The story of a journey

that defined the life of

Ernesto “Che” Guevara

Presented By,
Sanjeeb Tamuli
 Movie detail
Director: Walter Salles
Producer: Edgard Tenenbaum,Michael Nozik, Karen Tenkoff
Written by
Screenplay: José Rivera
Based on: THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (by Che Guevara) &
TRAVELLING WITH CHE GUEVARA (by Alberto Granado)
Starring: Gael García Bernal as Ernesto Guevara
Rodrigo de la Serna as Alberto Granado
Music by: Gustavo Santaolalla
Cinematography: Eric Gautier
Editing: Daniel Rezende
Release date(s): January 15, 2004 (premiere at Sundance)
August 27, 2004 (UK)
September 24, 2004 (United States)
Language : Spanish. Quechua
U.S. Box Office: $16,756,372
Storyline
It is a biopic about the journey and written memoir of the 23-year-old
Ernesto Guevara, who would years later become internationally known
as the iconic Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara. The film recounts the
1952 journey, initially by motorcycle, across South America by Guevara
a Medical student and his friend Alberto Granado a physician.
As the adventure centered around youthful hedonism unfolds, Guevara
discovers himself transformed by his observations of the life of the
impoverished indigenous peasantry. The road presents Ernesto Guevara
and Alberto Granado a genuine picture of the Latin American identity.
Through the characters they encounter on the road, Guevara and
Granado learn the injustices the impoverished face and are exposed to
people they would have never encountered in their hometown. The trip
serves to expose a Latin American identity as well as explore the identity
of one of its most memorable revolutionaries.
In 1952, a semester before Ernesto "Fuser" Guevara
is due to complete his medical degree, he and his
older friend Alberto, a biochemist, leave Buenos
Aires in order to travel across the South American
continent.
While there is a goal at the end of their journey -
they intend to work in a leper colony in Peru - the
main purpose is fun and adventure. They want to see
as much of Latin America as they can, more than
8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles) in just four and half
months. Their initial method of transport is Alberto's
ancient Norton 500 motorcycle christened La
Poderosa ("The Mighty One").
Dear mom,
“I wish you could see us. We
look like adventurous and
inspire admiration and envy
everywhere”.

“I am glad to left behind civilization and be

close to earth”.
 In Chile, the pleasure travelers encounter a couple
forced onto the road because of their communist
beliefs.
“Those eyes had a dark and tragic expression. They told
us about some friends that had disappeared under
mysterious circumstances. And that apparently ended
in some part on the bottom of the ocean.”

“That was one of the coldest

night of my life. But meeting
them made me feel closer to
human kind. Strange so strange to me”.
However, it is a visit to the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu in
Peru that inspires something in Ernesto. His somber musings
are then focused on how a civilization capable of building
such beauty could be destroyed by the creators of the polluted
urban decay of Lima. His reflections are interrupted by
Alberto, who shares with him a dream to peacefully
revolutionize modern South America. Ernesto quickly
responds: "A revolution without guns? It will never work."
In Peru, they volunteer for three weeks at the
San Pablo leper colony.

“ I want to be useful in someway”

“Yes its(life) really screwed up , but we have
to fight for every breath and tell death to
get lost”.

“Did you see the river ?

It keeps away the sick from the healthy”.

Ernesto makes his symbolic "final journey" that night when, despite his
asthma, he swims across the river that separates the two societies of the leper colony, to
spend the night in a leper shack.
"Wandering around our America has changed me
more than I thought. I am not me any more. At
least I'm not the same me I was." ~ Guevara at
film's end
 Awards
Wins
 Cannes Film Festival: François Chalais Award, Walter Salles; Prize of the Ecumenical
Jury, Walter Salles; Technical Grand Prize, Eric Gautier; 2004.
 Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival: Audience Award Walter Salles;
2004.
 Academy Awards: Oscar; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures,
Original Song; Jorge Drexler; for the song "Al otro lado del río"; 2005.
 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actor, Rodrigo de la Serna; Best
Music, Gustavo Santaolalla; Best Adapted Screenplay, Jose Rivera; 2005.
 British Academy of Film and Television Arts: BAFTA Film Award Best Film not in the
English Language, Michael Nozik, Edgard Tenenbaum, Karen Tenkhoff, Walter
Salles;Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music, Gustavo Santaolalla; 2005.
 Goya Awards: Goya; Best Adapted Screenplay, José Rivera; 2005.
 Independent Spirit Awards: Independent Spirit Award; Best Cinematography, Eric
Gautier; Best Debut Performance, Rodrigo de la Serna; 2005.
Let the world change you and you
can change the world