The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de Motocicleta) (2003)
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Reviews Counted: 154
Fresh: 129 | Rotten: 25
The Motorcycle Diaries is heartfelt and profound in its rendering of the formative experiences that turn Ernesto "Che" Guerva into a famous revolutionary.
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Critic Reviews: 39
Fresh: 32 | Rotten: 7
The Motorcycle Diaries is heartfelt and profound in its rendering of the formative experiences that turn Ernesto "Che" Guerva into a famous revolutionary.
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Brazilian director Walter Salles Jr. follows up the Golden Globe-nominated Behind the Sun with this filmed adaptation of Argentinian-born Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara's journals of the same name. The Motorcycle Diaries stars Gael García Bernal (Y Tu Mamá También, Amores Perros) as a young, pre-revolution Guevara, a 23-year-old medical student in 1952 traveling across South America on a motorcycle with his friend Alberto Granado (Rodrigo de la Serna), who co-wrote the source
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Cast
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Gael García Bernal
Ernesto Guevara de la S... -
Rodrigo De la Serna
Alberto Granado -
Mia Maestro
Chichina Ferreyra -
Gustavo Bueno
Dr. Hugo Pesce -
Jorge Chiarella
Dr. Bresciani -
Brandon Cruz
Miner -
Carlos Rivkin
Horacio Ferreyra -
Jorge Rodríguez Paz
Peruvian from Canepa -
Oscar Alegre
Don Olate -
Antonella Costa
Silvia -
Cuti Aste
Chipi Chipi Band Clarin... -
Jean Pierre Noher
Ernesto Guevara Lynch -
Mercedes Morán
Celia de la Serna -
Jakelyne Vasquez
Luz -
Bárbara Lombardo
Chichina Friend -
Marina Glezer
Celita Guevara -
Sergio Boris
Young Traveller -
Marta Lubos
Schatzie Von Puttkamer -
Lucas Oro
Roberto Guevara -
Sofia Bertolotto
Ana Maria Guevara -
Franco Solazzi
Juan Martin Guevara -
Ricardo Diaz Mourelle
Uncle Jorge -
Daniel Kargieman
Young Traveller -
Diego Giorzi
Rodolfo -
Facundo Espinoza
Tomas Granado -
Matias Gomez
Card Player, Kid -
Diego Treu
Kid -
Ariel Verdun
Kid -
Gustavo Mansilla
Kid -
Natalia Lobo
La Negra -
Maida Andrenacci
Chichina Friend -
Dana Frijoli
Chichina Friend -
Valeria Echevarria
Chichina Friend -
Ariel Prieto
Chichina Friend -
Matias Strafe
Chichina Friend -
Nicolas Watson
Chichina Friend -
Elvio Suarez
Uncle Martin -
Pablo Villarrazza
Esteban Aguirre -
Liliana Kolinsky
Chichina's Mother -
Guillermo Ojeda
Man with Oxen Cart -
Fernando Ignacio Llosa
Von Puttkamer -
Cristian F. Chaparro
Luna -
Cristian Arancibia
Tulio -
Gabriela Aguilera
Piedad -
Juan Maliqueo
Araucano Father -
Samuel Cifuentes
Araucano Son -
Constanza B. Majluf
Chilean Sister -
Evelyn Ibarra
Chilean Sister -
Victor Hugo Ogaz
Waiter -
Fernando Farias
Fire Chief -
Maximiliano Toledo
Canaco -
Cesar Lopez
Fireman -
Pablo Macaya
Janitor -
Rosa Curihuentro
Old Woman -
Erto Pantoja
Mechanical -
Vladimir Paredes
Truck Driver -
Vilma M. Verdejo
Miner's Wife -
Jaime Azucar
Mine Foreman -
Maria Esther Zamora
Chipi Chipi Band Singer -
"Pollito" Gonzalez
Chipi Chipi Band Pianis... -
Jorge Lobos
Chipi Chipi Band Percus... -
Robert Lindl
Chipi Chipi Band Double... -
Gustavo Morales
Felix -
Maria Beatriz Abele
Zdneka Pesce -
Jonathan Balbis
Luis Pesce -
Matias Delgado Rizzi
Tito Pesce -
Ernesto Cabrejos
Card Player -
Víctor Ángeles
Card Player -
Willy Gutierrez
Card Player -
Gerald Mayeux
Card Player -
Ricardo Velazquez
Banca -
Carolina Infante
Sister Margarita -
Nidia Bermejo
Young Indian Nurse -
Carlos "Caitro" Soto De L...
Papa Carlito -
Delfina Paredes
Mother Sister Alberto -
Nemesio Reyes
Leper from San Pablo -
Hernan Herrera
Leper from San Pablo -
Igor Calvo
Dr. Souza
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All Critics (162) | Top Critics (41) | Fresh (132) | Rotten (26) | DVD (31)
A marvelous road picture and boys-become-men adventure, full of the best kind of idealism.
Top CriticA dull, unsatisfying experience -- as well as inconclusive.
Well-acted, beautifully shot and broad and personal, The Motorcycle Diaries is nonetheless undermined in the end by a clunky search for meaning and depth that seems forced.
Quietly exhilarating, soulful and sincerely romantic.
It's about the gradual wakening into awareness, the graduation from carefree youth to responsible adulthood.
Whether you want to see The Motorcycle Diaries as entirely a personal story or as social and political allegory, it captures a far different and far more vulnerable Ernesto Guevara than the one we think we know.
Subtly political biopic won't interest most teens.
Has a huge heart.
A thought-provoking film, grounded in breathtaking scenery and engaging performances.
For most of the viewers, regardless of their political beliefs, THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES is a journey worth taking.
This is the kind of movie that a serious student of the art of filmmaking will relish.
In a time when so many 'biopics' are predictable love-fests, it's great to see a film that digs back into a famous person's youth and explains HOW he became so influential.
The two leads are strong; but while the trip may have substantially moved the two travelers, the film doesn't move much until the last half-hour.
As a movie, The Motorcycle Diaries is beautiful, with strong acting, breathtaking location cinematography and a vibrant story. As history, it is more dubious.
Endearing and heartening...
The understated drama frequently takes a backseat to magnificent scenery, lusciously photographed by cinematographer Eric Gautier.
Audience Reviews for The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de Motocicleta)
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- Ernesto Guevara de la Serna: How is it possible to feel nostalgia for a world I never knew?
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- Ernesto Guevara de la Serna: You gotta fight for every breath and tell death to go to hell.
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Foreign Titles
- Die Reise des jungen Che (DE)
- Motorcycle Diaries (UK)
