The Motorcycle Diaries [Blu-ray]

Director: Walter Salles

Overview

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 Garc?a Bernal (Y Tu Mam? Tambi?n, 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 material. As they embark on their journey, both young men come of age and find their individual world views broadened farther than they ever expected. The Motorcycle Diaries premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/04/2011
UPC:	4895033773726
Original Release:	0000
Source:	AIS
Language:	English
Sales rank:	69,083

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Gael Garcia Bernal	Ernesto `Che' Guevara
Rodrigo de la Serna	Alberto Granado
Mia Maestro	Chichina Ferreyra
Mercedes Moran	Celia de la Serna
Jean-Pierre Noher	Ernesto Guevara Lynch
Lucas Oro	Roberto Guevara
Marina Glezer	Celita Guevara
Sofia Bertolotto	Ana Maria Guevara
Franco Solazzi	Juan Martin Guevara
Ricardo Diaz Mourelle	Uncle Jorge
Sergio Boris	Young Traveler
Gustavo Bueno	Dr. Hugo Pesce
Jorge Chiarella	Dr. Bresciani
Daniel Kargieman	Young Traveller
Diego Giorzi	Rodolfo
Facundo Espinoza	Tomas Granado
Matias Gomez	Kid
Diego Treu	Kid
Ariel Verdun	Kid
Gustavo Mansilla	Kid
Natalia Lobo	La Negra
Maida Andrenacci	Chichina Friend
B?rbara Lombardo	Chichina Friend
Dana Frijoli	Chichina Friend
Valeria Echevarria	Chichina Friend
Ariel Prieto	Chichina Friend
Matias Strafe	Chichina Friend
Nicolas Watson	Chichina Friend
Carlos Rivkin	Horacio Ferreyra
Elvio Suarez	Uncle Martin
Pablo Villarrazza	Esteban Aguirre
Liliana Kolinsky	Chichina's Mother
Guillermo Ojeda	Man with Oxen Cart
?scar Alegre	Don Olate
Fernando Ignacio Llosa	Von Puttkamer
Marta Lubos	Schatzie 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 Far?as	Fire Chief
Maximiliano Toledo	Canaco
C?sar L?pez	Fireman
Pablo Macaya	Janitor
Rosa Curihuentro	Old Woman
Erto Pantoja	Mechanical
Vladimir Paredes	Truck Driver
Brandon Cruz	Miner
Vilma M. Verdejo	Miner's Wife
Jaime Azucar	Mine Foreman
Maria Zamora	Chipi Chipi Band Singer
"Pollito" Gonzalez	Chipi Chipi Band Pianist
Jorge Lobos	Chipi Chipi Band Percussionist/Trumpeter
Cuti Aste	Chipi Chipi Band Clarinet/Accordion
Robert Lindl	Chipi Chipi Band Double Bass Player
Gustavo Morales	Felix
Maria Beatriz Abele	Zdneka Pesce
Jonathan Balbis	Luis Pesce
Matias Delgado Rizzi	Tito Pesce
Jorge Paz	Peruvian from Canepa
Jakelyne Vasquez	Luz
Ernesto Cabrejos	Card Player
V?ctor ?ngeles	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 La Colina	Papa Carlito
Delfina Paredes	Mother Sister Alberto
Nemesio Reyes	Leper from San Pablo
Hernan Herrera	Leper from San Pablo
Antonella Costa	Silvia
Igor Calvo	Dr. Souza
Gustavo Santaolalla	Composer

Technical Credits

Jose Rivera

Jose Rivera	Screenwriter
Edgard Tenembaum	Producer
Michael Nozik	Producer
Karen Tenkhoff	Producer
Rebecca Yeldham	Executive Producer
Paul Webster	Executive Producer
Juan Fernandez	Key Grip
Robert Redford	Executive Producer
Walter Ripell	Casting

Editorial Reviews

A road movie that’s strikingly different than its brethren, The Motorcycle Diaries chronicles the 8,000-mile trip undertaken in 1952 by two young Argentinian men -- one of whom, Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, became better known as the revolutionary “Che” Guevara. As the movie opens, Ernesto (played by Gael Garcia Bernal) is a somewhat shy, asthmatic medical student who accompanies his jocular friend Alberto (Rodrigo de la Serna) on what they believe will be a grand adventure: a motorcycle journey traversing a good part of South America. Coming from a comfortable if not extravagant background, the two friends are stunned by the poverty and injustice they encounter, and while working to alleviate suffering in a leper colony during a brief stay, their lives are changed forever. Director Walter Salles (Central Station) lets the South American settings and natives do a lot of his work for him: one type of emotional response is elicited by his presentation of spectacular vistas, another by documentary-like glimpses of people who are desperately poor. But Salles never allows his audience to lose faith in human kindness; throughout the film, Ernesto and Alberto are helped by strangers who have no vested interest in their comfort or safety. The humanistic strain running through Motorcycle Diaries is so pronounced, in fact, that it’s easy to forget that the idealistic young medical student was later compromised by his support for repressive, authoritarian regimes. Fortunately, Salles doesn’t have an overtly political agenda, and in the end, his simply but elegantly told tale must be seen as a celebration of the human spirit.