The Motorcycle Diaries - Diarios de motocicleta

Adventure, Drama

Gael García Bernal	Ernesto Guevara de la Serna
Rodrigo De la Serna	Alberto Granado
Mía Maestro	Chichina Ferreyra
Mercedes Morán	Celia de la Serna
Jean Pierre Noher	Ernesto Guevara Lynch
Lucas Oro	Roberto Guevara
Marina Glezer	Celita Guevara
Sofia Bertolotto	Ana Maria Guevara
Ricardo Díaz Mourelle	Uncle Jorge
Diego Giorzi	Rodolfo
Franco Solazzi	Juan Martín Guevara
Sergio Boris	Young Traveler
Gael Garcia Bernal
Mia Maestro
Jorge Chiarella
Gustavo Bueno
Jaime Azucar
Vilma M. Verdejo
Cesar Lopez
Pablo Macaya
Gael Garc¡a Bernal
Susana Lanteri

Director	Walter Salles
Producer	Michael Nozik; Edgard Tenenbaum; Daniel Burman; Diego Dubcovsky; Karen Tenkhoff
Writer	Ernesto Guevara; Alberto Granado; Ernesto 'Che' Guevara; Jose Rivera

The beauty of the South American landscape and of Gael Garcia Bernal (Y Tu Mama Tambien, Bad Education) gives The Motorcycle Diaries a charisma that is decidedly apolitical. But this portrait of the young Che Guevara (later to become a militant revolutionary) is half buddy-movie, half social commentary--and while that may seem an unholy hybrid, under the guidance of Brazillian director Walter Salles (Central Station) the movie is quietly passionate. Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado (Rodrigo de la Serna, a lusty and engaging actor) set off from Buenos Aires, hoping to circumnavigate the continent on a leaky motorcycle. They end up travelling more by foot, hitchhiking, and raft, but their experience of the land and the people affects them profoundly. No movie could affect an audience the same way, but The Motorcycle Diaries gives a soulful glimpse of an awakening social conscience, and that's worth experiencing. --Bret Fetzer