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Motorcycle Diaries, The

[cert 15, 125 mins]

Based on the journals of both Alberto Granado and the man who would later become 'El Che', The Motorcycle Diaries follows a journey of self-discovery. In 1952 two young Argentines, Ernesto Guevara and Alberto Granado, set out on a road trip to discover the real Latin America. Ernesto is a medical student and Alberto is a biochemist. With a highly romantic sense of adventure, the two friends leave their familiar surroundings in Buenos Aires on a rickety 1939 Norton 500. Their experiences awaken within them the men they will later become, by defining the ethical and political journey they will take in their lives.