The Motorcycle Diaries

Year:

2004

Duration:

126 min

Genres:

Adventure | Biography | Drama

IMDB rate:

7.8

Director:

Walter Salles

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 35 wins & 41 nominations

Details

Country: Argentina

Release Date: 2004-09-24

Filming Locations: Argentina

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $159,819 (USA) (26 September 2004)

Gross: $16,756,372 (USA) (13 February 2005)

Cast

Actor

Character

Gael García Bernal

Ernesto Guevara de la Serna

Rodrigo De la Serna

Alberto Granado

Mía Maestro

Chichina Ferreyra

Mercedes Morán

Celia de la Serna (Argentina)

Jean Pierre Noher

Ernesto Guevara Lynch (Argentina) (as Jean-Pierre Noher)

Lucas Oro

Roberto Guevara (Argentina)

Marina Glezer

Celita Guevara (Argentina)

Sofia Bertolotto

Ana María Guevara (Argentina) (as Sofía Bertolotto)

Franco Solazzi

Juan Martín Guevara (Argentina)

Ricardo Díaz Mourelle

Uncle Jorge (Argentina) (as Ricardo Diaz Mourelle)

Sergio Boris

Young Traveler (Argentina)

Daniel Kargieman

Young Traveler (Argentina)

Diego Giorzi

Rodolfo (Argentina)

Facundo Espinosa

Tomás Granado (Argentina)

Matias Gomez

Kid (Argentina) (as Matías Gómez)

Diego Treu

Kid (Argentina)

Ariel Verdun

Kid (Argentina) (as Ariel Verdún)

Gustavo Mansilla

Kid (Argentina)

Susana Lanteri

Aunt Rosana (Argentina)

Natalia Lobo

La Negra (Argentina)

Maida Andrenacci

Chichina's Friend (Argentina) (as Maída Andrenacci)

Bárbara Lombardo

Chichina's Friend (Argentina)

Dana Frijoli

Chichina's Friend (Argentina)

Valeria Echeverria

Chichina's Friend (Argentina) (as Valeria Echeverría)

Ariel Prieto

Chichina's Friend (Argentina)

Matías Strafe

Chichina's Friend (Argentina)

Nicolas Watson

Chichina's Friend (Argentina) (as Nicolás Watson)

Carlos Rivkin

Horacio Ferreyra (Argentina)

Elvio Suarez

Uncle Martín (Argentina) (as Elvio Suárez)

Pablo Villarrazza

Esteban Aguirre (Argentina)

Liliana Kolinsky

Chichina's Mother (Argentina)

Guillermo Ojeda

Men with Oxen Cart (Argentina)

Oscar Alegre

Don Olate (Argentina)

Fernando Llosa

Von Puttkamer (Argentina) (as Fernando Ignacio Llosa)

Marta Lubos

Schatzie von Puttkamer (Argentina)

Cristián Chaparro

Luna (Chile) (as Cristian F. Chaparro)

Cristian Arancibia

Tulio (Chile)

Gabriela Aguilera

Piedad (Chile)

Juan Maliqueo

Araucano Father (Chile)

Samuel Cifuentes

Araucano Son (Chile)

Constanza B. Majluf

Chilean Sister (Chile)

Evelyn Ibarra

Chilean Sister (Chile)

Victor Hugo Ogaz

Young Man (Chile) (as Víctor Hugo Ogaz)

Fernando Farías

Fire Chief (Chile) (as Fernando Farias)

Maximiliano Toledo

Ca±aco (Chile)

César López

Fireman (Chile) (as César Lopez)

Pablo Macaya

Janitor (Chile)

Rosa Curihuentro

Doña Rosa (Chile)

Erto Pantoja

Mechanic (Chile)

Vladimir Paredes

Truck Driver (Chile)

Brandon Cruz

Miner (Chile)

Vilma M. Verdejo

Miner's Wife (Chile)

Jaime Azócar

Mine Foreman (Chile) (as Jaime Azocar)

Maria Esther Zamora

Chipi Chipi Band Singer (Chile) (as María Esther Zamora)

Pollito Gonzalez

Chipi Chipi Band Pianist (Chile)

Jorge Lobos

Chipi Chipi Band Percussionist / Trumpeter (Chile)

Cuti Aste

Chipi Chipi Band Clarinetist / Accordionist (Chile)

Roberto Lindl

Chipi Chipi Band Double Bass Player (Chile)

Gustavo Morales

Félix (Peru)

Gustavo Bueno

Dr. Hugo Pesce (Peru)

Maria Beatriz Abele

Zdenka Pesce (Peru) (as María Beatriz Abele)

Jonathan Balbis

Luis Pesce (Peru)

Matias Delgado Rizzi

Tito Pesce (Peru) (as Matías Delgado Rizzi)

Jorge Rodríguez Paz

Peruvian from Canepa (Peru)

Jackelyne Vásquez

Luz (Peru)

Ernesto Cabrejos

Card Player (Peru)

Víctor Ángeles

Card Player (Peru)

Willy Gutiérrez

Card Player (Peru)

Gerald Mayeux

Card Player (Peru)

Matías Gomez

Card Player (Peru)

Jorge Chiarella

Dr. Bresciani (Peru)

Ricardo Velásquez

Banca (Peru)

Carolina Infante

Sister Margarita (Peru)

Nidia Bermejo

Young Indian Nurse (Peru)

Carlos 'Caitro' Soto de la Colina

Papa Carlito (Peru)

Delfina Paredes

Mother Sister Alberto (Peru)

Nemesio Reyes

Leper from San Pablo (Peru)

Hernan Herrera

Leper from San Pablo (Peru) (as Hernán Herrera)

Antonella Costa

Silvia (Peru)

Igor Calvo

Dr. Souza Lima (Peru)

Alberto Granado

Himself (uncredited)

Gustavo Pastorini

Passenger (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Some scenes (specifically the fight in the Temuco city hall and Alberto and Ernesto running for their lives afterward) couldn't be filmed in Temuco because it had changed over the years. They were filmed in Lautaro, a nearby city. Coincidentally, the real-life mechanic's wife lived in a house a few meters from the filming.

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Gustavo Santaolalla wrote the music based on the screenplay (only), Salles did not show him the scenes.

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"Al otro lado del río", by Uruguayan composer Jorge Drexler became the second song in a language other than English to win an Oscar. (The first was "Ta paidia toy Peiraia" (Children of Piraeus) by Greek composer Manos Hatzidakis from the film Never on Sunday (1960)). Producers asked Drexler, who wrote and recorded the song for the film, not to perform it during the Oscar ceremony, citing "commercial reasons" (he's not famous). Antonio Banderas and Carlos Santana performed the song instead. When Drexler went to the podium to accept his Oscar, he sang about 30 seconds of the song a capella, instead of giving a speech.

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Goofs

The movie is set in the early 1950s. When Ernesto and Alberto arrive in Valparaiso, Chile, a blue floating dry-dock (the "Valparaiso III", owned by SOCIBER) is visible on the bay. It first appeared in 1985.

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When Ernesto and Alberto fall off the motorcycle while dodging cows, the motorcycle slides. If you look closely, you can see a rope or cable pulling it.

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At Macchu Pichu, a piece is broken off of the sundial at the Inti Huatana (Hitching Post of the Sun). The damage occurred in 2000, when a crane fell on it. In the 1950s, it was still in perfect condition.

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Quotes

Ernesto Guevara de la Serna: You gotta fight for every breath and tell death to go to hell.

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Miner's Wife: Are you two looking for work?

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Ernesto Guevara de la Serna: What we had in common - our restlessness, our impassioned spirits, and a love for the open road.

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