Year Out: 2004 Country of Origin: Argentina, USA, Chile, Peru, Brazil, UK, Germany, France Director: Walter Salles Cast: Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo de la Serna
Plot: Travel records Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado, as they travel around the Latin American continent (IMDb).
The early writer did not know who Ernesto 'Che' Guevara was, other than to know him from his portrait or picture of his face in many T-shirts worn by young children in Western countries. Only later did the writer know that 'Che' Guevara was a revolutionary figure in the Latin American continent, in particular contributing to the revolution in Cuba. Oooh, ... that 'Che' Guevara is the idol of young children, the symbol of "hero" or "rebel" - rebellion against the existing system, rebellion against their parents, rebellion against everything that restricts or limits itself. 'Che' Guevara is a young man, an idealist, and as an adult youth, he has a call to play in this life - he has an idea how he can contribute his mind and energy to improve his life and his fellow life.
Different from some critic films that do not like this movie (among them is Roger Ebert) because this movie does not tell the political side of 'Che', the author just the opposite - like this movie precisely because this film does not tell the political side of 'Che'. Similar to Chanel's story before he enters his heyday in the movie Coco avant Chanel (2009), the adaptation of the travel note written by 'Che' tells 'Che' when he is young - 23 years old, one semester before he graduated as a doctor , totally non-political, like any other youngster, was only aiming to find pleasure and adventure when he and his friend Alberto - also a young doctor, decided to circumnavigate the Latin American continent with an old motorcycle. Coming from a wealthy family, 'Che' did not expect the trip would change him.
Mexican actor, Gael García Bernal, with his dreamy appearance playing his role as 'Che' with full of charisma: feeling, poetic, sensitive, and sometimes foolish because of his young age so lack of experience in the "art" of living. The Argentine actor, Rodrigo de la Serna, very well complemented the performance of Bernal as an older and more experienced travel companion. The term, both complement each other. Since the beginning of the authors have been wary of whether the old motorcycle, dubbed La Poderosa (The Mighty One), is able to take them from their homes in Argentina to 8,000 kilometers around the Latin American continent? On this journey, this old and faithful La Poderosa once drowned into the river, once slipped on a snowy road, never nabrak cow, ... until finally met his death in Chile. Meanwhile, 'Che' had fallen in love with a girl, had almost been beaten by a villager by "flirting with a man's wife (lucky he escaped), while the more experienced Alberto rarely gets girls because girls prefer ' Che 'the dreamy. With the death of La Poderosa, their route and the tempo of their journey changed completely! Unable to move freely and quickly again, coupled with the problem of running out of money, inevitably they have to continue the journey in a primitive way, the hitchhike (look for a free ride from locals), or if you do not meet a ride yes! (!), And search new friends to eat for free :-) The friendship between 'Che' and Alberto had a tough test: they disagreed, they quarreled, but the friendship never broke. Meeting with the locals in every place they visited was an eye-opening experience for 'Che' and Alberto: somewhere in the Andes they met a farmer who lost his land because of the unfair treatment of the local government ; elsewhere in the middle of the Atacama wilderness they met a couple who were dumped after being driven out of their home because they were communists; in another place they witnessed how mining companies exploited the miners. This eye-opening experience ends with a visit to a leper colony in the Amazon region of Peru, where they can contribute their expertise as a doctor. After completing their journey at the final destination in Caracas, Venezuela, 'Che' was a different person from someone he knew before he traveled.
Brazilian director Walter Salles very well revived the 'Che' and Alberto 'journey - involving more than 30 locations in Latin America, using the same route as the' Che 'and Alberto, featuring contrasts from each of the two locations , and use non-professional actors for the 2 people encountered on the way. Assisted by camera placement that makes viewers "come along" or "get in" on the way, cinematography that captures the natural beauty of Latin America, and the musical score that implies this continent's culture, the film has an impressive high authenticity value. In addition to the story of friendship - the appearance of Bernal and de la Serna successfully reflects the depth of friendship, the film is also a story about finding identity.
The political absence in the film actually reflects the authenticity of the most illusive twentieth-century chronicle of the twentieth-century revolutionary - it makes the viewer more curious: "So ... keep going on the 'Che' trip until finally he is directly involved in the revolution? "
This film is a film for young people and those who are young at heart.
