This guide covers the 2004 film The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta), a biographical road movie based on the 1952 journals of Ernesto "Che" Guevara and Alberto Granado. Film Overview Director: Walter Salles.
Cannes Film Festival: Winner of the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. Final Verdict
Gael García Bernal as Ernesto Guevara and Rodrigo de la Serna as Alberto Granado.
What turns an idealistic medical student into a global revolutionary icon? The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) answers this not with political speeches, but through a dusty, 8,000-mile road trip across the heart of South America. Directed by Walter Salles, the film is a lyrical coming-of-age story that captures the "man before the myth". The Journey of a Lifetime