The Motorcycle Diaries

In 1952, a young medical student and a biochemist from Argentina set off on a road trip across South America. As they straddled their beaten up motorcycle, the men talked in awed tones of the sights they were about to experience. The record of their trip may have disappeared into the ether if one of the riders departing on that fateful day hadn't been the future insurrectionary figurehead of the Cuban revolution, Ernesto "Che" Guevara (played here by Gael Garcia Bernal of Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN).



  "As this soulful and reflective film, as gentle as it is potent, ably demonstrates, transformation is no less convincing for being a gradual process that comes on its subjects all unawares." -- Kenneth Turan, LOS ANGELES TIMES



  "A mesmerizing look at an asthmatic, rich-boy medical student in the act of discovering his insurgent spirit." -- Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE



  "A riveting travelogue / character study filled with mythic landscapes and poignant encounters of near-molecular intimacy." -- Lisa Rose, NEWARK STAR-LEDGER



  "A beautifully wrought account of the dawning of the social conscience of one of the 20th century's most romanticized revolutionaries." -- Todd McCarthy, VARIETY



  "A gorgeous, poetic and stirring epic." -- Lou Lumenick, NEW YORK POST



  "A smartly scoped story of great personal growth and transformation." -- Duane Byrge, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER