Before Che Guevara became a revolutionary, he took a trip across South America with a friend on a motorcycle. This is based on the diaries he kept whilst travelling.
This is a really interesting road movie, quite different from any other I've seen. The scenery is spectacular, especially the scene where they arrive at Machu Pichu. It's very eerie, almost as if you're there with them. The film does a good job of showing how he changed from an idealistic, privileged young man to one with a social conscience through scenes where he meets poverty-stricken communists searching for work and works at a leper colony. The interactions between the actors and the people have a documentary feel to them and I wouldn't be surprised if these were actually real people, not actors.
This film is about the man before the revolution and it does a great job of setting it up. I'm sure there'll be a sequel before too long. Highly recommended.