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On a break before his last semester of medical school, Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Gael García Bernal) travels with his friend Alberto Granado (Rodrigo de la Serna) from Brazil to Peru by motorcycle. The two men soon witness the great disparities in South America, encountering poor peasants and observing the exploitation of labor by wealthy industrialists. When they reach a leper colony in Peru, Ernesto's values have changed so much that he sides with the sufferers, forgetting his own comfort.

2004 · 2h 6m
Director Walter Salles

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The Motorcycle Diaries

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On a break before his last semester of medical school, Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Gael García Bernal) travels with his friend Alberto Granado (Rodrigo de la Serna) from Brazil to Peru by motorcycle. The two men soon witness the great disparities in South America, encountering poor peasants and observing the exploitation of labor by wealthy industrialists. When they reach a leper colony in Peru, Ernesto's values have changed so much that he sides with the sufferers, forgetting his own comfort.

COMMON SENSE

Subtly political biopic won't interest most teens.

TOMATOMETER
Average 7.8
Reviews 159
Fresh 132
Rotten 27

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Studio
Focus Features
Released
2004
Run Time
2 hr 6 min
Rated
R For language.
Regions of Origin
United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Spain
© 2004 Film Four

Languages

Original Audio
Spanish, Spanish (Argentina), Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), English, Quechua
Audio

Spanish (Latin America) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (Always On), Spanish (Latin America) (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.