Cast: Gael García Bernal & Rodrigo De la Serna
Director: Walter Salles
Rating:
Enetertainment Quotient: 40%
Genre: Biography
Runtime: 126 min
Language: Quechua / Spanish
MPAA rating: R for the language

Synopsis:

Che Guevara (Gael García Bernal) and Alberto Granado (Rodrigo De la Serna) embark on a motorcycle trip all over South America in their graduation days of 1952. They travel to various countries on a single bike. While travelling, Che Guevara realises how impoverished South American countries are and how below-poverty line people are being exploited. The story of the film is Che Guevara’s outlook and thinking process that undergoes a radical change in the course of the motorcycle trip.

What is special in the film?
It is the biographical film of Che Guevara – the all time Cuban revolutionary leader. This film deals with the part of his life where the seeds of revolutionary thinking are put in his mind during a tour that covers over 12000 kms across South America. The performances are great. Direction of the film is precise. The transformation of thinking process of Che is smooth.

The scenes I liked?

1. Mixing with Incas in Peru.

2. When he reveals that he gave the 15 dollars to the starving couple they met.

3. Shaking hands (without gloves) with lepers and playing games with them.

4. The speech he gives in the farewell party, which says that all American countries should be united, and there should be one America.

5. Swimming across the river in Amazon to meet and greet the lepers at midnight, though he suffers from acute asthma.

Tailpiece:Pawan Kalyan announced a film titled ‘Satyagrahi’ in the past. He said that Satyagrahi (muhurut function) is inspired by the life stories of revolutionary leaders like Jayaprakash Narayan and Che Guevara. A peek at this film shows how noble his intentions are.