 The Motorcycle Diaries
Starring: Gael García Bernal, Jaime Azócar, Rodrigo De la Serna, Ulises Dumont, Facundo Espinosa, Susana Lanteri, Mía Maestro
Directed by: Walter Salles
Screenplay by: Jose Rivera
Release Date: September 24, 2004
MPAA Rating: R for language.
Studio: Focus Features
 Domestic: $16,781,387 (29.1%)
Foreign: $40,861,427 (70.9%)
Total: $57,642,814 (Worldwide)
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 Tagline: Let the world change you... and you can change the world.
Based on the respective diaries of two Argentines, Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (who would later become known as "El Che") and Alberto Granado, the new film from award-winning director Walter Salles follows a journey of self-discovery, tracing the origins of a revolutionary heart and unveiling the rich and complex human and social topography of the Latin American continent.
In January 1952, Ernesto and Alberto set out on a road trip to discover the real Latin America. Ernesto (Gael Garca Bernal) is a 23-year-old medical student specializing in leprology, and Alberto (Rodrigo de la Serna) is a 29-year-old biochemist. With a highly romantic sense of adventure, the two friends leave their familiar Buenos Aires surroundings on a rickety 1939 Norton 500.
Although the bike breaks down in the course of their eight-month journey, they press onward, hitching rides along the way. As they begin to see a different Latin America in the people they meet on the road, the diverse geography they encounter begins to reflect their shifting perspectives.
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