Plan: Travel eight thousand kilometers in four months;
Way: Go with the flow;
Goal: Travel through Latin America as we know it in the book;
Equipment: 'La Poderosa', a battered 39 Norton 500;
Navigator: Albert Granardo, a chubby friend of mine, a 29-year-old biologist who considers himself a science bum, his dream, to complete the journey on his 30th birthday;
Vice Navigator: That's me, Ernest Gwana de la Erna, or El Fosser, 23. M.D. student, leper, amateur rugby player. Occasional asthma Route :
From Buenos Aires via Bagantagonia to Chile, then travel 6000 km north of the Andes to Machu Picchu, from there to the house of leprosy in Santa Baru on the Peruvian Amazon .Final destination :
the Guajira Peninsula in Venezuela, the northernmost part of Latin America.
What we have in common: restless, full of dreams. And endless love for this continent."
This opening monologue has already made people firmly Attracted, and there will be a restless force in my heart.
With lively music, the film also unfolds in a lighthearted and humorous atmosphere. Accompanied by the old Norton 500's 'da-da-da' sound, two hearts chasing their dreams galloped freely. Along the way, the two of them were still flirting with flowers and indulging their youth. The characters of the two are also different. Ernest is helpful and outspoken. A young man, Albert, who is older, is more smooth and accidental. The two complement each other and use their respective advantages to avoid conflicts. forward in.
Ernest maintained the habit of keeping a diary along the way.
When I first set out on the journey, I wrote:
"Dear mother, Buenos Aires is behind us, and behind us is a poor life, with teachers, exams, and sleepy papers, and before us all of Latin America. From now on At first we only trusted our motorcycles. I hope you can understand us, we are like adventurers surrounded by passion, admiration and envy,"
wrote while driving into Chile from Lake Freyas in Aryatin :
"Mom, I don't know how I feel when I cross the border, time seems to stand still in that moment, melancholy is forgotten in the land behind me, in the new land I am full of passion."
In Chile After seeing a dying old woman, she wrote:
"Mom, I know I can't help this poor woman, she can only live for a month at most, I have to try my best to make her live decently, in the dying In her eyes, there were helplessness, fear, despair. And the emptiness of dying. It seemed that her body would soon disappear into the huge unknowable surrounding us."
This matter, to Ernest His thoughts were touched a little, which made him feel the helpless side of the world more truly. Under the prelude of this plot, the film also quieted down, and there was no sound of "dadadada". The dilapidated Norton 500 was completely scrapped after several tossing. The atmosphere of the leisurely wandering at first evaporated. , the real "into" the hot land of Latin America. The film is more and more like a documentary, no flashy plot, just a realistic record.
The real turning point was when they met a man who had fled his hometown with his wife and was about to go to work in a mine. The close-up picture of the man's dark and confused eyes in the film directly hits the hearts of the audience. Ernest's thinking also officially changed, writing in his diary:
"Their eyes were full of gloom and sadness, and they said that many of their friends had mysteriously disappeared, probably thrown into the sea. I went. It was the coldest night of my life, and meeting them made me have a deeper understanding of this world, and I was suddenly unfamiliar with this world."
Then they came to a small island in San Babru, Peru — a leper quarantine deep in the Amazon. Using his expertise and a sincere heart, Ernest diagnoses and treats the physical and psychological diseases of lepers. Directly shaking hands with patients without gloves, inspiring young female patients' confidence in life, and swimming across the Amazon River late at night to share her birthday with the patients, Ernest really grew up. His heartfelt and touching speech at the birthday ball was his coming of age ceremony:
"...I hope to do my best to repay the people of this country...Although our leaders prevent us from being called your spokesperson, after this On this trip, we believe that the division of Latin American countries is completely impossible, and we are heart-to-heart, from Mexico to the Strait of Magellan. So, I will do my best on the way to each country, for Peru, Also for the unity of Latin America, let's toast!"
Ernest found his true self and made clear the career he would strive for his whole life.
The journey is over. Under the light melody, the film uses flashbacks, and paragraphs of documentary black-and-white portraits review the journey, and finally stop in the dark and confused eyes.
The black and white subtitles at the closing told us that Ernest was the famous Latin American guerrilla revolutionary Guevara. So far, its portrait with a black beret and a beard represents idealism, heroism and romanticism. It has become a fashion symbol all over the world and has been printed on young people from different cultural backgrounds. on the T-shirt.
"Motorcycle Diary" records a young man's journey of self-discovery, and also allows the audience to embark on a journey of self-discovery.
Note: "Motorcycle Diary" won the Best Song Award at the 77th Academy Awards
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