The Motorcycle Diaries

The Motorcycle Diaries

  • Director: Walter Salles
  • Writer: Ernesto 'Che' Guevara,Alberto Granado,Jose Rivera
  • Countries of origin: Argentina, United States, Chile, Peru, Brazil, United K
  • Language: Spanish, Quechua, Mapudungun
  • Release date: October 15, 2004
  • Sound mix: DTS, Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Щоденники мотоцикліста
  • "Locomotive Traveling Diary" is a feature film directed by Walter Salles and starring Gael García Bernal and Rodrigue della Senna. It was released in the United States on September 24, 2004.
    The film is adapted from the "South American Jungle Diary" written by Che Guevara himself.   It tells how a journey to South America inspired Che Guevara's new worldview, and the revolutionary enthusiasm began to sprout in his heart   .

    Details

    • Release date October 15, 2004
    • Filming locations Lago Frias, Argentina
    • Production companies FilmFour, Wildwood Enterprises, Tu Vas Voir Productions

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $16,781,387

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $159,819

    Gross worldwide

    $57,663,711

    Movie reviews

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    • By Hilton 2022-04-24 07:01:07

      Pampas in the south, patagonia in the north

      Fusser is a doctor of medicine in Buenos Aires. His family is wealthy and wealthy. He is a person who has the right to choose his life.

             On January 4th, he stepped on Granado's old motorcycle, real life, and the vast and primitive Latin America in front of him, did he feel the blood spurting?

             Passing through the Pampas plain with fertile soil and lush vegetation, they arrived at the desolate patagonia known for its wind. The wind blew the tent away. In...

    • By Ulises 2022-04-24 07:01:07

      The 24-year-old me, saw the road that 24-year-old che walked.


         "The Death of Che Guevara" read with "Motorcycle Diary" is like a poet looking back at both ends of his life.

         24 years old, walking forward with the big pirate wish of "I want to have sex all the way, all the way forward". Having encountered Waterloo in the first country, it is doomed that Che's future cannot simply be a middle-class playboy who goes to school and picks up girls.

         The failure of picking up a girl made Che feel the pain, and the whole body boiled...

    • By Verna 2022-04-24 07:01:07

      This night, look, it's special

      "Dear mother, Buenos Aires is behind us, and behind us is the poor life, and those teachers, exams, and sleepy papers, and ahead of us is all of Latin America, from now on At first we only believed in our motorcycles!"
          By this point, I was almost in tears. Tomorrow, the scheduled work time, the poor life, the sudden phone call in the afternoon, the five hundred quick money left in the box, the original company, I don’t know how long the depressing life will take if tomorrow comes as...

    • By Alex 2022-04-24 07:01:07

      take me far away

      I am a lazy person.

      In fact, I have been aware of this problem several times, but in short, I only think about it occasionally, and then I was immediately relieved by more examples of people being lazy, so I became lazy with peace of mind.

      The last time I realized When I came to this question, I was discussing travel with the young master when I went to NY recently. Originally, I had the idea to drive to DC to see it. Later, I did some research and found that the rental car...

    • By Madonna 2022-04-23 07:02:13

      There is a gap~~~

      The first motorcycle diary is such a good subject and it did not produce the shocking effect it should have. Personally, I think that the film that is not very good does not highlight Che Guevara's character ideal... It is just a very straightforward story rather than showing

      the second male protagonist . Without Che Guevara's all-in-one charm, the all-in-one charm is a bit pale,

      the third story isn't compact enough and fragmented and the subject matter of each little story...

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    • By Madisen 2023-09-29 01:11:46

      2007-09-16, Does the journey make a person, or does a person make the journey?

    • By Raul 2023-09-19 22:00:32

      Buenos Aires is behind us, and behind us is a poor life, with those exams, teachers, and sleepy papers, and in front of us is all of Latin America, and from now on we only believe Our...

    • By Briana 2023-09-15 16:38:26

      Many people watch a movie and read a diary? The original music author is the same person as...

    • By Shanna 2023-09-04 12:25:13

      Che Guevara, the idol and spiritual leader of so many people, but what I see in this film are two deceived, idle and cynical images. The scenery in the countryside is really good. Eating and drinking, the most important thing is that you can soak MM everywhere, which is a good note. Young is good, no burden, no...

    • By Miles 2023-08-31 06:52:01

      After watching it, I knew it was a road movie about Che Guevara as a...

    Movie plot

    In January 1952, the 23-year-old Guevara was just a medical graduate student who did not receive a diploma and majored in leprosy. However, driven by his uncontrollable crazy youth, he resolutely bid farewell to his parents and girlfriend, and friends— —Alberto, a 29-year-old biochemist, hurriedly hugged his tent and set off on the road. In the eyes of Guevara and Alberto, the beautiful curve across the Americas on the map is beckoning...
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    The filming process of the locomotive traveling diary

    In order to shoot, the film crew made a lot of preliminary preparations, and it took two years to go back to the same year, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Cuba. During this journey, the film crew faced Guevara's family and met Albert, who was still alive in his 80s, in Havana. The crew came from various regions in Latin America. The filming of this film also took the same 8 months as Che Guevara’s journey that year. There were more than...
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    Evaluation action

    "Locomotive Traveling Diary" portrays the characters close to Che Guevara when he was young, and humanely shows this legendary life. The balance of the scene between Che Guevara and his companions shows Che's life from boy to man. With inner transformation, the film is sensational and true (Netease Entertainment Review)  .
    "Locomotive Traveling Diary" is not a peerless classic, but a deep and meaningful metaphor from the past to the...
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    Movie quotes

    • Ernesto Guevara de la Serna: Even though we are too insignificant to be spokesmen for such a noble cause, we believe, and this journey has only confirmed this belief, that the division of American into unstable and illusory nations is a complete fiction. We are one single mestizo race from Mexico to the Magellan Straits. And so, in an attempt to free ourselves from narrow minded provincialism, I propose a toast to Peru and to a United America.

    • Title Card: [Opening] "This isn't a tale about heroic feats. It's about two lives running parallel for a while, with common aspirations and similar dreams." Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, 1952

    • Ernesto Guevara de la Serna: [voice over] What we had in common - our restlessness, our impassioned spirits, and a love for the open road.