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The Motorcycle Diaries

(2004)

Main Cast Details Awards

Film Information*

Synopsis:
Country:	Argentina	Genre:	Adaptation, Biopic, Drama
Rating:	R	Running time:	128 mins.
Distributor:	Pathe Image, Focus Features, Universal Music and Video Distribution, Graena Ljosid
Release Date:	09/24/2004	Cumulative Box Office:	$16,756,372.00

a.k.a : Diarios de Motocicleta
Logline: A medical student and his friend travel across South America on motorcycle in the 1950s.
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-ol .....

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Credits*

Director:	Walter Salles
Producer:	Michael Nozik, Karen Tenkhoff, Edgard Tenenbaum

Actor	Role
Gael Garcia Bernal	Ernesto Guevara de la Serna
Rodrigo De La Serna	Alberto Granado
Mía Maestro	Chichina Ferreyra
Mercedes Moran	Celia de la Serna
Jean Pierre Noher	Ernesto Guevara Lynch
Gustavo Bueno	Dr Hugo Pesce
Jorge Chiarella	Dr Bresciani
Maria Beatriz Abele	Zdneka Pesce
Gabriela Aguilera	Piedad
Oscar Alegre

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Companies*

Company	Role
FilmFour	Film Financier
Focus Features	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Graena Ljosid	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Pathe Image	Foreign Distribution Rights
Senator Entertainment AG	Film Financier
South Fork Pictures	Production Company
Tu Vas Voir Productions	Production Company
Universal Music and Video Distribution	Video Distributor

Awards*

Nominated for a 2004 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA).

Winner of the 2004 Academy Award for Best Original Song ("Al Otro Lado Del Rio"--music and lyric by Jorge Drexler); also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Winner of the 2004 award for Foreign Language Film of the Year by the London Critics' Circle.

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Festivals*

Shown at Berlin International Film Festival February 5-15, 2004.

Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 15-22, 2002.

Shown at Cannes Film Festival May 15-23, 2004.

Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Opening Night) August 18-29, 2004.

Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (Cine Latino) January 6-17, 2005.

Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival September 17-25, 2004.

Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Premiere) January 15-25, 2004.

Shown at Toronto International Film Festival September 9-18, 2004.

Release Information*

Release Notes:
Limited release in USA September 24, 2004.

Locations*

Argentina, Peru, Chile

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