I must be one of the last people to see this beautiful film. It’s an adaptation of the diaries of Ernesto “Che” Guevara as he embarks on a motorcycle trip with his friend Albert Granado as they travel across Latin America from Argentina to Peru. Along the way, they see many things and meet many people and it was witnessing these socio-economic inequalities that set Guevara on the path to becoming the famous Marxist revolutionary that we know from the history books.

There’s not a lot I can say about this film. It’s beautful to watch, extremely well acted (especially by Gael Garcia Bernal as Guevara) and very well directed by Walter Salles. The scenery is stunning, worthy of a National Geographic special but what is especially beautiful is the portrayal of the people that the pair meet along the way and the change in their perceptions of the world. It’s hard not to be moved by the film.