Movie poster for The Motorcycle Diaries

The Motorcycle Diaries (Spanish title: Diarios de motocicleta) is a biographical film about how young Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (who later gained fame as a Marxist revolutionary) and his friend Alberto Granado travelled across South America. Gael García Bernal acted as the young Ernesto Guevara and Rodrigo de la Serna (in real-life Guevara's second cousin) as Alberto Granado. Download high resolution version (452x686, 71 KB)The Motorcycle Diaries movie poster. ... Download high resolution version (452x686, 71 KB)The Motorcycle Diaries movie poster. ... A biographical film or biopic is a film about a particular person or group of people, based on events that actually happened. ... Che Guevara Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna (May 14, 1928 – October 9, 1967), commonly known as Che Guevara, was an Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary and Cuban guerrilla leader. ... Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. ... Alberto Granado (born 1922) was the travelling companion of Che Guevara during their trip around Latin America and founder of the Santiago School of Medicine in Cuba. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Gael García Bernal Gael García Bernal (born November 30, 1978) is a Mexican actor. ... Argentinean actor, born on April 18, 1976. ...

The movie was directed by the Brazilian film-maker Walter Salles. The screenplay, written by acclaimed Puerto Rican playwright José Rivera, is based on Guevara's and Granado's journals. The movie had its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2004, and it opened worldwide later that year. Walter Moreira Salles Jr. ... Jose Rivera (born 1956 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a playwright and the first Puerto Rican screenplay writer to be nominated for an Oscar. ... The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival in the United States, and ranks amongst the top five events of its type in the world. ...

The Motorcycle Diaries was nominated for four awards at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival; it won the François Chalais Award, a Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and a Technical Grand Prize. It was also nominated for two Oscar Awards in 2005 – Best Original Song and Best Adapted Script. It won the Best Original Song for "Al otro lado del río", written and performed by Jorge Drexler. This was the first time ever that a Spanish song received an honor in the Oscars. The palace in which the festival takes place. ... Academy Award for Best Song 1930s 1934 - The Continental from The Gay Divorcee 1935 Lullaby of Broadway from Gold Diggers of 1935 1936 The Way You Look Tonight from Swing Time 1937 Sweet Leilani from Waikiki Wedding 1938 - Thanks for the Memory from The Big Broadcast of 1938 1939 Over... Jorge Drexler (1964- ) is an Uruguayan singer, the first Uruguayan to win an Academy Award for composing the song of The Motorcycle Diaries, which was performed together by Antonio Banderas and Santana in the 77th Academy Awards ceremony. ...

Tagline: Let the world change you and you can change the world.

Storyline

In 1952, shortly before Ernesto is due to complete his medical degree, he and his older friend Alberto, a biochemist, left Buenos Aires in order to travel throughout the South American continent seeking fun and adventures. Their objective was to reach Venezuela, passing by a leper colony in the Peruvian Amazon. The method of transport is Alberto's ancient and leaky Norton 500 motorcycle christened La Poderosa ("The Mighty One"). Buenos Aires (Good Air in Spanish, originally meaning Fair Winds) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, as well as one of the largest cities in South America. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Amazonas is a region in northern Peru. ...

The route they planned to take is a mighty feat. They will travel through the Andes, along the coast of Chile, across the Atacama Desert and into the Peruvian Amazon and reach Venezuela just in time for Alberto's 30th birthday. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Atacama desert of Chile is a virtually rainless plateau made up of salt basins (salares), sand, and lava flows, extending from the Andes mountains to the Pacific Ocean. ...

During the travel they came across human poverty and suffering. They met a couple who had had their land taken away from them by the landowners and volunteered for three weeks at the San Pablo leper colony in the north of Peru. These acquaintances with injustice changed the way Guevara sees the world, obviously portraying the motivations behind his later political activities. Father Damien was a Roman Catholic missionary who helped lepers on Hawaii and also died of the disease. ...

In a journey that lasts more than a year, the partners travel over 12,000 kilometres, from Argentina through Chile, Peru, and Colombia to Venezuela.

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