Motorcycle Diaries

Saw the acclaimed movie 'The Motorcycle Diaries' last night. I saw the movie knowing almost nothing about Che Guevara, the cult South American figure on whose formative years the story was based. The story was his journey through South America on a motorbike along with a friend. What keeps the viewer gripped to the movie is the gradual growing up of the character, that starts off, as a carefree youth and gradually changes as he comes across suffering people during his journey. Not to forget brilliant acting performances by the two lead actors.

Even though the stories were pretty different I saw a strange similarity to the recent hindi movie Swades.

After seeing the movie I googled up all I could about Che Guevara. And the span of his life that the movie covers was in many ways the turning point in his life that made him the leader that he eventually became. Oh well, besides that I learnt a lot about Communism in South America.