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 | Friend | Che Guevara | Diary | Travel

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
Anna Luiza Müller	....	publicist
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:

When Ernesto and Alberto are walking with the bike in Temuco city and reading the newspaper "El Diario Austral" Alberto complains because they misspelled his surname, instead of Granado, they wrote "Granados". The Austral newspaper still exists in Temuco and it is the most important in the Araucanía Region in southern Chile, so, when the movie was being filmed in Temuco, the newspaper wrote a new article about the making of the film and (this time deliberately) misspelled Alberto's surname again, 50 years later.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The movie is set in the early 1950s. However, when Ernesto and Alberto arrive to the port of Valparaiso, Chile, a blue floating dry-dock (the "Valparaiso III", owned by SOCIBER) is visible on the bay. That wasn't commissioned there until 1985.

Quotes:

Ernesto Guevara de la Serna: Mother.
Mother Sister Alberto: Yes?
Alberto Granado: We want to eat.
Ernesto Guevara de la Serna: We deserve to eat like everyone else.
Mother Sister Alberto: Yes, but you didn't go to mass.
Ernesto Guevara de la Serna: No.
Mother Sister Alberto: Then, how do you expect to feed the body if you didn't feed the soul first?
Alberto Granado: Er, denying food is not very Christian-like.
Ernesto Guevara de la Serna: Yes, I doubt Jesus would act like this.
Mother Sister Alberto: In this house, we have a set of rules that have to be followed.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Zomergasten: (#18.1)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Tomando Café

A personal journey

Why a film about Che now? Why suddenly a revival of a revolutionary hero?

Apathy, political blandness and complacency are the characteristics of today's world when compare with the 60's generation, and any left revolutionary dogma seems, for many reasons, to have been put at rest for the time being and until further notice. The relevance of this film today has many different facets and its success is particularly interesting at a moment of change, when wars, political and economical crisis and their global effects, are starting to provoke some reaction suggesting that involvement might just be around the corner. Wisely the film concentrates on following Guevara diaries before becoming radicalised and in the process of gaining knowledge and awareness of the struggle of the Latin American unprivileged classes and prior to breaking up with his middle class ties. The film has had many viewers that have criticized the lack of a stronger political definition in the portrait of the lead character, a more radical view of Guevara and of its political stand even at that early stage in his life. The film makes his image more digestible for a general audience, showing him in a sympathetic light and from a softer perspective. In my view this is exactly what it makes it relevant and interesting for today's audiences. Although the film grows in the memory as being a touch more political than what perhaps Walter Salles aimed for, it doesn't intend to preach politics or even try to be a full-blown biopic of an historical and controversial figure. What makes the message strong is the fact that we actually know who the character eventually will become after the story of the film finishes and the end titles start to run, that makes it rather more poignant. We only witness the beginning of his personal journey and know how much he will travel. The film is more about personal choices, experiences and decisions that eventually might change the course of a life, and particularly about the spirit of being young. The film recreates the freedom of adolescence, a time for absorbing and experimenting, the start of a trek where we discover the world and where justice and a hope for change is strongly embedded with the attitude of the young. Or at least that happen in the 60's generally and particularly in Latin America. The real quality of the film is that through a subtle, engaging, fun tale allows the audience to connect with a period where change, personal and internal, was possible, and where there was hope for a fairer future.

For anyone like myself from Argentina, part of a generation that were there and young at the time, the film evokes just that starting point. It is a rather emotional journey that takes back a whole generation that had firm beliefs in these ideals, as relevant today as they were in 1952 where the action of the film ends and Guevara flights back home shaken by the whole travel experience. It is rather significant that not that much has changed for the better in the Latin America of today, where the gap between the 'haves' and the 'have nots' has, if anything, grown wider. The film is simple and straightforward showing the real talent of Walter Salles for avoiding patronising his audience as he conveys an accurate portrait of the landscape and its people. There is perhaps some excessive 'under acting' on the approach from Gael Garcia Bernal to his performance [ ...was Che really ever such a "softie"?] but still, it is great to see him growing as an actor and as Che through the film. To counter balanced such a restrained interpretation, Rodrigo de la Serna projects the right dosage of charm and Argentinean street wisdom that gives the warmth and humanity the film exudes. The music of Gustavo Santaolaya adds a layer of depth and intensity whilst rightly avoiding, like the rest of the film, most of the traditional clichés of the South American image.