Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he and best friend Alberto Granado had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s.
Cinematography
Andes to Amazon—your screensaver just got political.
Acting
Bernal's asthma acting deserves its own award category.
Direction
Salles makes poverty gorgeous without glamorizing.
Director
Walter Salles
Gael García Bernal
Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna
Rodrigo de la Serna
Alberto Granado
Mercedes Morán
Celia de la Serna
Mía Maestro
Chichina Ferreyra
Jean Pierre Noher
Ernesto Guevara Lynch
Marina Glezer
Celita Guevara
Sofia Bertolotto
Ana María Guevara
Ricardo Díaz Mourelle
Uncle Jorge
Gustavo Bueno
Dr. Hugo Pesce
Antonella Costa
Silvia
Erto Pantoja
Mechanic
Cristián Chaparro
Luna
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Alberto Granado makes a cameo as the elderly man in the final scene—a lovely wink that only works if you know.
Released when 'Che chic' peaked, the film deliberately shows the man before the T-shirt—Salles refused to include any image of adult Che to avoid iconography.
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