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Let the world change you...and you can change the world. - The Motorcycle Diaries
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Title: The Motorcycle Diaries

Release Date: 6 Feb 2004

Runtime: 2h 6m

Genre: Drama

Director: Film4 Productions, South Fork Pictures, Tu Vas Voir, BD Cine

Production Companies: Film4 Productions, South Fork Pictures, Tu Vas Voir, BD Cine

Overview: Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he and best friend Alberto Granado had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s.

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Average Vote: 7.425 (1286 votes)

Cast

  • Ernesto Guevara de la Serna: Gael García Bernal
  • Alberto Granado: Rodrigo de la Serna
  • Celia de la Serna: Mercedes Morán
  • Chichina Ferreyra: Mía Maestro
  • Ernesto Guevara Lynch: Jean Pierre Noher
  • Roberto Guevara: Lucas Oro
  • Celita Guevara: Marina Glezer
  • Ana María Guevara: Sofia Bertolotto
  • Juan Martín Guevara: Franco Solazzi
  • Uncle Jorge: Ricardo Díaz Mourelle
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