Diarios de motocicleta aka Motorcycle Diaries is a Spanish Movie. It is a journey and a memoir of Ernesto Guevera who later become the world famous Marxist revolutionary Che Guevera.
The memior is a journey which Che Guevera ( who is a doctor) and his friend Grenado ( abiochemist) take on for an adventure across Latin America initially on a motorcycle. They travel to different countries, learn , observe, transform their own identity in the process. The movie is a must watch and fascinating for many reasons, atleast it fascinated me:-
1) It shows how Guevera and his friend Alberto transform their own self by observation and how life teaches experiences which made them who they were.
2) They encounter poverty stricken peasants, couple forced to road becos of communist beliefs, treatment given to workers. How all of such incidents motivates him.
3) Dream to peacefully revolutionize Latin America. To realise how important it to bring about a change without guns.
4) The journey to SAn Pablo, Peru's lepers colony is very moving. How the river seperated the healthy from the sick. How he goes against the rules not to wear gloves and shake hands with lepers.
5) Youthful motivation & Compassion which Che Guevera shows towards to Lepers and considers them as normal beings in need of love and support rather than bein seperated.
6) It was the symbolic moment in the the movie which makes him an iconic and he realises his calling. He rejects money, prestige, position and turns to the path which he beleived is of respecting, honoring, considering all humans as equals.
Truly interesting......and conscience pricking.
2 comments:
Yeah, its a nice movie. If you are a movie buff watch 21 grams and Amores perros too.
I realize this is a serious topic and you sound like a serious girl, but this is just too much to resist, "When did a girl's conscience grow a Prick and one that needs Pricking? - Truly interesting ;) "
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