The Motorcycle Diaries
I watched this film a few days ago and while I was watching I realised something... It's the best film I've seen for a long time! Definitely one of the best films I've seen this year. So, if you haven't heard of it before, or you haven't got around to watching it yet, check it out. It's definitely worth it.
The Motorcycle Diaries (Spanish: Diarios de motocicleta) is a 2004 biographical film.
It tells the story of a journey by motorcycle across South America in 1952 by young Ernesto "Che" Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado. Guevara later became the famous Marxist revolutionary better known as Che Guevara, and the film depicts the gradual development of his political outlook, but his revolutionary exploits are not mentioned except in a caption at the end.
The film is based on the books Diarios de motocicleta by Guevara, and Con el Che por America Latina by Alberto Granado. Guevara is played by Mexican actor Gael García Bernal, and Granado by the Argentine actor Rodrigo de la Serna.
