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/common  Also known as   • The Motorcycle Diaries is a 2004
biopic about the journey and written memoir of the 23-year-old
Ernesto Guevara, who would several years later become
internationally known as the iconic Marxist guerrilla commander
and revolutionary Che Guevara. The film recounts the 1952
expedition, initially by motorcycle, across South America by
Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado. As the adventure,
initially centered around youthful hedonism, unfolds, Guevara
discovers himself transformed by his observations on the life of
the impoverished indigenous peasantry. Through the characters
they encounter on their continental trek, Guevara and Granado
witness firsthand the injustices that the destitute face and are
exposed to people and social classes they would have never
encountered otherwise. To their surprise, the road presents to
them both a genuine and captivating picture