Travellive

THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES

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Before becoming Che Guevara, the Cuban national hero who inspired many young generation­s, the young Che embarked with a friend on a journey across South America during his younger years that changed his life forever.

“This isn’t a tale of heroic feats. It’s about two lives running parallel for a while, with common aspiration­s and similar dreams.” But their journey across many Latin American countries changed them more than they thought. They are no longer their old selves anymore...

In the film they improvise a 14,000 km journey in just four and a half months, to explore a continent they had only known in books. On a dilapidate­d Norton 500 motorcycle christened La Poderosa, they started their journey from Buenos Aires west

Before Sunrise is a romance between two young people who have a chance encounter on a train from Budapest to Vienna. They talk about all topics of life and end up wandering around the city before parting and promising to meet again. But they do not see each other until 9 years later when they both have their own lives.

If you are a couple, the Before trilogy which spans almost three decades is a must-see before packing your suitcases and traveling together.

Their seemingly endless conversati­ons took place throughout the film, becoming the signature style of storytelli­ng by director Richard Linklater and actors Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy. And with those conversati­ons, romantic filming locations also stand out, ranging from the Austrian capital to the Danube riverbank of their youths (Before Sunrise) to the romantic Paris when they were in their 30s (Before Sunset) and then to the ancient Greek cities in their mid-life (Before Midnight).

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