)
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The dramatization of a motorcycle road trip Che Guevara went on in his youth that showed him his life's calling.

Director:

Walter Salles
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gael García Bernal ...
Rodrigo De la Serna ...
Mercedes Morán Mercedes Morán ...
Celia de la Serna (Argentina)
Jean Pierre Noher Jean Pierre Noher ...
Ernesto Guevara Lynch (Argentina) (as Jean-Pierre Noher)
Lucas Oro Lucas Oro ...
Roberto Guevara (Argentina)
Marina Glezer Marina Glezer ...
Celita Guevara (Argentina)
Sofia Bertolotto Sofia Bertolotto ...
Ana María Guevara (Argentina) (as Sofía Bertolotto)
Franco Solazzi Franco Solazzi ...
Juan Martín Guevara (Argentina)
Ricardo Díaz Mourelle Ricardo Díaz Mourelle ...
Uncle Jorge (Argentina) (as Ricardo Diaz Mourelle)
Sergio Boris Sergio Boris ...
Young Traveler (Argentina)
Daniel Cargieman Daniel Cargieman ...
Young Traveler (Argentina) (as Daniel Kargieman)
Diego Giorzi Diego Giorzi ...
Rodolfo (Argentina)
Facundo Espinosa Facundo Espinosa ...
Tomás Granado (Argentina)
Matias Gomez Matias Gomez ...
Kid (Argentina) (as Matías Gómez)
Diego Treu Diego Treu ...
Kid (Argentina)
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Storyline

In 1952, twenty-three year old medical student Ernesto Guevara de la Serna - Fuser to his friends and later better known as 'Ernesto Che Guevara' - one semester away from graduation, decides to postpone his last semester to accompany his twenty-nine year old biochemist friend 'Alberto Granado' - Mial to his friends - on his four month, 8,000 km long dream motorcycle trip throughout South America starting from their home in Buenos Aires. Their quest is to see things they've only read about in books about the continent on which they live, and to finish that quest on Alberto's thirtieth birthday on the other side of the continent in the Guajira Peninsula in Venezuela. Not all on this trip goes according to their rough plan due to a broken down motorbike, a continual lack of money (they often stretching the truth to gain the favor of a variety of strangers to help them)... Written by Huggo  

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Plot Keywords:

Friend | Motorcycle | Che Guevara | Venezuela | Diary  | See more »

Taglines:

Before he changed the world the world changed him See more »

Genres:

Adventure | Biography | Drama

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

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

Language:

Spanish | Quechua | Mapudungun

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Carnets de voyage See more »

Filming Locations:

Argentina See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

€547,393 (Italy) (23 May 2004) (210 Screens)

Gross:

$16,756,372 (USA) (13 February 2005)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

DTS  | Dolby Digital

Color:

Black and White  | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

When Ernesto and Alberto are in Temuco, walking with the bike and reading "El Diario Austral," Alberto complains because they misspelled his last name. El Diario Austral still exists, and it's the biggest newspaper in the Araucanía region of southern Chile. During filming in Temuco, the newspaper wrote a new article about the making of the film, and deliberately misspelled Alberto's last name again, 50 years later. See more »

Goofs

Anachronisms: The movie is set in the early 1950s. When Ernesto and Alberto arrive in Valparaiso, Chile, a blue floating dry-dock (the "Valparaiso III", owned by SOCIBER) is visible on the bay. It first appeared in 1985. See more »

Quotes

Ernesto Guevara de la Serna: What do we leave behind when we cross each frontier? Each moment seems split in two; melancholy for what was left behind and the excitement of entering a new land.
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Crazy Credits

The closing credits are overlaid on original photos from the real journey
of Alberto and Ernesto. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Before Sunset (2004) See more »

Soundtracks

"Jardín"
Written by Gustavo Santaolalla
Interpreted by Gustavo Santaolalla
Courtesy of Nonesuch Records
by arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing
Editorial Vasudeva & Universal Music Publishing Group See more »