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SYNOPSIS __________
Plot:
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 23-year-old medical student specializing
in leprology, and Alberto, 29, is a biochemist. The film follows
the young men as they unveil the rich and complex human and
social topography of the Latin American continent.
With a highly romantic sense of adventure, the two friends
leave their familiar surroundings in Buenos Aires on a rickety
1939 Norton 500. Although the bike breaks down in the course
of their eight-month journey, they press onward, hitching
rides along the way. As they begin to see a different Latin
America in the people they meet on the road, the diverse geography
they encounter begins to reflect their own shifting perspectives.
They continue to the heights of Machu Picchu, where the majestic
ruins and the extraordinary significance of the Inca heritage
have a profound impact on the young men. As they arrive at
a leper colony deep in the Peruvian Amazon, the two are beginning
to question the value of progress as defined by economic systems
that leave so many people beyond their reach. Their experiences
at the colony awaken within them the men they will later become
by defining the ethical and political journey they will take
in their lives.
DETAILS__________
Studio:
Focus Features
Based on:
Journals of both Alberto Granado and the man who would later
become “El Che”
Release Date:
September 24, 2004 (Limited)
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