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Libbie 2022-04-23 07:02:13
#Microfilm Review# "Motorcycle Diary" medical students embarked on a long trip around Latin America with friends before graduation. They rode on the broken motorcycle and set off at a rapid pace, but the motorcycle was quickly scrapped. The young man's passion is undeniable, and the two rely on hitchhiking to complete the rest of the journey. They walked through the ruins of ancient civilizations in Latin America, and shuttled among various peoples in various countries. They really felt the reality of society and the suffering of life, and were finally deeply shocked by what they saw and heard, and turned from an idealist to a realist. The medical student eventually became revolutionary Che Guevara.
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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.
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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