The Motorcycle Diaries(Diarios de motocicleta)

In 1952, 23-year-old Ernesto Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado set off from Buenos Aires on the back of a dilapidated Norton 500 motorcycle on a road trip across South America that would change both their lives forever. Initially indulging in drinking, dancing and chasing women, their eyes are opened to the persecution of the indigenous people in Chile and Peru, awakening a fire within young ‘Che’ that would see him ultimately ascend to become leader of the Cuban Revolution. Directed with great compassion and a commanding eye for the land’s natural beauty, future Academy Award-winner Salles (I'm Still Here, 49th) adapts both men’s eye-opening journals into an inspiring origin story about one of the twentieth century’s most iconic political figures.

Cannes Film Festival: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and Technical Grand Prize

Academy Awards: Best Original Song

24/8 (Sun): Film talk with Long Tin