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THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (2004) Director: Walter Salles Screenplay: Jose Rivera (based on the diaries of Alberto Granada and Ernesto Guevara) Ernesto Guevara de la Serna: Gael García Bernal Alberto Granada: Rodrigo de la Serna Chichina: Mía Maestro Dr. Bresciani: Jorge Chiarella Academy Award: Jorge Drexler for best song (2005). Prologue: “This isn’t a tale of heroic feats. It’s about two lives, running parallel for a while, with common aspirations and similar dreams.” Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (1952) The plan: 8000 kilometers in four months. Ernesto is one semester away from completing medical school, specializing in leprosy. He is asthmatic. He is known to all as Fuser. Alberto, 29, is slightly chubby. He is a self-proclaimed “wandering scientist.” He is known as Mial. Ernesto says goodbye to his parents. His father says he always wanted to take a trip like this. His mother says that the important thing is to take his medicine. They depart on January 4 from Buenos Aires. The planned route is west to Patagonia, then north 6000 kilometers up the Andes to Machu Picchu, then to the San Pablo leper colony in the Peruvian Amazon, and then to the Guajira Peninsula in Venezuela. The motorcycle is nicknamed “The Mighty One.” It is a 1939 Norton 500. It leaks oil and spits blue exhaust. As they depart, they are almost hit by a bus. Alberto says they can detour to see Ernesto’s girlfriend. Ernesto says that Alberto only wants to get laid in every country in South America. They have an accident and tumble into a ditch. That is when Alberto discovers that Ernesto is taking a puppy for Chichina, his girlfriend. They arrive at the luxurious resort, Miramar—like a massive Swiss chalet—on 13 January 1952, after covering 601 km. Chichina and the guests are upper class—very rich. There is a dance. Ernesto does not dance well. Chichina tries to teach him. Alberto dances well and dances with Chichina and other pretty young women. Ch