Diarios de motocicleta (2004)

Director:

Walter Salles

Writers (WGA):

Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (book)
Alberto Granado (book)
(more)

Release Date:

24 September 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Biography | Drama

Tagline:

Before he changed the world the world changed him

Plot:

The dramatization of a motorcycle road trip Che Guevara went on in his youth that showed him his life's calling.

Plot Keywords:

Motorcycle | Che Guevara | Friend | Diary | Venezuela

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 26 wins & 37 nominations

Cast

Gael García Bernal	...	Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (Argentina)
Rodrigo De la Serna	...	Alberto Granado (Argentina)
Mercedes Morán	...	Celia de la Serna (Argentina)
Jean Pierre Noher	...	Ernesto Guevara Lynch (Argentina) (as Jean-Pierre Noher)
Lucas Oro	...	Roberto Guevara (Argentina)
Marina Glezer	...	Celita Guevara (Argentina)
Sofia Bertolotto	...	Ana María Guevara (Argentina) (as Sofía Bertolotto)
Franco Solazzi	...	Juan Martín Guevara (Argentina)
Ricardo Díaz Mourelle	...	Uncle Jorge (Argentina) (as Ricardo Diaz Mourelle)
Sergio Boris	...	Young Traveler (Argentina)
Daniel Cargieman	...	Young Traveler (Argentina) (as Daniel Kargieman)
Diego Giorzi	...	Rodolfo (Argentina)
Facundo Espinosa	...	Tomás Granado (Argentina)
Matias Gomez	...	Kid (Argentina) (as Matías Gómez)
Diego Treu	...	Kid (Argentina)
Ariel Verdun	...	Kid (Argentina) (as Ariel Verdún)
Mía Maestro	...	Chichina (Argentina)
Gustavo Mansilla	...	Kid (Argentina)
Susana Lanteri	...	Aunt Rosana (Argentina)
Natalia Lobo	...	La Negra (Argentina)
Maida Andrenacci	...	Chichina's Friend (Argentina) (as Maída Andrenacci)
Bárbara Lombardo	...	Chichina's Friend (Argentina)
Dana Frijoli	...	Chichina's Friend (Argentina)
Valeria Echeverria	...	Chichina's Friend (Argentina) (as Valeria Echeverría)
Ariel Prieto	...	Chichina's Friend (Argentina)
Matías Strafe	...	Chichina's Friend (Argentina)
Nicolas Watson	...	Chichina's Friend (Argentina) (as Nicolás Watson)
Carlos Rivkin	...	Horacio Ferreyra (Argentina)
Elvio Suarez	...	Uncle Martín (Argentina) (as Elvio Suárez)
Pablo Villarrazza	...	Esteban Aguirre (Argentina)
Liliana Kolinsky	...	Chichina's Mother (Argentina)
Guillermo Ojeda	...	Men with Oxen Cart (Argentina)
Oscar Alegre	...	Don Olate (Argentina)
Fernando Llosa	...	Von Puttkamer (Argentina) (as Fernando Ignacio Llosa)
Marta Lubos	...	Schatzie von Puttkamer (Argentina)
Cristián Chaparro	...	Luna (Chile) (as Cristian F. Chaparro)
Cristian Arancibia	...	Tulio (Chile)
Gabriela Aguilera	...	Piedad (Chile)
Juan Maliqueo	...	Araucano Father (Chile)
Samuel Cifuentes	...	Araucano Son (Chile)
Constanza B. Majluf	...	Chilean Sister (Chile)
Evelyn Ibarra	...	Chilean Sister (Chile)
Victor Hugo Ogaz	...	Young Man (Chile) (as Víctor Hugo Ogaz)
Fernando Farías	...	Fire Chief (Chile) (as Fernando Farias)
Maximiliano Toledo	...	Ca±aco (Chile)
César López	...	Fireman (Chile) (as César Lopez)
Pablo Macaya	...	Janitor (Chile)
Rosa Curihuentro	...	Doña Rosa (Chile)
Erto Pantoja	...	Mechanic (Chile)
Vladimir Paredes	...	Truck Driver (Chile)
Brandon Cruz	...	Miner (Chile)
Vilma M. Verdejo	...	Miner's Wife (Chile)
Jaime Azócar	...	Mine Foreman (Chile) (as Jaime Azocar)
Maria Esther Zamora	...	Chipi Chipi Band Singer (Chile) (as María Esther Zamora)
Pollito Gonzalez	...	Chipi Chipi Band Pianist (Chile)
Jorge Lobos	...	Chipi Chipi Band Percussionist / Trumpeter (Chile)
Cuti Aste	...	Chipi Chipi Band Clarinetist / Accordionist (Chile)
Roberto Lindl	...	Chipi Chipi Band Double Bass Player (Chile)
Gustavo Morales	...	Félix (Peru)
Gustavo Bueno	...	Dr. Hugo Pesce (Peru)
Maria Beatriz Abele	...	Zdenka Pesce (Peru) (as María Beatriz Abele)
Jonathan Balbis	...	Luis Pesce (Peru)
Matias Delgado Rizzi	...	Tito Pesce (Peru) (as Matías Delgado Rizzi)
Jorge Rodríguez Paz	...	Peruvian from Canepa (Peru)
Jackelyne Vásquez	...	Luz (Peru)
Ernesto Cabrejos	...	Card Player (Peru)
Víctor Ángeles	...	Card Player (Peru)
Willy Gutiérrez	...	Card Player (Peru)
Gerald Mayeux	...	Card Player (Peru)
Matías Gomez	...	Card Player (Peru)
Jorge Chiarella	...	Dr. Bresciani (Peru)
Ricardo Velásquez	...	Banca (Peru)
Carolina Infante	...	Sister Margarita (Peru)
Nidia Bermejo	...	Young Indian Nurse (Peru)
Carlos 'Caitro' Soto de la Colina	...	Papa Carlito (Peru)
Delfina Paredes	...	Mother Sister Alberto (Peru)
Nemesio Reyes	...	Leper from San Pablo (Peru)
Hernan Herrera	...	Leper from San Pablo (Peru) (as Hernán Herrera)
Antonella Costa	...	Silvia (Peru)
Igor Calvo	...	Dr. Souza Lima (Peru)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alberto Granado	...	Himself (uncredited)
Gustavo Pastorini	...	Passenger (uncredited)

Directed by
Walter Salles

Writing credits (WGA)
Ernesto 'Che' Guevara		(book "Notas de viaje") (as Ernesto Guevara)
Alberto Granado		(book "Con el Che por America Latina")
Jose Rivera		(screenplay)

Produced by
Daniel Burman	....	co-producer
Diego Dubcovsky	....	co-producer
Mónica Lima	....	assistant producer
Michael Nozik	....	producer
Robert Redford	....	executive producer
Edgard Tenenbaum	....	producer
Karen Tenkhoff	....	producer
Paul Webster	....	executive producer
Rebecca Yeldham	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Gustavo Santaolalla

Cinematography by
Eric Gautier

Film Editing by
Daniel Rezende

Casting by
Walter Rippell

Production Design by
Carlos Conti

Art Direction by
Coca Oderigo
Laurent Ott
Maria Eugenia Sueiro

Set Decoration by
Carlos Conti

Costume Design by
Beatriz De Benedetto
Marisa Urruti

Makeup Department
Marisa Amenta	....	makeup artist
Karina Arbulú	....	assistant makeup artist: Peru
Katerine Astete	....	key makeup artist
Esther Barbieri	....	assistant hair stylist
Laura Borselli	....	special makeup effects artist
Jana Carboni	....	special makeup effects artist
Araceli Farace	....	assistant makeup artist
Ariel Godoy	....	assistant hair stylist
Sebastián Molchasky	....	special makeup effects artist
Marisol Ortega	....	assistant hair stylist
Jean-Jacques Puchu	....	key hair stylist (as Jean-Jacques Puchu Lapeyrade)
Laura Quijandría	....	assistant makeup artist: Peru
Norma Recalde	....	assistant hair stylist
Juan A. Redondo	....	special makeup effects artist
Juan Angel Redondo	....	special makeup effects artist
Luigi Rocchetti	....	special makeup effects artist
Alejandro Staricco	....	assistant hair stylist
Juan Pedro Rodriguez Valiente	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Ricardo Avelluto	....	unit manager
Carlo Bettin	....	production supervisor
Raúl Campos	....	unit manager
Peter McAleese	....	executive in charge of production
Federico Noejovich	....	location unit manager
Severo Santos	....	assistant production manager
Graham Stumpf	....	post-production supervisor
Marcelo Torres	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Federico Berón	....	second assistant director
Márcia Faria	....	first assistant director
Claudio Leiva Araos	....	second assistant director
Samuel León	....	assistant director
Pablo Ramos	....	director help
Claudio Reiter	....	assistant director
Sara Rossi	....	assistant director
Julia Solomonoff	....	first assistant director
Natalia Vacs	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
Fernanda Abadía	....	painter
Lorena Acin	....	scenic painter
Angélica Alvear	....	set dresser
Silvina Carballo	....	assistant production designer
Martín Libert	....	property master
Matías Martínez	....	assistant production designer
Daniel Mauvignier	....	painter
Alejandro Gastón Mondello	....	assistant property master
Ariel Guillermo Mondello	....	assistant property master
Jorge Mondello	....	property master
Julio Ojeda	....	assistant property master
Ana Piaggio	....	graphic designer
Estella Zeballos	....	assistant property master

Sound Department
Bryan Arenas	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Javier Bennassar	....	sound editor
Jean-Claude Brisson	....	sound
Colin Cooper	....	adr recordist
Gary Coppola	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jed M. Dodge	....	dialogue editor
Frank Gaeta	....	sound designer
Frank Gaeta	....	supervising sound editor
Lauro Galindo	....	adr recordist
Patrick Giraudi	....	sound re-recording mixer
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer
Catherine Harper	....	foley artist
Terry Isted	....	adr recordist
Andrea Lakin	....	sound re-recording mixer
Patricio A. Libenson	....	foley supervisor (as Patricio Libenson)
Leandro Lima	....	sound
Christopher Moriana	....	foley artist
Todd Niesen	....	dialogue denoising
Todd Orr	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Romero	....	boom operator
Christopher Sidor	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Chris Sidor)
Victor Alejandro Tendler	....	sound assistant
Dennis Twitty	....	foley editor

Special Effects by
Georges Demétrau	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Merysa Nicholas	....	digital compositor
Adam Stern	....	digital artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Enrique Apéstegui	....	electrician: Peru
Alejandro Arbulú	....	electrician: Peru
Pablo Baião	....	second assistant camera: Peru
Alberto Bellezia	....	second assistant camera: Peru
Rubén Carpio	....	electrician: Peru
Aníbal Cattaneo	....	grip
Aníbal Haran	....	electrician
John Rockwell Harris	....	additional still photographer
Rafael Mackay Fulle	....	grip
Flavio Naranjo	....	grip
Constanza Ott	....	first assistant camera
Paula Prandini	....	still photographer
Dennis Ramírez	....	grip
Rodolfo Resch	....	electrician
Agustín Roca	....	electrician
Sergio Scalisi	....	gaffer
Cristian Vega	....	assistant camera: second unit, Argentina
Peter Zuccarini	....	water camera operator

Casting Department
Norma Angeleri	....	extras casting
Pablo Pérez Giménez	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gabriela Bellacomo	....	costume assistant
Fátima Macera	....	costume assistant (as María Fátima Macera)
Carmen Montecalvo	....	costume assistant
Ramiro Piombo	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Luis Bernardez	....	post-production coordinator
Gilbert Carreras	....	film color timer
Steve Johnson	....	colorist
Isabelle Julien	....	color timer
Maria Montoreano	....	second editor
Fabien Pascal	....	color timer
Miguel Schverdfinger	....	assistant editor
Patrick Thauvin	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Robb Boyd	....	music editor (as Robert Boyd)
Anibal Kerpel	....	music editor
Stephen Lotwis	....	music editor
Lee Scott	....	music editor: temp tracking

Transportation Department
Sergio Miguel	....	unit transportation coordinator

Other crew
Patricia Apter	....	production coordinator
Kim Ballard	....	production financing
Susan Bradley	....	title designer
Paul Cafferty	....	post-production accountant
Emma Chapman	....	unit publicist
Dante Deccheco	....	production assistant
Nicky Earnshaw	....	assistant: Peter McAleese
José Luis García Espina	....	location manager
María Gowland	....	script supervisor
Leo Haidar	....	legal counsel
Bill Holderman	....	assistant to producer
Donna Kail	....	assistant: Mr. Redford
María Paula Mancini	....	assistant production accountant
Gianni Minà	....	creative consultant
Alexander Nicolas	....	marketing
Sebastián Ponce	....	assistant to producer
John H. Price	....	interviews: post-production
Joe Russo	....	interviews: post-production
Paola Scagnet	....	accounting assistant
Ettore Scola	....	creative consultant
Mauro Stecco	....	production apprentice
Alistair Thompson	....	supervising production accountant
Fernando Wajs	....	production accountant
Connie Wethington	....	assistant: Michael Nozik
Brad Simonsen	....	production executive (uncredited)

Thanks
Tessa Ross	....	very special thanks
Leslie Urdang	....	thanks

Production Companies

• FilmFour
• South Fork Pictures
• Tu Vas Voir Productions
• BD Cine
• Inca Films S.A.
• Sahara Films
• Senator Film Produktion
• Sound for Film

Distributors

• A-Film Distribution (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Asociace Ceských Filmových Klubu (ACFK) (2006) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• BIM Distribuzione (2004) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2004) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Constantin Film (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Diaphana Films (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• Focus Features (2004) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Golden Scene (2004) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• Golden Village (2004) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Herald Film Company (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Monopole-Pathé (2004) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Pandasia Entertainment (2005) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Pathé Distribution (2004) (UK) (theatrical)
• Alliance Atlantis Home Video (2005) (Canada) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Highlight Film (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2004) (Thailand) (all media)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2004) (Vietnam) (all media)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2004) (Finland) (all media)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• YLE Teema (2007) (Finland) (TV)

Special Effects

• Fx Stunt Team

Other Companies

• Alfa Vision  lighting equipment
• Donna Daniels Public Relations  publicity
• Monkeyland Audio  post-production sound
• Sound Satisfaction  foley recording facilities
• Susan Bradley Film Design  title design
• Title House Digital  titles
• UMG Soundtracks  soundtrack released by
• Virtualmix  sound re-recording
• Widget Post Production  post-production facilities

Also Known As:

The Motorcycle Diaries (UK) (USA)
Carnets de voyage (France)
Die Reise des jungen Che (Germany)
Voyage à motocyclette (France) (festival title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Runtime:

126 min

Country:

Argentina | USA | UK | Germany | Mexico | Chile | Peru | France

Language:

Quechua | Spanish

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Taiwan:R-12 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Zurich) | Iceland:L | Hungary:14 | South Korea:15 | Sweden:7 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Canada:G (Québec) | Chile:TE | Finland:K-7 | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:AL | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | Norway:11 | Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Argentina

Company:

FilmFour

Trivia:

"Al otro lado del río", by Uruguayan composer Jorge Drexler became the second song in a language other than English to win an Oscar (the first was "Ta paidia toy Peiraia" (Children of Piraeus) by Greek composer Manos Hatzidakis from the film Pote tin Kyriaki (1960) (aka "Never on Sunday"). Jorge Drexler, who wrote and recorded "Al otro lado del río" for the film was asked not to perform it during the Oscar Ceremony, with the producers citing "commercial reasons" (i.e. he's not famous). The song was performed by Antonio Banderas and Carlos Santana instead. However, Drexler managed to get back at the Academy and sing his song during the ceremony as he won the Oscar for Best Song and when he went on stage to accept it instead of giving a speech he sang about 30 seconds of the song a capella.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The scene where they fall off the motorcycle and the hit the cow/ you can see the motorcycle slide. If you look closely you can see a rope or cable pulling it.

Quotes:

Ernesto Guevara de la Serna: You gotta fight for every breath and tell death to go to hell.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Jose Rivera (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

Al Otro Lado Del Río

REVALATORY A REVOLUCIONARY

THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (2004) ***1/2 Gael Garcia Bernal,

Rodrigo De la Serna, Mia Maestro. (Dir: Walter Salles)

Che Guevera is sadly best known today as a mysterious icon for a pop culture ironic t-shirt sported by the supposedly hip and political. Few, including this reviewer, really knew much more about the firebrand revolutionist who was a comrade in Cuban arms with Fidel Castro in a crusade that led to his eventual capture and execution by the CIA as a notorious fly-in-the-ointment career criminal.

However new insight – albeit a few shades of grey and free styling dramatic license intact – depicts a twenty something medical student named Ernesto Guevera da la Serna, a South American native (memorably portrayed by the ever soulful Bernal, in a truly outstanding breakthrough performance) who partners with his best friend Alberto Granado (strongly supportive De la Serna) on a trek by motorcycle (a battered 1939 Norton to be exact) an 800 plus mile quest from Argentina up thru the upper regions of Peru with nothing but a few provisions and even less dinero.

Relying on their bonhomie, make-shift surroundings and clever improvisation the odd couple manage to get to Ernesto's girlfriend's nouveau riche family where he tells the lovely Chichina Ferreyra (the fetching Maestro) that he wants her to wait for him but knows in his heart this is more than likely never to be.

After several humorous encounters along the fray the duo finally have to give up their trusty vehicle after many hardships and torrential weather obstacles to go on foot then finally on ferry to their destination: an internship with a leper colony. Along the way the duo meet many disenfranchised and impoverished fellow countrymen and their women and families and with each soul-crushing pit-stop you can feel the stirrings of ire catching fire within the young man who will become Che Guevera.

Salles, who directed the exceptional CENTRAL STATION, smartly allows his two fine actors plenty of room to get into the skins of their funny, fighting and deep souled characters while enlisting the picturesque surroundings of the lush and jaw-droppingly beautiful playas, mountains and countryside (exquisitely rendered by ace cinematographer Eric Gautier) and underlies the proceedings with a hauntingly stirring score by Gustavo Santaolalla.

But it is Bernal who is most powerful in his implosive, soulful and heartfelt turn as the young impassioned man just about to break for greatness; the same can be said of this talented actor's star bursting career.