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Brazilian director Walter Salles follows up the Golden Globe-nominated Behind the Sun with this filmed adaptation of Argentinian-born Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara's journals of the same name. The Motorcycle Diaries stars Gael García Bernal (Y Tu Mamá También, Amores Perros) as a young, pre-revolution Guevara, a 23-year-old medical student in 1952 traveling across South America on a motorcycle with his friend Alberto Granado (Rodrigo de la Serna), who co-wrote the source material. As they embark on their journey, both young men come of age and find their individual world views broadened farther than they ever expected.

2004 · 2h 6m
Director Walter Salles

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The Motorcycle Diaries

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Brazilian director Walter Salles follows up the Golden Globe-nominated Behind the Sun with this filmed adaptation of Argentinian-born Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara's journals of the same name. The Motorcycle Diaries stars Gael García Bernal (Y Tu Mamá También, Amores Perros) as a young, pre-revolution Guevara, a 23-year-old medical student in 1952 traveling across South America on a motorcycle with his friend Alberto Granado (Rodrigo de la Serna), who co-wrote the source material. As they embark on their journey, both young men come of age and find their individual world views broadened farther than they ever expected.

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Studio
FilmFour, South Fork Pictures, Tu Vas Voir Productions, BD Cine, Inca Films S.A., Sahara Films, Senator Film Produktion and Sound for Film
Released
2004
Run Time
2 hr 6 min
Rated
15 With strong language.
Regions of Origin
United Kingdom, Argentina, United States, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Spain
© 2004 Film Four

Languages

Original Audio
Spanish, Spanish (Argentina), Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), English, Quechua
Audio

Spanish (Spain) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United Kingdom) (Always On)