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En 1952, deux jeunes argentins, Alberto Granado et Ernesto Guevara, décident de partir à la découverte de leur continent : l'Amérique latine. Ils commencent leur expédition sur une vieille moto Norton 500 de 1939, baptisée la Poderosa (la puissante).
Ce qui débute comme une aventure prend progressivement une tournure différente. La confrontation avec la réalité sociale et politique des différents pays qu'ils découvrent altère la perception que les deux amis ont du monde. Cette expérience vécue à un moment décisif de leur vie éveillera de nouvelles vocations associées à un désir de justice sociale.
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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.
Based on the journals of both Alberto Granado and the man who would later become "El Che," The Motorcycle Diaries follows a journey of self-discovery, tracing the origins of a revolutionary heart.
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