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The Motorcycle Diaries(Movie, 2004)

Original title: "Diarios de motocicleta" (Spanish/ES)
FSK: 6+ years
| 2h 6min | Genre: Drama
The Motorcycle DiariesRating: 3.7/5 (with 562562 votes)
The Motorcycle Diaries (Spanish: Diarios de motocicleta) is a 2004 biopic about the journey and written memoir of the 23-year-old Ernesto Guevara, who would several years later become internationally known as the Marxist guerrilla leader and revolutionary leader Che Guevara. The film recounts the 1952 expedition, initially by motorcycle, across South America by Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado. As well as being a road movie, the film is a coming-of-age film; as the adventure, initially centered on youthful hedonism, unfolds, Guevara discovers himself transformed by his observations on the life of the impoverished indigenous peasantry. Through the characters they encounter on their continental trek, Guevara and Granado witness first hand the injustices that the destitute face and are exposed to people and social classes they would have never encountered otherwise. To their surprise, the road presents to them both a genuine and captivating picture of Latin American identity. As a result, the trip also plants the initial seed of radicalization within Guevara, who would later challenge the continent's endemic economic inequalities and political repression. The screenplay is based primarily on Guevar... ()
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Awards & Nominations for The Motorcycle Diaries

Cannes Film Festival Academy Award for Best Original Song San Sebastián International Film Festival British Academy Film Awards Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay François Chalais Prize Independent Spirit Awards Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay European Film Award for Best Non-European Film

About The Motorcycle Diaries

Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he and best friend Alberto Granado had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s.

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Trailer for The Motorcycle Diaries + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

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Trailer (Trailer) | German Trailer (Trailer, DE) | Diarios De Motocicleta (Trailer, ES)

Additional Information

Main subject: Che Guevara (Person)
Original language: Spanish (ES)
Spoken languages: Spanish (ES), Quechua (QU)
Translated into 22 languages: Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 09/29/2004 (World premiere: 02/06/2004)
Appearing Characters: Che Guevara, Alberto Granado, Celia de la Serna, Ernesto Guevara Lynch, María del Carmen ''Chichina'' Ferreyra, Hugo Pesce
Director: Walter Salles
Producer: Michael Nozik, Edgard Tenenbaum, Karen Tenkhoff
Executive Producer: Robert Redford, Paul Webster
Film Editor: Daniel Rezende
Director of Photography: Éric Gautier
Costume designer: Beatriz di Benedetto, Marisa Urruti
Production Designer: Carlos Conti
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Diários de Motocicleta"
"Diarios de motocycleta"
"Moottoripyöräpäiväkirja"
"Carnets de voyage"
"모터싸이클 다이어리"
"Motorsykkeldagbøkene"
"Dagbok från en motorcykel"

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