Storyline

In 1952, twenty-three year old medical student Ernesto Guevara de la Serna - Fuser to his friends and later better known as 'Ernesto Che Guevara' - one semester away from graduation, decides to postpone his last semester to accompany his twenty-nine year old biochemist friend 'Alberto Granado' - Mial to his friends - on his four month, 8,000 km long dream motorcycle trip throughout South America starting from their home in Buenos Aires. Their quest is to see things they've only read about in books about the continent on which they live, and to finish that quest on Alberto's thirtieth birthday on the other side of the continent in the Guajira Peninsula in Venezuela. Not all on this trip goes according to their rough plan due to a broken down motorbike, a continual lack of money (they often stretching the truth to gain the favor of a variety of strangers to help them), arguments between the two in their frequent isolation solely with each other, their raging libidos which sometimes get ...

Plot Keywords

travel, motorcycle, fish, food, gambling, german shepherd, gun, handshake, havana cuba, hitchhiking, homelessness, horse riding, horse, father son relationship, farm worker, diamond, dining hall, dock, doctor, dog

Short Review

Walter Salles's well-observed movie downplays politics for humanism. It's a picturesque tale that, hobbled by its episodic structure, never achieves full steam.

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Streaming Service

1. Amazon Video : From $3.99 to rent, From $9.99 to buy

2. Apple iTunes : Track Price: 9.99, Track Rental Price: 3.99, Collection Price: 9.99, Track Hd Price: 14.99, Track Hd Rental Price: 3.99, Collection Hd Price: 14.99

3. Vudu : [SD - Buy: 14.99, Rent: 3.99] [HDX - Buy: 14.99, Rent: 3.99]

4. Microsoft Store : Rent From $3.99