THE BEST FILM EVER : THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
DRAMA
128 MINUTES
2004
DIRECTED BY WALTER SALES JR
LEADING ROLE – GAEL GARCIA BERNAL

THIS FILM IS ABOUT CHE GUEVARA’S LIFE, WHO WAS MEDICINE STUDENT. IN 1952 HE DECIDED TO TRAVEL AROUND SOUTH AMERICA WITH ANOTHER FRIEND (ALBERTO GRANADO). THIS TRIP WAS MADE ON AN OLD MOTORCYCLE, WHICH WAS BROKEN AFTER 8 MONTHS’ TRIP. AFTER THAT, THEY CONTINUED THE TRIP ON FOOT, BY BUS OR HITCH-HIKING.

THEY KNEW A LOT OF SMALL CITIES ON THEIR WAY, BUT WHEN THEY ARRIVED IN MACHU PICHU (PERU), THEY FOUND A LEPER COMMUNITY THERE AND BOTH STARTED TO THINK ABOUT HOW THE ECONOMIC PROCESS IN SOUTH AMERICA WORKED: IT TOOK CARE OF ONLY A SMALL PART OF THE POPULATION.
· THIS FILM WAS NOMINATED FOR THE BEST FOREIGN FILM
· THIS FILM WAS THE FIRST FILM DIRECTED BY WALTER SALES JR WHICH WAS NOT SPOKEN IN PORTUGUESE
· THE MUSIC “AL OTRO LADO DEL RIO” WAS THE FIRST SONG SUNG BY A SPANISH TO BE NOMINATED FOR AN OSCAR


Project from
Victor
One to One
Teacher Maria do Carmo

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch
São Paulo - Brazil