The Motorcycle Diaries Script - Dialogue Transcript

The Motorcycle Diaries Script

THIS IS NOT THE TALE OF IMPRESSIVE DEEDS IS A PIECE OF TWO LIVES TAKEN IN A MOMENT

WHEN THEY WERE CRUISING TOGETHER ALONG A GIVEN PATHWITH THE SAME IDENTITY OF ASPIRATIONS AND DREAMS

Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, 


The Plan:  To travel 8 thousand kilometers in four months


The method: Improvisation


Objective: Explore the Latin American continen tthat we only know by books


motorcycle diaries


Good Night Granado


Equipment: "La Poderosa" (The Powerful)


A ' Norton  that's battered and leaks


The Pilot: Alberto Granado


A chubby friend,  29 years old and biochemist 


self proclaimed scientific vagabond


The Pilot's dream: crown the trip with he's 30th birthday


Copilot: That would be me


Ernesto Guevara de la Serna


"El Fuser", 23 years old


- Ernesto is going away?- No, Ernesto stays


Ernesto, could you takes us with you, please


Look dad, I'm sorry, but no matter howmany times you tell me...


Please Ernesto, you are only  assignmentsaway from your MD title


And that can wait


MD student


Leprosy specialist


Amateur Rugby player


Hey Fuser...nice Fuser!


And occasionally, asthmatic


Departure date... January th


The route: from Buenos Aires to Patagoniaand then Chile


then to the north up to  thousand metersby the spine of the Andes to Machu Picchu


From there, to the lepers home of San Pabloin the Peruvian amazonia


Final Destination: the Peninsula of Guajira in Venezuelaat the north point of the continent


We settle at the Peninsula of Guajira, the point of this great continent


Mouths full of wine, nice music


That beer is good, ah?


- Fuser, on January th, you should be done with all your exams, right?- Yes


- If you want, i can make a detour to Miramar to visit your little girlfriend- "little girlfriend"


A couple of days


- Look Fuser, look at that guy over there- What?


Do you want your life to be like that?


You don't want your life to be like that, Fuser


What you want is to fuck in every country in South America


Hey boy...and in every town if we are lucky enoughThat's and extra ingredient, right


What we had in common: our restlessness, our dreaming spirit


and the untiring love for the route


BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINAJanuary th, Km 


Let's go Ernestito, we don't have the whole day


- Isn't it too much Granado?- Not enough chief.  Norton  "this" is a motorcycle


Your son is in good wheels, don't worry


You should expect some difficult times son


But the truth is that i always dreamed of doing something like this


And i have to confess that if i had a couple less years on me...I would jump right along with you on that motorcycle


Try to think that i do it for the both of us


-  years planning this trip, uncle- Since you were a kid


Meanwhile...I trust you eh?


And the revolution uncle, for when?


Here? In a century


- Are you already leaving?- Yes, I’m off


You should only worry about taking your medicines, nothing more, ok?


And writing me...


The most beautiful letters you have ever read mom


- Bye, my love- You'll see. Bye. I love you


Bye


Bye little sister, take care


Bye man


Send me postcards


Ok, stop it or I’ll start crying. Please


Take care, ok?


Just like Don Quixote had Rocinante and Saint Martin had his mule


We have "La Poderosa"


- Yeah, that pisses oil- Yes, pisses oil, but what I’m trying to say is thatin this precise moment


The young Fuser and myself are embarking in a tripto the most remote places of the human spirit


where we will meet new lands, listen to new anthems, eat new fruits...


Granado...I’m making you responsible. If something happens to Ernesto I’ll find you.Put on the handkerchief darling


Don't worry mam, he will come back to becomethe doctor we all want him to be


It better be


Ok, is time to leave!


Animal!


Careful with that bike!


Dear mom...Buenos Aires is behind us


behind is as also the miserable life


the faculty, the exams and the dissertations that make you sleepy


Before us lies all of Latin America


From now on we will only trust in "La Poderosa"


I wish you could see us. We look like adventurersand inspire admiration and envy everywhere


Go Mial. Assume aerodynamic road position


C'mon baby, don't fail me baby.C'mon, c'mon


What happened Mial?!


I'm glad to have left behind civilization, and be closer to the earth


Wait, something is coming out...something is coming out


Fuser, are you alright?


What happened puppy?


Are you alright?


- What the fuck is that?- What the fuck does it look like?


- A fucking dog?!-  Oh fuck, you are a shitty driver...


What the fuck is that dog doing on the bike?


Is for Chichina and his name is Kamba


Pick up the bike.


Miramar, ArgentinaJanuary th, Km 


Where the fuck are we? Switzerland?


- Good morning- Good morning


- Chichina?- She's inside with the rest of the family


That bike is giving you problems, uh?


Esteban, please tell us about your trip


It was great Don Horacio,i had the opportunity to take a seminar in Cambridge


and stay a couple of weeks in London,a fascinating city


- What a privilege!- Yes it was


-  Esteban is getting his PhD soon, right?- Yes


- Medicine?- No, Law


Ah, law


Sorry.


   


Is your turn, come


I never saw a pig who wanted to dance, never.


C'mon


Knock it off!


- With this hand...back...side- What are you laughing at?- I'm laughing at you.


Tonight?


My dad ask aunt Roxanna not to take her eyes off of me


My mom promised the Lady of the Valley that she wouldwalk to her sanctuary if we broke up


And your parents can't see that the more they bury the diamonds,the more decided is the pirate to steal them?


Believe me, this diamond wouldn't mind being stolen


Dance


Look


Let me see your bathroom


- Good night- Good night ladies


Aunt Roxanna, which room is mine?


Get away Kamba!


- How many days did you say we were staying here?- You already know- Two


- And how many days have we been here?- If you become a Doctor, will you operate with wire too?- Six days, Fuser


Someone will see us


If you'd stay we could do many things, Ernesto,but only if you'd stay


I didn't like the sound of that


- What do you want me to say? That I’m going to wait for you?- I told you I’m coming back


- Yes, i have the dog as proof- You didn't like it?


What do you want Ernesto, what do you want to hear?That I’m going to wait forever,that I’ll wait for months and months till you come back?


- What's going on?- What do you want? What do you want?


I'd like you to stay like this forever. Quiet.


I want to look at you, cause I’m not goingto see you for a long time


Of course I’m going to wait for you,but please don't take an eternity


- And how long is an eternity?- That's slippery ground mister


I'm not going to touch you


Did i hit you? Did i hurt you? Did i hurt you?That was a trick, a very bad trick


Ok lovebirds...is time to leave.Fuser


Miss Ferreira...Thanks for everything


"I used to listen the bare feet splashing in the ship"And had a feeling of the faces darkened by hunger


"My heart was a pendulum between her and the street


"I don't know with what strength i freed myself from her eyes,"I broke away from her arms


"She was left clouding with tears her anguish"Behind the rain and the glass


- Lorca eh?- No


- Neruda- No


- Who?- I don't remember


- Good bye- Bye


Wait, wait. The snot is...


And so...with Chichina, nothing...


Not even after giving her the German shepherd with pedigree...nothing


I mean, at least you saw a tit...one


Ahhh....You saw her tits, Ernesto


Scalpel, Scalpel


North American Dollars?


- Fifteen- Chichina?- Yes


I like that girl for you, i always said that she was your girlfriend.We will eat better now


- No...- Protein food


No, she gave me this money for when we get to the US.She asked me to buy her some pants.


I told her i would


- What?- Forget about this money. It is out of our budget.


- Fucking moron, he is testing me...-  Che are you talking to the bike again


Listen to me man, what is wrong with your head?That chick's got you by the balls.


Calm down


- Good evening- Hi


Piedra de Águila, ArgentinaJanuary th, Km 


- How do you feel the bike?- The wire is making wonders, it works great


- Son of a bitch...fuck


Are you alright Fuser?


It was the curve


Son of a...


Look at the pipe...son of a bitch!


Pass the stakes, I’m all out


Wait, wait, don't fuck with me


- You had to choose this place, you idiot...- No you chose this place


Hold that side


- No...fuck- Son of a...


- The river is taking it- Grab it, grab it


It took it


- Che and what if we go there?- We should ask for help over here, with the common people


- Which one are we doing? The broken headlight?- No, Red October. You have the experience right?


Good Night


What do you want


Maybe our appearance doesn't show it, but we are doctorsfrom Buenos Aires and Córdoba, respectively


We are traveling all over the country, doing some researchwith hopes of curing some of the worst diseases of the 20th century


Plagues that not only consume our energy but that alsokeeps Argentina in need


When by just reading the medical literature, you could notice, just as us...


What the fuck do you want, pair of bums?


Look sir, the wind took our tent, we are starvingand we need a place to spend the night


Ok, out there in the shed there's a good ground.You can sleep with the workers


- We are doctors...- Hmm...i like your face a lot, but i don't like yours fatty


- Fine?- Yes, its fine- Thank you.


Dear Mom...we are still hitting the road,but to tell you the truth, the bike is less powerful every day


San Martín de los Andes, ArgentinaJanuary st, Km 


Money and food are scarce, but we manage to find opportunitiesto eat and sleep for free


Thanks to our secret weapon:Alberto's infallible sweet talking


...plagues that not only consume our energy but compromisethe modernization of Argentina


- So, you are doctors- Well, no. Alberto is a biochemist and I am an MD student- He is practically graduated,

 we are like doctors


- Then i would appreciate it if you could look at a swelling i have in the neck- Gladly, eh...Mr.?


Von Puttkamer


Does it hurt?


- This is a tumor- What do you mean a tumor?- Yes


- Do you think so- Yes- Allow me


I don't know Fuser, fat sedimentationit could be a cyst


No.  It is a tumor in the occipital area


- Schatzie, these gentlemen say i have a tumor- Tumor?


Good morning mam, i sincerely don't believe it is a tumorbut a sebaceous cyst


If you could give us a place where we couldeat and sleep we might be able to treat it


No, no look...we can't treat it. You will have to goto Buenos Aires. I can recommend you a specialist


- Or we could try to help him, don't you think?- Help with what? With the grass, with prayers?


- I understand, you can't do anything for me- Yes we can, if you give us a place where we could eat and sleep.


- Around here there's a lake with lots of fish and a shed- Sir, the diagnostic is very...- We have nothing more to talk about, doctors. Let's go Schatzie


- The next time could you try to help us a little- Of course i can give you a hand, but never at the price of the health of a man


- Ok, let's say that you are right and the old guy has a tumor,how the fuck do you tell him like that?


Is the truth, if he can't handle it he can go to hell


- You can't treat a patient like that, you can't- The guy has a serious problem,the sooner he looks into it the better


That's the proper treatment, didn't they teach you thatat biochemistry school?


Don't talk to me about proper medicine


Nurse. First graduate and then talk.You think you know everything, moron


I'm going to look for food


Duck! duck! duck!. Give me gun, move it! move it!


Son of a...


Great Mial...


I hit it, man


- How did you do it?- I can't fucking believe it...


Well, there's no other choice but to get in the waterand pick up dinner, no?  Fuser, to the water to get the food!


You are really crazy if you think I’m going to get in there.Do you know how cold is that water?


Yes, i know you are allergic to cold, water, hot and all thatbut you know what, i am older, wiser and i shot the duck, soyou have to go


- That shot came out of your ass, besides i have asthma- Ok, you are right. If you can't I’ll do it


- I didn't say i couldn't- You can't or you don't want to- I didn't say that i couldn't


Or you don't want to and that is the same. Or you could giveme Chichina's fifteen bucks...


...and we eat as God intended, c'mon.


- Look if i get to find that fucking duck, I’ll eat it all by myself- Ah! in the water, in the water, duck.


- I'm going to get my balls frozen- For the use you give them, Fuser...


Good Fuser, good...bring on that duck with potatoes.Is it cold Fuser? Hey! cold? Not over here.


Duck


- Are you feeling sick?- No, I’m just perfect


Bariloche Train Station, Argentina days laterKm 


Easy


Fuser...


Fuser, listen to me. Give me Chichina's fifteen dollars and let'sgo to a hospital like the people


If you say that to me again, I’ll throw up all over you.


Dear mom...what is it that's lost when you cross a border.Each moment seems to be split in two


Melancholy for what was left behind and on theother hand all the enthusiasm at entering new lands


Frias Lake, ArgentinaFebruary th, Km 


- Look Mial, Chile- Chile! Viva Chile!


- Is it your first time out of the country?- Yes, of course


You are almost a man, Che


Look Mial, when we are old and tired of traveling, weshould come back and set a clinic on this lake


That's a good idea


Providing attention to everybody, if anyone ever comes


Count on me, brother


Hey, things are getting better Fuser, eh?- Yeah


- Hey, it is snowing- No, is just frost


- Help me- On three,   - Done


Go, go, go


- Fuck is cold!- Some summer, uh


Che, you told me we would enter Chile like two conquerors.Not on foot like a pair of losers


If you don't like it, go fuck yourself Ernesto


TEMUCO, CHILEFebruary th, Km 


What if we dump this shit that gives us so much trouble


And go on foot through the whole continent, you genius


Yes, we would see more and meet more people...you would lose weight


You sissy, but if with a couple of dollars fromChichina this gets fixed immediately


And again with the same thing. Forget about that money


Ok, perfect. If you get that mad then go all the way to Venezuelawalking and leave me here alone with the boss's money


Know what? I would get there in half the time and stopmeddling with other people business


Fuck you bastard!


"Uy, Ernestito, bring me the little Yankee pantsfrom Miami"


Can't you see that you will never see them on or off?You wanker!


Fuser..


You know what your problem is?


Your fucking honesty.


You should tell a lie from now and then to help us.


- Hold it for a second


- Hey, hey, what are you doing?- Come, Come


Thank you


- What? Do you have "mate"? Thank you.- It has sugar


- Excuse me, what's your name?- Teresa- Teresa, Ernesto, nice to meet you


- It would be nice as a souvenir, eh?- A souvenir? I'll take back to Argentina


-You are traveling?- Yes we are traveling, we are the owners of that old bike- A the big one over there


- What are these?- This is "malton"


- And This?- These are oysters


Maybe next time ,ok? next time...


Austral Newspaper,  pesos,Austral Newspaper, only  pesos


Get informed about Chile and the world,for only  pesos


Yesterday evening, Temuco was honored by the arrivalof  of the most renowned leprosy specialists of Latin America


- Dr. Alberto Granados from Córdoba- What do you mean "Granados"- That's what it says


Dr. Alberto Granados from Córdoba andDr. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna from Buenos Aires


They have embarked on an epic trip from theirhomeland to the north point of Venezuela


The charismatic adventurer scientists, experts in their field,have treated three thousand patients in all the continent.


They hope to complete their trip in a record time offive months, just in time to celebrate the th birthdayof the youthful Dr. Granados


- It says youthful, eh?-  Yes, and so i get informed too.


Do you think it will work?


Hello, good evening


My friend and i  have some problems with our bikeThe direction is broken, the brakes are practically goneand the shift box as always...


And my backside is killing me...


Let's see. I can fix the direction, the brakes and the shift box.


But i can't do anything about your backside.


We don't have any money


What? You don't have any money?


When we get to Valparaiso we will receive some money,when we have it we will send it to you...


You know, i wouldn't want to be rude, but if youdon't have any money,you have nothing to do here, so please...


Excuse me the interruption, but if you help us right now you willcontribute to the bilateral relationships between our countries


If i understand correctly, you want me to fix it for free


I think we are not making ourselves clear


besides we can't expect everybody to knowwho's who in the Latin-American medicine field


- Please doctor, come on in- Yes, precisely today there was an articlepublished on the paper...


- Let me see...allow me- Yes of course


- Look Piedad, Tulio look...


- Well the picture is not very good- Yes we are not favorably depicted


Look, is them...


Gentlemen, for me it will be a great honor to fix your bike,once i finish this card game with my wife


Of course, there's no problem


That's the main priority.


Do you know that tonight there's a danceand God willing, all the ladies of the town will be there


Oh, what a shame.


- Could you give me the paper back?- Thanks a lot, you are very kind


- I'll bring the bike over- Please bring it over, we will fix it


Could i have this dance?


Cheers!


You know, i was just thinking about you


And why is that?


You made quite an impression when i met you


Thanks


- Would you like to dance?- No


I don't dance


My husband fell asleep, he's drunk.I don't have a dance partner


Well, if you teach me, yes?


Hey, you finally remembered that you are a man?


You had forgotten?


It's been a long time since i danced,but is coming back to me, is coming back...


I can't dance here


Would you like to keep dancing?


Wouldn't you prefer to go out


I would love to, yes


Let's go


- What's going on?- No, we better stay


Let me go!


The Argentinean is leaving with your wife


Let me go!


Sorry, sorry...I’m sorry


Argentinean mother fucker!!


Aren't you tired?


No


- Don't you want to switch?- No


Are you sure?


Cows! cows!


I can't Stop, I can't stop!


The brakes don't work


Fucking mechanic


- Are you ok?- Perfect, what do you want me to tell you Fuser?


Shitty mechanic


Is he your father?


Yes


Hey, that cow is going blind


...for the shit it's going to see


Los Angeles, ChileFebruary th, Km 


We are  days behind


Wait wait wait wait


Hello


There's a rumor that the Chilean women are the mostdaring in all the continent


Well, the rumors have no scientific support Dr. Granado.We have to make a field test


You didn't like them, really?


Here they come


Hello girls


- Excuse us, the place is packed...


- Can we sit with you?- Yes, of course- Thanks


- How are you?...Ernesto- He is Alberto


- Miss?- Jazmín


Daniela


- Nice to meet you- Nice to meet you


- So are you Argentineans?- How did you know?


I don't know...the accent,because you say "Che", i don't know


- Had you noticed that Che? i hadn't- No me neither


- Do you know what day is today?- February th


February th...we are going to seem like liars,but it has been a year...


A year? A year since when?


- A year since we started this trip- That's nice


- Damn, one year and we don't have one cent to celebrate- Wouldn't you like us to invite you a bottle of wine?


- Wine?- Yes...


Lucho, bring a bottle of wine to our Argentinean visitors thathave made such an effort


But ladies, please don't takes this the wrong way,but i can't drink wine


- But why, why can't you drink a little wine to celebrate?- Exactly...


- Well there is an old tradition in Argentina that...- Please c'mon, don't...- What?


- I think they deserve and explanation- Is adequate, yes


Thanks Lucho...Well, there is a long costume in Argentinathat doesn't allow us to drink with empty stomachs


And since we don't have any money at the moment, we can'tbuy food and we must reject your generous offer


Please, don't be like that...wait.Lucho, could you bring us some empanadas


- Do you like Chilean empanadas?- I have never tried them


- four, eight?- They are really hungry.  Twelve.


I've always liked that number


- I would really like to stay here- Too bad we don't have a place to stay,but we can sleep at the plaza


Hey, but my father loves Argentineans.I think he can help you


He is the chief of the fire department,so he knows a lot of people


Wait, are you sisters?


Yes, of course, you hadn't noticed? Look...


They hadn't noticed.


- The mechanic doesn't come back until tomorrow,but the bike can stay here


- Thanks a lot


Guys, let me introduce you to two Argentinean volunteersthat will be staying here with you


- Let me introduce you to Dr. Che Skinny and Dr. Che Fatty- Nice to meet you


- Hey, would you like to see more of the town?- Yes


- But...- Don't worry sir


- Excuse me...- Yes?


I wouldn't like to bother you, but are you really doctors?


- No- Yes- No


I'm a biochemist


- Could you visit a lady that is sick- Yes, when you tell me...


Could it be right now, cause she is really sick.It's been a very long time since she saw a doctor


Ok, let me pick up my things and we will go.


Is nice to be faithful to the Hippocratic oath, Fuser


Excuse me


Look at my eyes


I'm going to touch your neck a little


Has she eaten?


I don't know


Look, Doña Rosa, I’m going to leave you these pills


Take one with each meal


And one before bedtime.


This will help you feel better


Dear mom...I knew i wouldn't be able to help that poor woman


That up to a month ago she had been servingtables, panting like me


Trying to live with dignity


In those dying eyes, there was a humblerequest for excuses


And a desperate plea of consolationthat gets lost in the emptiness


Just as her body will get lost very soonin the magnitude of the mystery that surrounds us


Fuser, you still haven't asked me how was thefield test with the Chilean sisters


You know how i fear that you might becomethe new sexual ambassador of Argentina


Are you the two lazy asses that travelon that piece of crap


Her name is "La Poderosa"


It was. But now we could name it The Dead One, The Paraplegic


Oh yeah, why?


What do you mean why? Because I’mthe mechanic, what else


If you sell it per pound, you might obtain something,but that piece of crap arrived dead here, really


I'll be missing you Negra


I'll take these, let's go


What do we do? Should we go on?


Yes, we go on.You only reach  once in a lifetime


You are really somethingErnesto Guevara de la Serna


- If we change the dollars...- No, don't even think about it


We arrived at Valparaiso


"I love Valparaiso. How much you encompassand how much you irradiate bride of the ocean"


"Even far away from your deaf halo..."


- Federico García Lorca- No- No, it's Neruda


Valparaíso, ChileMarch th, Km 


Thank you


- From Chichina!- Chichina, and the money?


- Should i open it?- Yes open it


I leave you alone love bird


How do i love you Celia de la Serna!


What's going on?


Fuser


- Che, are you ready?- Me?- Yes you


- Of course- Let's go


Right away sir


Atacama Desert, ChileMarch  Km 


You know what, my plan was a lot better


You are so fucking proud, at least answer me


Do you want to go back?


Go ahead...I'll get to the mine and then I’ll tell you what it looks like


Are you suggesting that i won't make it to the mine?


If you can little doctor asthma, i can do it too


Moron


Oh, you want to win?


Stop! Fuck!


- Good evening, how are you?- What's your name?


- Ernesto- Nice to meet you


Yes, that's it, that's were we are from


We didn't have much, just a dry and difficult land


It belonged to his grandparents


It was ours, until a landlord arrived and kicked us out


- And that is what they call progress- We had to leave our son with the family and travel to find job


- Trying to escape from the police that wanted to catch us- Why?


Because we are communists


We are going to the mine. If we are lucky I’ll find a job.


Apparently they are so dangerous that theydon't care what party you belong to


Are you looking for a job?


No, we are not.


No? And then why are you traveling?


Just because


Bless you, blessed be your travels


Take this


Thanks


- Some "mate"- Thanks


Those eyes had a dark and tragic expression


They told us about some friends that had disappearedunder mysterious circumstances


And that apparently ended up in somepart on the bottom of the ocean


That was one of the coldest nights of my life


But meeting them made me feel closer to human kind.Strange, so strange to me


You...you tooYou, the next one


Move it, guys, move it


Chuquicamata Mine, ChileMarch th, Km 


Move it, guys, move it


Get in the truck. The rest go to your homes.Out


You two, what are doing here?


Nothing, we are looking


Looking at what, this is not a tourist attraction. Out


Can't you see that these people are thirsty.Give them some water damn it.


I will call security so they will arrest you


Oh yeah. Why?


Invasion of property. This is the property of theAnaconda Mining Company


Let's go.


Son of a bitch


When we left the mine, we felt reality was changing


...or were we the ones changing


Going deeper and deeper into the mountain rangewe found more natives


that don't even have a roof in what used to be their own land


Finally we entered Peru


Thanks to a truck driver half blind, Felix


I almost forgot...Today is Alberto's th birthdaybut not in Venezuela, as he had envisioned


We were so tired, momthat we couldn't even celebrate


Fuser


This is humanly impossible


Finally we arrived to the heart of America...


Cuzco


Cuzco, PeruApril  Km 


After entering the city, we met Don Nestor


A very wise man, momthat ended up as our official guide


I was wondering Sir, which one of this walls is Inca?


This one should be the Inca wall, and that one is Spanish


We, as a joke, call this one the Inca walland that one the wall of the Incapables, those werethe Spanish


Cuzco was the capital of the Incas, butwhen the Spanish came they destroyed everything,and named Lima as the new capital


- Lima?- Yes


- This is The Plaza?- Yes


She says that she has never been to a school becauseshe has always been near the cattle, that's why she doesn'tknow how to speak Castilian only Quechua


I think that before, there was enough money for everything,but now there's little money and there are no jobs


That is affecting us more and more


Since i was little i have worked with craftsand that's how i keep on level...regular


With both hands, with both hands


With both hands, Nestor


Good evening


Good evening


When i was working, the owner cameand he threw me out of the land


Once i was producing all the productshe threw me out


He threw you out? How? Did he call the police?


Yes, he brought the police.He is a powerful man, he has a lot of money


- He wanted me to leave the land- Yes, once it was producing


Yes, it was producing wheat, corn, potatoes, beans...and i was meant to keep a part of it


But i won't stay behind, i have to keep moving forward.Working, looking for money to educate my children


- How many kids do you have?- I have five kids


- Have you joined with other farmers of the area?- Yes, in the community we are organized, we help each other


We help each other, together


Machu Picchu, PeruApril th, Km 


Let's see how you behave Fuser, eh?That's it, that's it


For posterity


The Incas had a high knowledge of astronomy, medicine,math, among others


But the Spanish invaders had powder


How would America be today if things had been different?


Fuser, look what i think. I should marry with an Inca descendantand found an indigenous party


We encourage everyone to vote


Reactivate Tupac Amaru's revolution,the indoamerican revolution, FuserWhat do you think?


A revolution without gunshots?You are crazy Mial


How is it possible that i feel nostalgia for a world i never knew


How do you explain that a civilization capable of building this


is wiped out to build...


...this


Lima, PeruMay th, Km 


- I know this is not the one- No?


Mercaderes  let's ask


Mercaderes Street?


Mercaderes?   blocks that way, then turn right and  or  blocks more


- This one has to be Mercaderes- That one too


- Hey, is this one Mercaderes?      - Yes- And that one too?       -Yes


Count from down there...from down there are  ..What?


Oh look


Can i help you with something?


This is the one from Mariategui...and you should also read Cesar Vallejo


The best part of Lima, mom, was Dr. Hugo Pesce


The chief of the program for the treatment of leprosy in Peru


Alberto had contacted him before starting the journey


He fed us, gave us cloth, money and some very good ideas


Mariategui talks about the revolutionary potential of thenatives and farmers of Latin America


He says that the native main problem is the land


and that the revolution will not be a copybut a heroic creation of our people


" ESSAYS OF INTERPRETATION OF THE PERUVIAN REALITY"


"We are too few to be divided", he says


Everything unites us


nothing keeps us apart...


Here's the main group of patients


Pesce let us stay at the guide Hospital, were theytreat patients in the first stage of the disease


The ones with more serious conditions are sent to San Pablo'sLeper’s center in the Amazon


- Zoraida, this is Alberto, Ernesto- How are you?- Nice to meet you


Well, i think we know each other well enoughso i will allow myself to tell you something


I look into your eyes, Ernesto, Alberto, and i seea great idealism, but also a lot of doubts


That's why I’m glad that you are going to San Pablo


I think you will find something important there


Important for you


Thanks a lot


- Ok, if you excuse me, i will show you something, ok?- Another surprise? How many surprises!


- What is he bringing, little on?- A book


- A book, uh?- Eat everything Tito, eh?


This is the great love of my life...


...after her of course


Ah, ok


It's my novel


"The Stillness of Silence"


I hope you give me the honor of reading it


- Of course, of course- The honor is ours


You can tell me what you think after


- Yes, of course. Can i open it?- Yes, yes


- Who dares read it first?


- Both of us- Besides he reads faster than i do, really.


Ok guys...


- ...that's the boat, "La Cenepa"                              Pucallpa, PeruMay th, Km 


In five more days you'll be in San Pablo


Teacher, thanks a lot for everything, for your kindness,for the tickets, the cloths, for everything. It's been an honor


Don't worry about anything


Thanks Doctor, thanks a lot


Don't you think you are forgetting something?You've said nothing about my novel


- The novel, Fuser- Did you read it?- Of course-So?


What can i say? I can sincerely tell you thatno one can tell a story like you


It has taken a lot of effort


- And what do you think Ernesto?- He is fascinated!


If he is fascinated, i would rather to hear it from him


Look Doctor, I feel that your book is a little beaten


I think there are many common places...


- Well, that is not that bad- No


Basically is poorly written and that makes it hard to read


It's a very good try doctor, but i think you shouldfocus on what you know best


I'm sorry, teacher. You asked for my opinionand I’m giving it to you


Wao son! No one had been so blunt with me.You have been the only one. The only one


- Ok, i won't delay you any more, go on.- Thanks


Good bye and...eternally grateful and forgive me.


Take care!


- Have you seen a bag that was over there?- No


- It is brown and small- If i see it I’ll let you know


What is wrong with him?


Ask for help! Ask for help!


Pass me that pillow


Be calm, Fuser


Be calm, I’m going to give you the adrenalin


Fuser... easy, easy...


Fuser...easy


Miss


I came to thank you personally for thehelp you offer to my friend and i. Thanks


Don't worry, your friend got really sick


- Yes he did- He gave me quite a scare


And i, thanks a lot, Miss.


- You know, a minute ago i saw a "bufeo" around- Bufeo?


Well a river dolphin, but we call them "bufeo"


Have you ever seen one?


No, never. I heard it, but didn't see it


- I'm going to tell you a secret- Me?


The bufeo's genitals look like a woman'sand the natives use it to relieve themselves


But there's a little problem, when they are donethey have to kill the animal, because the suffercontractions so strong that don't let them get out


Miss, no offense but can i ask you something?


Yes


What brings you to these inhospitable waters?


I work on the boat, I come and go between Pucallpa and Leticia.I'm from Pucallpa, you know?


- Pucallpenian?- Pucallpian


- Do you know it?- It is full of beautiful women, but you are the best


- Thanks- You are welcome


And how do you pay for your ticket?


I give the captain part of what i make


But...how do you earn the money?Miss...


Let's just say that, if we go to your room, I’ll show you


My name is Luz, in case you want toknow who you make business with


Lucecita, for a night with you i wouldgive a pile of gold as big as the Aconcagua


But, darling i don't have a single coin


Well, then my friend, you'll have to excuse me


- But i have to go earn a living- Are you going to leave me like this


I need the fifteen dollars, Fuser


Her name is Luz and she told me a story about afish that the natives fuck and she gave me a little kiss


I already spent them


C'mon Fuser, don't fuck with me.  We crossed thedesert together, we almost died of starvation and cold,the accident


- My needs have higher priority than Chichina's pants- I don't have them anymore


I gave them to the mining couple


- Court her


- Fuck you Fuser


The house wins gentlemen.


Mr. Lloyd retires


- Good night- Good night


Make your bets gentlemen


-  soles- soles


-   sol-  sol? What?


This is for men, not for school kids


I didn't know that in Peru you measured a man balls in soles


Ok, ok, let's play.Cards gentlemen


- Card?- One


- Sir?- Nothing


- Young man?- One


I stay


- Card- Of course


Gentlemen, the house pays.


Sir?   I'm sorryGentleman?Thanks


You young man?


Pay!


- How much did you bet?-  sol


The first one


- Ok, gentlemen, your bets-  soles


- I want to see your bets. Your bet sir?-  soles


Gentlemen, again, Blackjack!


- How much do i owe you?- 


-  paid- Thanks, yes sir. I will retire now. I think is veryclear who has more balls in this table. Excuse me gentlemen


Son of a bitch. Now that we are millionaireswe will eat better


Precisely, look at the mouthful I’m about to eat


- What a night, we are very lucky- How are you? Ernesto... Luz- Hi


- Luz- At your service


Burning light that blinds my dreamsNow hold on tight for what is coming for you


- Ah, Neruda?- No, Granado


San Pablo, PeruJune th, Km 


Are you Bresciani?


How are you guys? How was the trip?


- Long but good- A little long


No the other way


- Nice to meet you.  Bresciani- Nice to meet you


Dr. Pesce has talked very enthusiastically about youso, welcome to San Pablo


By the way, i have a letter from Dr. Pesce for youdo you want it now?


No, no, there'll be time for that


Well, since we are here i can show you something


The Amazon divides the colony in two


The south part is where we keep the patients.Here, in the north part is were the staff, the doctors and nurses live.And a couple of nuns that are very efficient


This is your room


The beds are a little hard, but that is good for your spine


You can see the hospital from here


Over thereAnd that's the laboratory


Doctor, let me introduce you to our Argentinean volunteers


Alberto, i understand you havesome experience in baciloscopy


- That's right- I believe he could help us in the lab, why don'tyou take him with you


Ernesto, you are going to help me in the hospital


Here we have the more serious cases,we transfer them from the south area


- Georgina- Hello doctor


- And do you make the operations on this side too?- Yes, on that side we have an operating room


She is Silvia, daughter of one of our patientsand a very good nurse


- How is he?- He's better, doctor


- Then keep administering the same treatment- Yes


- Doctor, then how many patients live in the south area?- Almost six hundred


- All of them Peruvian?- No, most of them yes, but there are some fromColombia, Venezuela and other countries of South America


I suggest you use these gloves. It's true thatleprosy under treatment is not contagious


but the nuns are very strict about this


- If it's not contagious, then this is purely symbolic- Yes, but I’m telling you so you don't make mortal enemies over there


- Well, you'll have to forgive us but we are not going to use them- Yes, thanks doctor


Don't say i didn't warn you


Take out the boxes.Come this way


- Good evening- Good evening


- Good evening.  Welcome to San Pablo- Thanks- You are very kind


- Papa Carlito, at your service- Nemesio Reyna


- Ernesto Guevara- I'm Alberto Granado, a pleasure to meet you


Nice to meet you


Doctor, didn't you explain the rules to them?


Nice to meet you


- Don Nemesio, nice to meet you


Papa Carlito is the head of the community.They are Argentineans doctors


Nice meeting you, bye


They are real gentlemen


Dr.  Bresciani, this gentlemen arrive and thinkthey can behave as they want?


Mother San Alberto, this gentlemen have goodmedical experience in Cordoba and Buenos Aires


That doesn't give them the right to behavelike this and break the rules


I suggest we leave this conversation for later, ok?


Thanks Mother, you are very understanding


She is the Mother Superior


This is the dinning hall.


The nuns make lunch on Sundays,but only for those that come to mass


The sad thing is that most of San Pablo's patients are herebecause they have been abandoned by their familiesor thrown out of their jobs


That's why they try to adapt to their new lifebuilding their own houses, seeding, caring for animals


- Doctor, good morning- How is Silvia?


- She doesn't want to go to surgery- Thanks doctor, I’ll go see her


Silvia is a patient a little rebellious and if we don'toperate her ulna, she risks loosing her arm


Hello Silvia


She's very young


Can i come inside to talk to her


Yes


Can i sit?


Does your arm hurt?


What is wrong with you?


I was born with bad lungs


What a shame


No, is not that bad. Thanks to thati skipped the military service


I didn't have to shine anyone boots


Is that why you became a doctor?Because you are sick?


Is possible.The first word i learned was injection


I want to be useful in some way


- You are wasting your time- Why?


This life is hell


Yes, it's really fucked up, but we have tofight for every breath and tell Death to fuck off


Hey Fuser,  Bresciani is going to write me a recommendationfor an internship in Cabo Blanco's Hospital, in CaracasWhat do you think?


That's nice.


Nice?What's going on Fuser?


- Did you see the river?- Yes


It keeps away the sick from the healthy


Yes


That's it...Just a quick...


Are you ok?


Scalpel


It's ok, it's ok. Look at me


That's it. The nerve is coming out


It's thick


I have four siblings, Celia, Ana MariaRoberto and Juan Martin


And they are the ones i miss the most actually.And also my mom


You have to tell us these things with time


- Have you been playing soccer lately?- Not lately


For the next time, please wear some snickersand invite me


Gladly


C'mon, C'mon


North team!Mark that one there!!


Out, out


Get out of there


Mark that...Out, out


Gol! Gol!


What happened? What happened?They scored you one fatty!!


Get out of here!


Excuse me


Sister, why you don't give us food?


The rules of Mother San Alberto are very clear,we only serve to those who go to Holy Mass


- What is it?- They won't give us food because we didn't go to mass


- Says who?- San Alberto


- Mother- Yes?


- We want to eat- We deserve to eat like everyone else


- Yes but you didn't go to mass- No


Then, how do you expect to feed the bodyif you didn't feed the soul first


- Denying food is not very Christian-like- Yes, i doubt Jesus would act like this


In this house we have a set of rulesthat have to be followed


- I haven't read any rule book- Neither did i. I think that if find it i would eat it


Your lunch


Did you steal it?


- Yes- Thanks


- Did you took it from San Alberto?- Yes


Thanks


- Is it deep?- Yes


- Do you want some "mate"?- No thanks


What?


From Caracas?


Great!Great, isn't it?


- Should i accept?- What do you want to do?


Maybe is time to settle down


Yes, have a stable job, a girlfriend...


Get a belly


And you? Are you going back to finish school?


I don't know. If i find a way to getback to Buenos Aires, yes


You're going to be  next week, Fuser


I should be thinking on something, right?


San Pablo, PeruJune th, 


The Mother dances well, uh?I like the way she dances


No, I don't dance


Thank you


- It's good uh?It's really good


Listen, this is the tango thatChichina's uncle played in Miramar


- Ah yes, i like it- You see- Yes, yes


- Do you know how to dance it?- This one's a little faster,


But you know how to dance it.And there's a lady very interested in dancing with you


- Should i ask her?- The bird in the stories flies and never returns


Fly, fly


Do you want to dance?


- Do you know how to dance?- Yes


Is just that this version is faster


Dance Ernesto!


Did you think it was a tango?


Mambo, mambo, mambo


Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you!


Happy birthday, Ernesto, Happy birthday to you!


Make three wishes Fuser


Friends, one moment please...


I believe this is a great opportunity to let Ernestoand Alberto know, how grateful we are


Not just for having gotten here, but also for theircommitment and enthusiasm to the patients of San Pabloduring the three weeks you have spent here


For that reason, we have prepareda little surprise


Tomorrow you will receive a raft tocontinue your journey


and we will name it,suggested by this night, The "Mambo Tango"


Thanks a lot


Speech! Speech!


Well...I feel obligated to thank this toast with somethingmore than a conventional gesture


But given the poor conditions in which we travel...the only affectionate resource that we have is the word


And is by using it, that i want to thank you all,all the staff of the colony


Thanks


You, that give us this magnificent display of affectionby celebrating my birthday as you would celebrate one of yourselves


And since we will leave Peru tomorrow, thiswords also serve as a goodbye


in which i want to put all my effort to givea recognition to the people of this country


that uninterruptedly have overwhelmed us withnice gestures since we arrived


And i would like to highlight something more,a little off topic of this toast


But don't worry, i won't dance


Although our meager personalities prevent usfrom being spokesmen of your cause


We believe, even more after this journey, that theseparation of America in false and uncertain nationalities


is completely fictitious


We are a single mixed race, from Mexicoto the Strait of Magellan


So, trying to free myself from anynationality load


I raise a toast for Peru and for America united


Cheers


What's up with you?


Do you know where the boat is?


No, i don't see it


I'm going to celebrate my birthday on the other side


Yes, of course, tomorrow when we find the boatyou will celebrate your birthday on the other side


- No, now- No you won't


- My birthday is today not tomorrow- I know Fuser but...are you crazy


You can't cross the river at night with allthose animals that can eat you raw


Mial, how many times in this journey did we thoughtit was the end and look, here we are


- This time is different Fuser-Why?


Because this time i won't be around to help you.There's no way I’m getting in the river


You will always be with me Mial, come


Hey, come here you bastard mother fucker, come back here.Think of me, your mom is going to kill me


Fuser, come back here.Ernesto! Listen!


Son of a bitch


Ernesto come back!Son of a bitch


Come back here!


- What's going on?- This crazy mother fucker wants to swim across the river


- What?- Please tell me that someone has cross this river


No, no one in all the years I’ve been here


Ernesto, come back damn it!


- Hey kid, listen to your friend!- No he won't listen


- Come here kid!- Come back Ernesto


- What's going on?- Something is moving


The current is getting stronger


- What's going on?- That moron that is swimming across the river. Come back, Ernesto


- Is that Ernesto?- He is swimming this way


There he is


- He's tired- You can do it Ernesto!


There he is


Come one. Come on. Come on.Ernesto!!


He made it?!Son of a bitch, he made it!


He made it! He made it!


I always knew he would make it


Son of a bitch


I'm going to miss you. Take care, ok?


- Papa Carlito is very sad- Take care


- Good luck- We will miss you


Thanks for everything


- Take care, ok- You too


Take care kids


- Good bye Mauro- We will always remember you


Near Leticia, ColombiaJune nd, Km 


Caracas, VenezuelaJuly th, Km 


You know, i had memorized a speech filled withanecdotes, and i can't remember a fucking thing


- That happens- Yeah


You still have the chance to come andwork with me in Cabo Blanco, eh?


You can graduate and I’ll wait for you


I don't know


I don't know


Look Mial, all this time we spent on the route, something happened


something that i have to think about long and hard


So much injustice, eh?


Come on, the plane is leaving!


Wait, wait. This could be useful


You kept it


Is yours


I'm off now


I'll write you, ok?


Fuser...


I have to tell you something important.


My birthday is not on April nd, it is on August th.I told you only to motivate you


- I knew- You knew? Son of a bitch


See you!


See you friend!


This is not the tale of impressive deeds


Is a piece of two lives taken in a momentwhen they were cruising together along a given path


With identity of aspirations and a conjunction of dreams


Was our vision too narrow, too partial, too rushed?


Were our conclusions too rigid?


Maybe...


...but that aimless roaming through our enormous Americahas changed me more than i thought


I..


...am not myself anymore


At least, I’m not the same inside


Eight years passed before the two ofthem would meet again


In  Granado accepted an invitation to moveto Cuba to work as a researcher.


The invitation came from his old friend Fuser,that at the time was known as Commander Che Guevara,one of the few influential and charismaticleaders of the Cuban Revolution.


Ernesto Che Guevara fought for his ideals in Congoand Bolivia, where he was captured by the Regulation Army and,with the consent of the CIA, was assassinated in October of 


Alberto Granado, always faithful to his friend Fuser,remained in Cuba, where he founded the "School ofMedicine of Santiago".  Today he lives in Havanawith his wife Delia, his three sons and grandsons.