Notes on "The Motorcycle Diaries" or the Voyages of a globalized Che

Authors

  • Luis Duno-Gottberg Complutense University of Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4185/RLCS-200505

Keywords:

diary, crossings, motorcycle, experience, adventurous

Abstract

We live a curious moment to attend the screening of "The Motorcycle Diaries" (2004), by the Brazilian director Walter Salles. The film seems like an invitation to take an abysmal leap through time, in order to reconnect with a Latin American ethic and solidarity that for some is already remote, while others celebrate it as a reality that is taking shape today in Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay and Venezuela. However, they would agree on the existence of an important gap between that project that crystallized in the 1960s, with the Cuban Revolution, and our current circumstance, marked by the Iraq war, the persistence of an infamous limbo called Guantánamo, and the disconcerting ratification of GW Bush in the presidency of the United States.

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References

Los diarios de motocicleta
Argentina, UK, USA, 2004.
Dirección: Walter Salles; Guión: José Rivera; basado en el libro "Notas de
viaje" de Ernesto "Che" Guevara y en el libro "Con el Che por Sudamérica" de
Alberto Granado; Producción: Michael Nozik, Edgard Tenembaum y Karen
Tenkhoff; Producción ejecutiva: Robert Redford, Paul Webster y Rebecca
Yeldham;
Fotografía: Eric Gautier; Música: Gustavo Santaolalla; Montaje: Daniel Rezende;
Intérpretes: Gael García Bernal (Ernesto Guevara de la Serna), Rodrigo de la Serna (Alberto Granado), Mía Maestro (Chichina Ferreira), Mercedes Morán (Celia de la Serna), Susana Lanteri (Tía Rosana), Jean-Pierre Noher (Ernesto Guevara Lynch), Lucas Oro (Roberto Guevara), Marina Glezer (Celita), Sofía Bertolotto (Ana María), Facundo Espinoza (Tomás).

Published

2005-01-10

How to Cite

Duno-Gottberg, Luis. 2005. “Notes on ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’ or the Voyages of a globalized Che ”. Revista Latina de Comunicación Social, no. 60 (January):57-61. https://doi.org/10.4185/RLCS-200505.

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Miscellaneous