The motorcycle diary

The film recounts the 1952 journey, starting by motorcycle, across South America by Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado. Guevara discovers himself transformed by his observations of the life of the less fortunate. The road presents Ernesto Guevara and Alberto Granado a genuine picture of the Latin American identity. Through the characters they meet on the road, Guevara and Granado learn about the wrong that was done and are exposed to people they would have never encountered in their hometown. The trip serves to expose a Latin American identity as well as explore the identity of one of its most memorable revolutionaries.