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"Th is isn 't a tale of heroic feats .

It's about two l ives ru n n i ng paral lel for a wh ile ,

with com mon aspi rations and sim i lar d reams ." E rnesto G uevara de la Serna , 1 952

Good bye boys , l ife-long com pan ions

Dear old-ti me gang

The plan :

8000 kilometres i n fou r months .

The method :

im provisation .

We've got to be ready for certain th i ngs in l ife ...

The goal :

to explore a continent we bad on ly known in books .

The motorcycle d iaries

Good n ig ht, G ranado .

The eq u i pment:

"The M ig hty One ,"

an aged , leaky 1 g3g Norton 500 .

The pilot:

Al berto G ranado ,

ch u bby, 2g , friend and biochem ist,

self-proclai med "wanderi ng scientist" .

Al berto's d ream :

to fin ish the jou rney on h is 30th bi rthday.

Co-pilot: me , E rnesto G uevara de la Serna . "E l Fuser" , 23 .

Is E rnesto real ly going?

N o, E rnesto is stayi ng .

E rnesto , will you take me with you ? Let's go together!

Sorry Dad but tbe more you tel l me ...

You're on ly one semester away from becom i ng a doctor.

That can wait.

Med ical student, special isi ng i n leprosy,

H ere comes fu rious Serna !

...amateu r rug by player,

Kick it!

N ice shot, Fuser!

...and occasional asth matic.

Date of departu re , Jan uary 4th .

The route :

B uenos Ai res to Patagon ia , and tben i nto Ch i le ...

then north , 6000 metres u p the rugged spi ne of the Andes to M acb u Picch u .

Then , the San Pablo Leper Colony in the Peruvian Amazon .

The fi nal destination : the G uaj ira Pen i nsu la i n Venezuela .

We land on the G uaj ira Pen i nsu la .

The ti p of th is g rand conti nent.

Bel l ies fu l l of wi ne and two tropical beauties, hopefu l ly sisters ...

That beer's good , h u h?

By Jan uary 4th you'l l have fi n isbed you r exams , rig ht?

If you'd l i ke , l 'l l ag ree to ma ke a l ittle detou r, go by M iramar, see you r g irlfriend .

My g irlfriend ...

A cou ple of days .

Check out that g uy over there .

Yeah?

Do you want to end u p l i ke tbat?

You don't wan na end u p l i ke tbat, Fuser.

Al l you want is to get laid in every cou ntry i n South America .

I n every town too , if we're l ucky. Adds a l ittle spice .

What we had i n com mon :

ou r restlessness, ou r im passioned spirits ,

and a love for the open road .

Come on Ernestito , we don 't have al l day.

- Isn't th is too m ucb stuff? - J ust enoug h .

N orton 500 . A real motorcycle .

Don't worry about you r son , he'll be well taken care of.

Son ...

Toug b ti mes are abead .

To tell tbe truth , l 've always d reamt of doi ng sometb i ng l i ke th is .

I confess that if l were a few years younger

l 'd cl i m b on that motorcycle with you .

I mag i ne l'm doing it for both of us .

Ten years , plan n i ng th is tri p , U ncle .

You were a kid ...

Meanwhile, l trust you.

So , when's the revol ution com ing ?

H ere?

- I n about a centu ry. - We sbou ld learn from tbe Russians .

- Leaving al ready? - Yes . l 'm off.

The on ly th i ng you need to worry about is taki ng you r med ici ne ...

and writi ng to me .

The most beautifu l letters you'l l ever read , M u m .

- Good bye , my darl i ng . - You 'l l see .

Bye , sis ! Take care !

Bye !

- N o . - J uan M arti n !

- Bye ! - Write to me .

O kay?

Send me postcards .

E noug h sentimental ity, you're gon na make me cry.

Take care .

So , just l i ke Don Qu ixote had Rocinante , San Marti n had h is m u le ,

-we have "The M ig hty One . "" - Yeah , wh ich pees oi l .

Yeah , she pees oil . Wbat l'm tryi ng to say is that i n th is very instant,

you ng Fuser and you r servant here ,

em bark on a jou rney to the farthest reaches of the h u man spi rit,

where we wi l l encou nter new lands, hear new anthems , eat new fru its ...

G ranado, l 'm hold ing you responsi ble . Anyth i ng that happens to Ernesto ,

l 'm goi ng to bu rn you down . Put on the scarf, boney.

Don't worry, ma'am . H e'l l come back and be the doctor we al l want h i m to be .

It's ti me to go !

That bi ke is a good excuse for wal ki ng .

So long !

Watcb out!

H e's crazy!

An i mal !

Carefu l with that bi ke !

Dear M u m ,

B uenos Ai res is beh i nd us .

Gone is "th is wretched l ife , " the u n i nspi ri ng lectu res , the papers and med ical exams .

Al l of Lati n America is ahead of us .

From now on , we on ly trust i n "The M ig hty One ."

I wish you cou ld see us ! We look l i ke outlaws , com mand ing attention everywhere we go ...

O pen it u p , M ial ! Put ber i nto orbit!

- Don't q u it on me , M ig hty O ne ! - Come on !

- Wbat happened , M ial? - Fucking sh it!

I am g lad we've left "civil ization" beh ind and are now a bit closer to the land .

What's goi ng on?

We're losi ng ou r bags !

Problems ! Problems!

Dam n ! Fucki ng sh it!

- Fuser, are you al l rig ht? - Yeah , you?

What's u p , l ittle one?

Are you okay?

- Wbat the fuck is that? - Wbat the fuck does it look l ike?

- A fucki ng dog ! - You 're a fucki ng sh itty d river!

Fuck you ! Wbat's that fucking dog doi ng on my bi ke?

It's for Cb ich ina . H is name is "Come-back" .

Go on , pick u p the bi ke .

Where the fuck are we , in Switzerland ?

- Good day. - Good day.

- Ch ich ina? - S he's at the beacb with the fam i ly.

The bi ke's not doi ng so wel l .

So , Esteban , tel l us about you r tri p .

It was fantastic, Don Horacio .

I had the opportunity Yo take a seminar in Cambridge

and spend a cou ple of weeks i n London , a fasci nati ng city.

- Oh , what a privilege . - Yes . A privi lege .

Esteban is about to get h is doctorate ...

l n med icine?

N o . l n law.

O b , law...

O ne , two , th ree , fou r. Tango , Fuser!

It's you r tu rn now...

l 've never seen a pig who l i ked to dance . Ever.

- Yeah . - Fuck off.

With tb is foot, one . . . back, back...

What are you laug h i ng at?

- Wbat are you laug b i ng at? - You .

Ton ig bt?

Dad asked Au nt Rosana not to let me out of ber sig ht.

And M u m prom ised the Virg i n that she'd wal k to her sanctuary...

if we break u p .

Don't you r parents real ise that the deeper you bu ry the d iamonds ,

the more determ ined the pirate is , to take them?

Bel ieve me ,

th is d iamond wou ld n't m ind bei ng taken .

Dance .

Look at them .

Check out La N eg ra !

Let's check out the bath room .

Good n ig ht.

- Good n ig ht, g i rls . - Good n ig ht.

- Good n ig ht. - Good n ig ht.

So , Au nt Rosana ,

which room do l get?

Get out, Come-back. Scat!

What happened there . . . ?

- Come bere . - Don't tickle me !

H ow long d id you say we'd be here?

You know how long .

Two days .

And how long has it been?

Are you gon na use wire in the operati ng room , too?

Six days , Fuser!

They're goi ng to kil l us !

If you stayed we cou ld do many th i ngs , E rnesto , but on ly if you stayed .

- That d id n't sou nd so good . - Wbat do you want to hear?

That l 'l l wait for you ?

I told you I'm coming back.

I have the dog to prove it.

Don't you l i ke h i m?

What do you want, E rnesto?

What do you want to hear?

That l 'l l wait forever, that l 'l l wait months on end for you to retu rn?

- Wbat's u p with you ? - Wbat do you want?

What?

I 'd l ike for you to stay l i ke tb is, si lent.

I want to look at you . l won't see you for a long ti me .

I will wait for you, but don rt take forever.

Defi ne "forever."

Th i n ice , m ister!

I won 't touch you again.

Oh, no, l hurt you. Did l hurt you ?

It's a trick. A real ly bad one .

O kay, lovebi rds, it's ti me to go .

Fuser...

Take care , M iss Ferreyra .

Than ks for everytb i ng .

O n the boat l heard the moist slap of bare feet

and foresaw faces dark with h u nger.

My heart was a pend u l u m between her and the street.

I don't know wbat strength broke me free from her eyes , loose from her arms .

She remai ned clouded by tears, her ang u ish h idden by the rai n .

- Is tbat Lorca? - N o .

- N eruda? - N o .

Who?

I don 't remember.

Good bye!

Wait, wait. . . there .

I 'm getti ng snot al l over th is ...

So with Ch icb i na - notb i ng?

Even after you gave ber a pu rebred German shepherd , notb i ng?

At least tel l me you saw one tit. One l ittle tit.

Ah , so you saw her titties then . All rig ht, my man !

Scal pel .

Scal pel .

American dol lars .

Fifteen .

Ch ich i na?

Yu p .

That g i rl's perfect for you . l've always said so :

that is Ernesto's g irlfriend . N o we'l l be able to eat l ike ki ngs .

- N o . - A succu lent protei n-fi l led meal .

She gave me th is money i n case we make it to the U n ited States .

She asked me to buy her a bath ing su it.

I said l would.

What?

Pretend th is money doesn't exist. lt's off-l im its .

H e's testi ng me . . . l 'm gon na ki l l h i m .

Are you tal ki ng to the bi ke agai n?

What the hel l are you th in ki ng? Th is g i rl's got you by the bal ls !

- N o . . . - Fuser!

Don't get al l worked u p , fatty.

- H el lo . - Good afternoon .

H ow's the bi ke feel?

It's amazi ng , you can fix anyth i ng with wi re .

It's rid i ng better than ever.

Dam n it! Fucking sh it!

You al l rig ht, Fuser?

Dam n cu rve .

Look at the exhaust pi pe ! Dam n it to hell and back!

Get more pegs ! l 've ru n out!

Don't bust my balls!

- J ust g rab it! - You had to choose tb is spot, assbole !

- You 're tbe one tbat chose it! - H old on to that side !

- You hold on to you r side fi rst! - Come on !

- I just can't! - Come on !

The g rou nd is wet! What the fuck do you want me to do?

Fucking sh it!

N o, the river took it!

Get it, get it!

It's gone !

J ust take it...

Why don't we go u p to that ranch?

With tbose snobs?

We rll find help down here, among the people, don 't you think?

Yeah .

- S hou ld we do the broken bead l ig ht tb i ng? - Red October.

- Wbat's Red October? - You have you r med ical l D , rig ht?

O b , yeah , yeah .

- Good even i ng . - Good even i ng .

What do you want?

It may not look l i ke it, but, wel l , we're both doctors ...

from Buenos Aires and Cordoba , respectively.

We are travel l i ng the length and breadtb of the cou ntry...

Well , be's got one , too .

We're travel l i ng al l over doi ng some research with the hope of cu ri ng

some of the most terrifyi ng d iseases of tbe 20tb centu ry.

Plag ues tbat not on ly consu me ou r energ ies

but also keep Argenti na u nder total dependence .

As a matter of fact, if you read the med ical l iteratu re , you 'l l note , as we have ...

What the fuck do you bu ms want?

Look, si r. The wi nd took ou r tent. We're starvi ng and need a place to sleep .

There's a sbed out there with a good floor. You can sleep with the m ig rants .

B ut we're doctors ...

l l ike you r face very m uch .

You rs , fatty, l don't l i ke .

- It's cool . - lt's okay.

Dear M u m .

We're still going strong , thoug h "The M ig hty One"" isn't so m ig hty any more .

Money and food are scarce but we've managed to scrou nge some free food ,

than ks to ou r secret weapon ,

Al berto's im peccable bu l lsh itti ng .

...tryi ng to wi pe out some of the most terrifyi ng d iseases of tbe 20th ...

- So you two are doctors? - Well , no ...

Al berto is a biochem ist and l 'm i n med ical scbool .

H e practical ly has a deg ree . We're as good as doctors .

Then l 'd l i ke you to look at th is lu m p on my neck.

- M ister. . . - Von Puttkamer.

Does it h u rt?

It's a tu mou r.

What so you mean , a tu mou r?

Yes .

- You th in k so? - Yeah .

- I don 't know, Fuser. - I do.

It looks l i ke an ad i pose deposit, it cou ld be a cyst.

N o . lt's a tu mou r.

It's a tu mou r i n tbe occi pital zone , probably of hydatid orig in .

Schatzie, these gentlemen say I have a tumour!

N o . . . Good day, ma'am .

Honestly, l don rt think it's a tumour, itrs a sebaceous cyst.

If you'l l g ive us some food and a place to crash , we may be able to treat you .

N o, look, we can't treat you .

Don't worry, you just need to go to Buenos Aires ,

l can recommend you to a specialist, but...

We cou ld try to hel p b i m .

H ow? With a cou ple of herbs from tbei r garden? With prayers?

I see, there 's nothing you can do for me.

Yes , we can . lf you g ive us food and a place to sleep ...

There's a lake fu l l of fish and a tool shed nearby.

Si r, it's a very prematu re d iag nosis .

Th is conversation is over, doctors .

Let's go , Schatzie .

Work with me next ti me , okay?

Su re , l 'l l work witb you but not at the expense of a man's health .

Let's su ppose you were rig ht, the geezer had a tu mou r,

how the fuck can you j ust tell h i m l i ke that? U n bel ievable !

It's the truth . lf he can't take it, that's b is problem .

You made h i m sh it h is pants , you can 't treat a patient l i ke tbat.

The g uy has a tu mou r, the sooner he deals with it, the better.

It's the proper treatment, or d id n't you learn that in pharmacy scbool?

Look, you id iot, don't tal k to me about proper med ici ne .

You l ittle n u rse . Get you r deg ree , then we'll tal k.

Fucking know-it-al l .

Let's look for food .

D uck, d uck, d uck. G ive me the g u n , man ! Come on !

- I got it, man! - Very good!

- H ow d id you do that? - N ow we're total ly fucked .

Well , there is no choice now but to ju m p i n tbe lake and get ou r food .

Fuser, j u m p i n the water and get ou r food .

You're n uts if you th i n k l 'm getting in . Do you have any idea bow cold it is?

Yeah. l know you 're allergic to the cold, the water, the heat and all that...

but you know what? I'm older, wiser, and I did all the shooting.

It was d u m b l uck! Besides , l have asth ma .

O kay, you're rig ht. lf you can't, l 'l l do it.

- I never said "can't." -"Can't, " "won't" ...

- What's the difference ? - I didn rt say, r'I can 't. r'

Or don't want to, same th i ng .

Otherwise , g ive me Ch ich i na's dol lars ,

and we'l l feast l i ke ki ngs .

Look, if l get that fucki ng d uck, l 'l l eat it by myself.

Li ke a d uck to water, q uack, q uack, q uack!

I 'm freezi ng my bal ls off!

So what? You 're not usi ng them .

Come on .

Good , Fuser! Good ! Bri ng that d ucky with fries ...

ls it cold out there?

H ey! You cold ?

I 'm not.

D uck?

Are you feel i ng sh itty?

No, l feel wonderful.

H ere .

Fuser...

O kay...

Fuser, l isten to me .

G ive me Ch ich ina's fifteen dol lars and we'l l go to a real hospital .

Ask again and l 'l l vom it on you .

Dear M u m , what do we leave beh i nd when we cross a frontier?

Each moment seems spl it in two :

melancholy for what is left beh i nd , and the excitement of enteri ng a new land .

Look, M ial !

Ch i le .

Ch i le !

Long l ive Ch ile !

- Is it the fi rst ti me you've left the cou ntry? - Yes .

You're practical ly a man .

Listen , wben we're old and ti red of travell ing ,

we shou ld come back and set u p a cl i n ic on tb is lake .

- H u h? - N ot a bad idea .

We'd treat everybody. lf anybody comes out here ...

Cou nt me i n , brother.

Th i ngs are looki ng u p , Fuser.

- Is tbat snow pil i ng u p? - N ah , that's j ust a l ittle frost, man .

O ne , two , th ree ...

That's it!

I hope the chain doesn rt freeze up because we rll be screwed...

Come on !

Come on ! Come on ! Come on !

There you go ...

Fuck, it's cold .

N ice l ittle su m mer we're baving ...

H ey, you said we'd enter Ch ile l i ke conq uerors ,

-not l i ke a pai r of assholes . - lf you don't l i ke it, go fuck you rself, E rnesto .

Why don't we d u m p th is th ing? lt's notb i ng but trou ble .

O b , yeah? And travel the whole conti nent on foot, gen i us?

Yes . We'd see more , meet more people ...

you cou ld lose a few pou nds .

Come on, you queer, with a couple of Chichina rs dollars, this is history.

Same old song ! Forget the money!

If that's you r answer, you go to Venezuela on foot,

just leave me the hell alone and take you r boss's money.

I could probably make it there in half The time if you 'd mind your own business.

You motberfucker!

Ooh , E rnestito , bri ng me those Yan kee panties , from M iam i ...

Don't you realise you'l l never see her wearing them ,

and she'l l never take tbem off for you , asshole !

Fuser!

You know what you r problem is , Fuser? You r fucki ng honesty.

You cou ld hel p out with a l ittle l ie once i n a wh i le .

AU STRAL N EWS PAP E R

J ust hold it.

H ey!

What are you doi ng?

What's u p?

Come i n !

Than k you .

- Mate? - Yes .

- Than k you very m uch . - N o sugar.

- Wbat is you r name? - Teresa .

- Teresa . E rnesto . - N ice to meet you .

There , bold it u p .

It'l l make a n ice souven i r.

A souven i r, b u h? l 'l l take it back to Argentina with me .

- Are you travel l ing? - Yeah , we are .

We're the ones with that beat-u p bi ke out there .

- Oh , that big one over there? - Yeah .

- And what is th is? - M ussels .

- And these? These are clams , no? - They're clams .

- J ust normal clams? - Clams are always clams .

Maybe next ti me .

The Austral N ews! The Austral N ews for on ly 3 pesos !

N ews of Ch ile and the world , the Austral N ews !

J ust 3 pesos !

N ews of Ch ile and the world , the Austral N ews !

Yesterday afternoon , Tem uco was honou red by tbe arrival

of two of the most prestig ious leprosy experts in South America .

D r Al berto G ranados from Cordoba ...

- Wbat do you mean , "G ranados?" - Yeah , that's what it says .

And Dr E rnesto G uevara de la Serna from Buenos Aires ,

have em barked on an epic jou rney from thei r native soil to the northern tip of Venezuela .

The charismatic scientists-adventu rers , experts in their field ,

have treated 3000 patients across the conti nent.

Al l rig ht!

They expect to com plete their marathon-trek

in a record-setti ng five montbs ,

just i n time to celebrate the youthfu l , D r G ranados' 30th bi rthday.

- It says "youthfu l . " - Yeah , they l ied a bit too .

Th i n k it'l l work?

H el lo . Good afternoon .

My friend and l are having problems with our bike.

The steeri ng is broken , tbe brakes are shot...

-and tbe gears are al l messed u p . - My ass is kil l i ng me .

Well , the steeri ng , brakes and gears l can fix...

but l 'm afraid you r ass is out of luck.

And we're broke .

What? You don't bave a pen ny?

We're getti ng some money i n Val para iso,

we'l l send it to you tben .

I have no disrespect in my heart...

but if you have no money, you have no busi ness bei ng here .

Forg ive me for i nterru pti ng , si r, but if you hel p us out now,

you'd be doing incalcu lable service to bilateral relations among ou r cou ntries .

- You expect me to fix it for free ? - I don 't think we rre being clear.

We can't assu me everyone wil l know who's who i n the Lati n American med ical field .

- Doctor, if you wi l l . - Yes , of cou rse . . .as it so happens ...

an article came out just today in The Austral . . .the newspaper.

Al low me .

Look, P iedad .

Tu l io!

- The pictu re isn't very good . - Yeah , it's not very flatteri ng .

It's them .

Gentlemen , it wou ld be an honou r to fix you r motorcycle .

Than k you very m uch .

After l finish playing this card game with my wife, of course.

Of cou rse .

Priority n u m ber one !

You know, there's a dance at tbe City H al l ton ig bt...

and God wi l l i ng , all tbe you ng g i rls in town wil l be there .

That's too bad !

Shou ld l bri ng the bi ke i n later?

Leave it rig ht here , we'l l fix it u p for you .

My love , l 'm gon na buy. . . a l ittle plane for us to fly

Al low me ...

d u ri ng ou r sweet honeymoon , my love

My love , l 'm gon na buy. . . a l ittle trai n to take a ride

d u ri ng ou r sweet honeymoon

Listen to h is voice as be wal ks on

he si ngs us Ch i pi Ch ipi to dance along !

- Ch i pi Ch i pi . . . - H ey...

- Ch i pi Ch i pi . . . - H ey...

Learn to dance the rbyth m of tbe Ch i pi Ch i pi ...

You know, l was just thinking about you...

Yeah? Why?

You made a strong im pression on me from tbe start.

Than ks .

Do you want to dance?

N o . . . l don't dance .

My h usband 's fal len asleep . H e's d ru n k.

1 have no one 1 0 dance with.

Well , if you teach me .

Yes?

You fi nal ly remem bered you're a man , h u h?

O b , had you forgotten?

I haven't danced for a long time ...

but it's all com ing back.

I can 't dance any more.

Do you want to keep dancing?

Wou ld n't you l i ke to step out?

- I 'd love to . - Yes .

- Yeah , let's go . - Okay, let's go then .

- Wbat's wrong? - N ot now!

- Come on , it's okay. - Let me go!

H ey, asshole , the Argenti n ian is h itti ng on you r wife !

Let me go!

I 'm sorry, excuse me !

You motberfucki ng Argenti n ian !

Fuser!

I 'm gon na get you , you Argentin ian son-of-a-bitcb !

You Argentin ian bastards !

Let's get tbem !

- Fucking sh it! - The cbai n !

H it it, b it it!

- Yeah ! - Yes !

Faster, faster!

Are you tired ?

N o .

Do you want to switch?

N o .

Are you su re?

Cows !

- H it the brakes ! - Wbat brakes?

- Wbat do you mean? - The brakes are gone !

Fucking mechan ic!

You al l rig ht?

I 'm g reat! What do you want me to say, Fuser?

Goddam n mecban ic!

Is he you r dad?

Yes .

That cow's going bl ind .

Al l she's goi ng to see is sh it.

We are 25 days beh ind sched u le .

H el lo ...

lt is ru mou red that Ch i lean g irls are the most daring in the continent.

Ru mou rs bave no scientific val ue , D r G ranado . Time to do some research .

- Don't you l ike h i m? - N o .

You don't l i ke eitber of them ?

H ere they come .

H i , g i rls .

Excuse us , but th is place is packed .

- Can we joi n you? - Yes .

- You don't m i nd? - Than k you .

H el lo .

- E rnesto . - H e's Al berto .

- M iss? - Jazm i n .

- Dan iela . - A pleasu re .

A real pleasu re .

- Are you two Argenti n ian? - H ow'd you know?

Well , because of you r accent, because Argenti n ians always say "che" ...

- H ad you noticed , che? - N ot at al l , che .

Do you know what day it is?

February 26 .

February 26 .

Sou nds u n bel ievable , but it's been a year.

- A year since what? - One year si nce we started th is tri p .

O ne year, and we're flat broke , we can't even celebrate . What a shame .

Why don't you let us treat you to a bottle of wi ne?

- Wine? - Wine ...

Lucho !

A bottle of wi ne for ou r cou rageous , Argenti ne visitors .

Girls, don rt be offended, but l can 't drink wine.

Why cou ld n't you d ri n k just a bit?

Exactly. . . There's an old custom i n Argenti na ...

N o, please don't.

What is it?

- I think they deserve an explanation. - They do.

Than k you , Lucho .

An old custom i n Argentina doesn't allow us to d ri n k on an em pty stomach .

Si nce we're flat broke , we can't buy food

and m ust reject you r generous offer. That's it.

Come on , l ig hten u p .

Lucho .

Lucho , cou ld you bri ng us some em panadas?

- Do you l i ke Ch ilean em panadas? - l 've never tasted Ch ilean em panadas .

Fou r? E ig ht?

Well . . .they do look h u ng ry.

Twelve .

What a n ice n u m ber. l 've always l i ked that n u m ber.

- Wish we cou ld stay! - Too bad we have nowhere to crash .

We'l l sleep out i n the park.

Listen . . . my dad's fond of Argenti n ians .

- N o joke ! - H onest. H e m ig ht be able to hel p you .

Si nce Dad's ch ief of the fi re brigade , he knows lots of people .

What? You two are sisters?

Of cou rse .

Look.

Can't you tell?

The mechan ic won't be in u nti l tomorrow, but the bi ke can stay rig bt here .

- Than k you very m uch . - Than k you very m uch , S i r.

G uys ! Canaco ! Come !

I 'm goi ng to i ntrod uce you to two Argenti n ian vol u nteers

that wi l l be spend i ng the n ig ht here witb you .

Th is is Doctor ski n ny Che , and th is is Doctor ch u bby Che .

- Pleasu re . - Good to meet you .

- Wby don't we go take i n the town? - Good idea , but...

Don't you worry, si r.

Excuse me . Sorry!

H el lo .

I don 't want to bother you, but are you really doctors ?

- N o . - Yes .

Actually, l 'm a biocbem ist.

Cou ld you come see a sick woman ?

- Yes . Whenever you say, j ust. . . - Cou ld we do it now?

It's been a long ti me si nce sbe's seen a doctor, she's real ly i n bad sbape .

Su re . Let me get my th i ngs .

Well , one has to remain faithfu l to tbe H i ppocratic oath ...

- E rnesto . - Moncho .

- Poncho? - Moncho .

Excuse me .

Look me i n the eye .

I 'm goi ng to toucb you r neck.

H as sbe eaten?

I don 't know.

Look, M rs Rosa , l 'm goi ng to leave these l ittle pi l ls .

Take one witb each meal and one before sleeping .

Th is wi l l hel p you feel better.

I knew l was powerless to hel p her, M u m ...

Th is poor old woman who on ly a month ago waited tables , wheezi ng l i ke l do ,

tryi ng to l ive with d ig n ity.

I n her dyi ng eyes tbere was a plea for forg iveness

and for solace , now van ished ,

J ust as her body wil l soon be lost, in the g reat mystery tbat su rrou nds us .

Fuser, you still haven 't asked about the research I did on our Chilean sisters.

You can 't imagine how depressed l am

that you're the sexual am bassador of Argenti na !

It's true .

Are you the clowns that ride that crippled piece of sh it?

H er name is "Tbe M ig bty O ne ."

H er name was "The M ig hty One . ""

N ow she can be baptized "Tbe Deceased , " "The Dearly Departed ," "The Parapleg ic" ...

- Real ly? And wby's that? - Wby?

Because l am the mechanic.

You cou ld make a buck sell i ng her for scrap . Ch ile is her last stop .

Gon na m iss you , g irl .

I 'l l carry you rs today. Come on .

What'l l we do? Go on?

Of cou rse .

A man tu rns 30 on ly once , rig bt?

You're sometb i ng else , Ernesto de la Serna ...

- l mean, if we spend Chichina rs. . . - Nope! Don 't even think it.

H ey! Hey!

H e stopped ! Come on !

There she is , Val paraiso .

" I love Val paraiso ,

all you encom pass, al l you rad iate , lover of the ocean , far from . . . "

- Federico Garcia Lorca . - N o!

N eruda !

Than k you .

- From Ch ich i na? - From Ch ich i na . And the money?

- Should l open it? - Go ahead.

I 'l l leave you lovebirds alone .

I love you so m uch , Cel ia de la Serna .

What happened ?

Fuser?

- H ey, you ready? - Me? l

- Yu p . - Of cou rse ...

Rig ht away!

You know what?

I l iked my plan better, Fuser!

You are sucb an arrogant bastard . You cou ld at least answer me !

What do you wan na do? Go back?

Go on , go back!

I 'l l get to the m i ne and tel l you al l about it.

Are you saying l can rt make it?

If you can , l ittle asth matic doctor, then l can .

- J ust sh ut u p and wal k! - Pai n i n the ass !

N ow you wan na beat me?

Stop , goddam n it!

Good afternoon , h i .

I 'm E rnesto, good to meet you .

Yes .

Rig ht there .

H ome .

We d id n't have m uch , just some toug h , d ry land .

It belonged to h is g rand pa .

It was ou rs . U ntil a land specu lator forced us off.

That's wbat they cal l prog ress .

So we had to leave ou r son with ou r fam i ly and h it the road ,

looki ng for work,

tryi ng to escape from the pol ice who want to th row us i n jail ,

Why?

Because we are com m u n ists .

N ow we're goi ng to a m i ne .

If we're lucky, l 'l l fi nd some work.

It's so dangerous , they don't care wbat party you belong to .

Are you two looki ng for work?

N o, we're not looki ng for work.

N o?

Then why are you travel l i ng?

We travel just to travel .

B less you ...

B lessed be you r travels .

- H ere . - Than k you .

- H ave a mate . - Than k you .

Thei r faces were trag ic and bau nti ng .

They told us of com rades who had mysteriously d isappeared ,

and were said to be somewhere at tbe bottom of the sea .

It was one of the coldest n ig hts of my life ,

but also one wh ich made me feel closer to tb is strange , for me anyway, h u man race .

You !

You , too .

You , over there .

You .

N ot you ! The one next to you !

Move it, move it! Get a move on , g uys!

You tbere , you too . U p there !

Move along !

The one i n the back. You , too .

The one u p there , you .

H u rry u p . Get on tbe truck.

The rest of you , go home !

H u rry u p , move it!

Th is truck is fu l l ...

H ey, come on !

You two ! Wbat are you doing bere?

- N otb i ng , j ust looki ng . - Looking at what, asshole?

Th is is not a tou rist attraction , get lost!

Don't you see these people are th irsty?

Why don't you g ive them some water, dam n it?

Get out before l cal l secu rity and have you locked u p , asshole .

- Wbat wou ld they? - Wby?

Trespassi ng . Tb is is property of tbe Anaconda M i n i ng Com pany.

Watcb the door.

You son-of-a-bitch !

As we left Cb ug u icamata we cou ld feel the world cbang ing

or was it us?

The deeper we go i n the Andes , the more i nd igenous people we encou nter,

who are homeless i n tbei r own land .

We fi nal ly entered Peru ,

than ks to a balf-bl i nd trucker named Féel ix.

And g uess what? Alberto tu rned 30 , but not i n Venezuela as he had plan ned .

We were so ti red , M u m , we cou ld n't celebrate .

Fuser...

Th is is not h u man ly possi ble .

We fi nal ly arrived i n Cuzco , "the heart of America . ""

Ou r fi rst day i n the city we met Don Neéstor,

an old sou l , M u m , and ou r official g u ide .

Sir, I wonder, which of these walls is lncan ?

Th is one here is l ncan and tbat one is Span ish .

As a joke we say th is wal l was made by the l nca ,

and that wall was made by tbe l n-capables . That's wbat we cal l the S pan ish .

D u ri ng the l nca period , Cuzco was the capital .

When tbe Span ish came they started to trash it al l ,

-and made Li ma the capital . - Lima?

Yes .

Th is belongs to Jesus Ch rist l nc.

- Are they still i n business? - Yes .

Are they stil l i n busi ness . . . ?

She says she never went to school

because she was always with the l ivestock,

and that's wby she doesn't speak S pan ish , on ly Quech ua .

When l was l ittle there was enoug h , at least l th i n k so ,

there was enoug h money to afford everyth i ng .

B ut now l th i n k there is l ittle money, there is no work.

And th is is al l affecti ng us , more and more .

From the time l was l ittle l 've worked with hand icrafts , and ,

that's why l 'm not doing too bad , not too good , j ust okay.

With both hands .

With both hands, Nestor.

Than k you .

H el lo .

Good afternoon .

I was working for a time...

on some land .

And the land lord . . . kicked me off the land .

I was doing my work and he threw me out.

H ow'd he tb row you out? D id he bri ng the pol ice?

Yes , he broug ht the pol ice .

Because be's ricb , he's got lots of money.

H e wants me to vacate h is land , to get out.

O nce it was al ready prod uctive .

Yes , it was prod uci ng wbeat, corn , potato . . .al l that.

And he kept most of it.

So , l can't l ive i n the past. l have to move on . . .work,

fi nd tbe money to bri ng u p my kids ...

- H ow many kids do you have? - l 've got five .

H ave you got organ ised with otber farm workers ...

- Yes . - l n order to fig ht back?

Yes . We are organ ised , we hel p each other, work ou r land ,

we bel p each other. Very u n ified .

Ready for the photo , Fuser?

That's it, tbat's it...

Th is one's for posterity.

The l ncas knew about astronomy, med icine , mathematics among other tb i ngs ,

but the Span isb i nvaders had g u n powder.

What wou ld America look l i ke today if th ings had been d ifferent?

Fuser, here's my idea :

l 'l l marry an l nca descendant.

We'l l start an i nd igenous party u nder these cond itions :

we'd encou rage the people to vote ,

reactivate Tu pac Amaru's revol ution , the l ndo-American revol ution , Fuser.

H ow's that sou nd ?

A revol ution without g u ns?

It wou ld never work, M ial .

H ow is it possible to feel nostalg ia for a world l never knew?

H ow can a civi l isation that bu i lt th is ...

be destroyed to bu i ld ...

th is . . . ?

- Th is isn't it. - N o?

Wrong street ?

Mercaderes 52 .

Let's ask.

- Cal le Mercaderes? - Mercaderes?

Straig ht ahead for two blocks , tu rn rig ht and go another six, seven blocks .

Th is bas got to be Mercaderes .

That one is , too .

- Is tb is M ercaderes? - Yes .

- And that one? - Yes .

We have to cou nt backwards .

- Fuser? - Backwards is 2 , 4 , ...

What? Yeah ...

Can I help you ?

This is Mariateguirs book. And you must also read Cesar Vallejo.

The best th ing about Li ma was D r H ugo Pesce ,

D i rector of Peru's leper treatment prog ram me

who Al berto contacted before we started out jou rney.

H e gave us clothes , food , money and ideas .

Mariateg u i speaks of the revolutionary potential

of tbe natives and farm workers of Latin America .

H e says tbe problem of the l nd ian is the problem of tbe land ,

and that tbe revol ution shou ld not be an i m itation .

It shou ld be orig i nal and i nd igenous .

"There are too few of us to be d ivided , " he said ,

"Everyth i ng u n ites us ...

"noth ing separates us . "

Most of the patients are over here .

Pesce got us a cou ple of beds in the G u ia Hospital ,

where patients sufferi ng from the early stages of leprosy are treated .

The most critical cases are sent to tbe San Pablo Leper Colony, in the Amazon .

Zoraida , th is is Al berto and Ernesto .

I think we know each other pretty well now...

Let me tell you someth i ng .

I look at you , Ernesto , and you , Al berto ...

and I see great idealism and many doubts.

That's wby l 'm g lad you're goi ng to San Pablo .

I think you will find something important there.

For each of you .

Than k you , Doctor.

If you'l l excuse me , l wi ll sbow you someth i ng .

Another su rprise? So many su rprises ...

- Wbat's he getti ng , sq u irt? - A book.

- A book. . . - You have q u ite an appetite , Lito .

Th is is the g reat love of my l ife , after my wife , of cou rse .

It's my novel .

"Latitudes of S ilence"

l hope you rll do me the honour of reading it.

- Of cou rse . - Of cou rse , Doctor.

The honou r is ou rs .

You can g ive me you r opi n ion i n U cayal i .

- Of cou rse . M ay 1 7 - Of cou rse .

Who dares go first?

Both of us .

H e reads m uch faster tban me . H e's really a fast reader.

Well , boys, that's the sh i p , "La Cenepa . "

You'l l be i n San Pablo i n 5 days .

Al l aboard !

Maestro ...

Than k you for you r hospital ity, for the tickets , for the clothes .

Than k you for everyth i ng . lt's been an honou r.

Don't mention it.

Than k you . Than k you very m uch .

O ne more th ing , haven't you forgotten someth i ng?

You haven't said anyth i ng about my novel .

- You 've read it? - Of cou rse .

- And? - What can I say?

I can say, without exaggeration, that no one...

can tel l a story l i ke you do .

It took me a lot of work.

E rnesto , you r opi n ion?

H e loved it.

If he loved it, l 'd l i ke to hear h i m tel l me .

Look, Doctor, l th in k you r book is a bit trite ,

there are too many cl iches , and l ...

Well , that's not so bad ...

N o . . .the writing is basical ly - bad .

Basical ly u n readable .

It's a worthy attem pt, Doctor, but l th i n k you sbou ld stick to what you know best.

I 'm sorry, Maestro, you asked my opin ion and tbat's it.

Dam n you , boy...

N obody's been th is honest with me .

You're the on ly one .

The on ly one .

Well , l won't keep you any longer.

So long , we're forever g ratefu l . Than k you .

Take care !

H ave you seen ...

a bag that was just here?

- N o . - A small brown one .

I 'l l bri ng it over if l do .

What's wrong with h im ?

Cal l for help !

The pillow!

H and me the pil low!

Take it easy, Fuser.

Take it easy, Fuser. Ad renal i ne on tbe way...

O kay, Fuser. lt's over...

Fuser, Fuser, q u iet. lt's al l over now.

M iss ...

l want to thank you for helping out my friend.

N o problem . H e was in real ly bad sbape .

Fuck, yeah .

- H e scared me a lot. - Me too .

Than k you very m uch , M iss .

You know, a l ittle wh i le ago there was a bufeo out there .

A bufeo?

They're river dol pb i ns but we cal l them bufeos .

H ave you ever seen one?

N ever. l 've heard of them , but l 've never seen one .

I 'm goi ng to tel l you a secret.

The bufeo's sex organs are l i ke that of a woman's ...

and the l nd ians use them to . . . comfort themselves .

B ut there's a l ittle problem .

As soon as they're done , they bave to ki l l the an i mal ...

because they suffer contractions that won't release them .

- Miss, if l may, can l ask you a question ? - Shoot.

Shoot.

What bri ngs you to these in hospitable waters?

I work on the boat.

I come and go between Pucallpa and Leticia.

I 'm from Pucal l pa .

- Pucal l pan . - Pucal l pian .

- Pucal l pian , got it. - H ave you been there?

Yes , it's fu l l of beautifu l women , but you are tbe lovel iest.

- Than k you . - You 're welcome .

And how do you pay for you r passage?

I give the captain part of my earnings.

And . . . how do you earn you r earn i ngs , M iss?

Let's just say. . . if we go to your cabin, I can show you.

The name's Luz, i n case you want to know who you're doi ng busi ness witb .

My l ittle Luz, for a n ig ht with you l 'd pay enoug h gold to eq ual the Aconcag ua .

B ut, honey, l 've ru n out of cash .

Well , my friend , i n that case you'l l bave to excuse me .

- H ey. . . - l 've got to go earn a l ivi ng .

You're not going to leave me l i ke th is , are you ?

- I need the fifteen dollars, Fuser. - What?

H er name is Luz.

She told me a story of a fish the l nd ians fuck and kissed me ,

l 'm so borny l cou ld explode .

I spent them.

N o, Fuser.

Don't bust my balls .

We crossed a desert togetber, we starved , froze , had accidents ...

My needs come before Ch ich i na's bath i ng su it.

I don 't have them.

I gave them to the mining couple.

Woo ber.

Fuck you , Fuser.

The house wi ns , gentlemen .

M r Lloyds is leavi ng ou r table .

- Good even i ng . - Good even i ng , si r.

- M iss . . . - Place you r bets , gentlemen .

- E ig ht soles . - Ten soles .

O ne sol .

Si r, th is is for men , not schoolch ild ren .

I d id n't know that i n Peru a man's bal ls are measu red i n soles .

Very well . Let's play.

Cards, si rs .

O pen .

- Card? - One .

- S i r? - N o .

- S i r? - One .

I 'l l stay put.

- Card . - S u re .

Than k you .

Gentlemen , the house pays 21 .

Si r, 1 7 ...

l 'm sorry, gentlemen .

- You ng man? - Pay u p . 21 .

- H ow m uch d id you bet? - One sol .

There we go , the fi rst one .

Well , gentlemen , let's contin ue . Place you r bets .

Two soles .

Gentlemen , don't fall asleep on me , let's see those bets .

- Th i rty soles . - Ten soles .

Gentlemen , once again ! Blackjack!

That's i m possible !

- How much do l owe you ? - Thirty soles.

The house pays u p .

See you later. Than k you .

I 'l l be retiring .

I th in k we know who's got the biggest bal ls at th is table .

Excuse me , gentlemen .

Son-of-a-bitch !

H ey, now that we're m il l ionai res , let's go eat.

Precisely, check out that morsel rig bt tbere .

What a l ucky n ig bt.

E rnesto . . . Th is is Luz, wh icb means "l ig bt."

At you r service .

"E lectrifyi ng l ig ht that dazzles my d reams .

Get ready, you've no cl ue wbat's com i ng to you . "

N eruda?

G ranado .

Are you Doctor Brescian i?

H ow are you , boys? Good tri p?

- Yes . - Long , but good .

A bit long , h u b ?

- Al berto , E rnesto? - N o, the otber way rou nd .

- A pleasu re , l'm B rescian i . - The pleasu re is ou rs , Doctor.

D r Pesce has spoken enth usiastical ly of you , so welcome to San Pablo .

O b , by the way, l have a letter from h i m .

- Do you want it now? - Later on .

Well , si nce we're al ready here , l can tel l you about tbe colony.

The Amazon cuts the colony i n half.

The patients l ive on the South side ,

and the staff, doctors and n u rses are here on the Nortb ...

as wel l as a g rou p of n u ns who do tb i ngs with g reat efficiency.

H ere's you r room .

The beds are a bit hard , but it's good for the spi ne .

You can see the hospital from bere , and the lab is over there .

D r Souza Li ma , these are ou r Argenti n ian vol u nteers , M r G ranado ,

M r E rnesto G uevara .

Al berto , l bel ieve you have experience in the laboratory, rig ht?

That's correct.

I th in k he'l l be able to hel p . Why don't you show h i m the research lab?

E rnesto , you're goi ng to hel p me at tbe bospital with consu ltations .

We transfer the seriously i l l over here , we bri ng them in from the South side .

H el lo, Doctor.

- Do you also operate on th is side? - Yes , we have an O R over there .

That's E lvia , she's the daug hter of a patient. A very good n u rse .

H ow is he?

- Is he okay? - H e's m uch better.

- Conti n ue tbe same treatment then . - Okay.

Doctor, how many patients l ive on the South side?

- Al most 600 . - Al l Peruvian ?

N o, most are , but we have some from Colom bia ,

Venezuela , and otber Soutb American cou ntries .

I suggest you wear these gloves.

Altboug b leprosy is not contag ious u nder treatment,

the n u ns are q u ite i nsistent on th is point.

If it's not contag ious, then it's just sym bol ic, rig bt?

Yes , l 'm just tel l i ng you so you don't make any mortal enem ies .

You know what, Doctor, you 'l l excuse us , but we're not goi ng to wear them .

Than k you , Doctor.

- Don 't say l didn rt warn you. - AI right.

Get tbe boxes out.

Rig ht th is way, boys .

- Good afternoon . - Good afternoon .

- Welcome to San Pablo . - Than k you .

Papa Carl ito at you r service .

- N emesio Reyna . - l 'm E rnesto G uevara .

I 'm Al berto G ranado , a pleasu re to meet you .

Doctor, haven't you explai ned the ru les?

A pleasu re .

- H ow are you , N emesio? - Well .

Papa Carl ito is the com m u n ity leader. They are Argenti n ian doctors .

A pleasu re . See you later.

Those g uys are real gents .

Doctor, these gentlemen j ust show u p and th in k they can do what they want?

Mother Sor Al berto ,

these gentlemen have med ical experience in Cordoba and Buenos Aires .

That doesn't g ive them the rig ht to break tbe ru les .

Why don't we tal k about th is later?

Than k you , Mother, you are very u nderstand i ng .

Excuse us .

She's the M other S u perior.

- I think she wants me. - I think she does.

H el lo .

Th is is the d in ing hal l .

The n u ns provide l u nch here on Su ndays .

B ut on ly for those who come to Mass .

Most of the patients were sent here by their fam i l ies

or fi red from thei r jobs .

So tbey adapt the thei r new l ives, by bu i ld i ng thei r own houses ...

farm i ng and raising an i mals .

- Doctor. - Good day.

- H ow's S i lvia? - S he doesn't want the su rgery.

Than k you .

Si lvia is a somewhat rebell ious patient.

Su rgery is the last chance to save her arm .

H el lo, S i lvia .

She's you ng .

May l go talk to her?

Can I sit?

Does you r arm h u rt?

What's wrong?

I was born with shitty lungs.

Pity.

It's not so bad .

Thanks to that, l got out of military service.

I didn 't have to clean anybody's boots.

Is that why you became a doctor,

because you 're sick?

Maybe ...

The fi rst word l learned was i njection .

I want to be usefu l , somehow.

You're wasti ng you r ti me .

Why?

Life is pain .

Yeah , it's pretty screwed u p .

You got to fig ht for every breath , and tell death to go to hel l .

Fuser...

B rescian i's goi ng to write me a letter of recom mendation for a residency

in Caracas at the Cabo Blanco Hospital .

H ow's that sou nd ?

That's good , isn't it?

Good?

What's wrong , Fuser?

H ave you seen the river?

Of cou rse .

It seg regates the i ll from the healthy.

Yes .

Look at th is hand .

Rig ht here .

Wi pe .

Are you al l rig ht?

Scal pel .

It's al l rig bt.

Look at me , look me i n the eye .

Are you al l rig ht?

The nerve is com i ng out, it's th ick.

I have four siblings,

Cel ia , Ana Maria , Roberto and J uan Martin .

Honestly, theyrre what l miss most.

And also my M u m .

You have to let me know sooner.

H ave you been playi ng footbal l lately?

N ot lately.

I 'd appreciate it if you wore snea kers next ti me ,

-and don't forget to i nvite me . - My pleasu re .

Al l rig ht, Northerners !

Come on , N ortherners , mark that one there !

Come on , Southerners!

Al l rig ht, Soutberners !

Get out there !

Mark that one !

Goal !

What happened ?

What happened , Ch u bby? We nai led you !

Fuck you !

Some rice . . .corn , on ion .

Excuse me .

Sister, why won't you serve us, wbat's wrong?

Mother Sor Al berto's ru les are very clear.

Food is served on ly to tbose who attend H oly M ass .

They won't serve us because we d id n 't go to Mass?

- Says who? - Sor Al berto .

Mother...

Yes , sons?

- We'd l i ke to eat, if possible . - We deserve to eat l i ke everybody else .

- B ut you d id n't go to M ass . - N o .

So , bow do you expect to feed the body if you haven't fi rst fed the sou l?

Ma'am , it's u nch ristian to deny us food !

We have ru les i n th is house , and they have to be fol lowed .

I didn 't see any rulebook.

N eitber d id l . l th i n k if l fi nd it, l'll eat it.

You r l u nch .

- You stole it? - Yes .

Than k you .

- You stole it from Sor Al berto? - Yes .

Than ks .

- Deep? - Yeah .

- Do you want mate-? - N o, than ks .

What?

- From Caracas? - Caracas .

Th is is g reat.

G reat, isn't it?

Should l take it?

What do you wan na do?

Maybe it's ti me to settle down , h u h?

Get a steady job , a g i rlfriend .

G row a g ut.

And you ? Are you goi ng back to school , to Buenos Aires?

I don't know. lf l fi nd a way of getti ng back, yes .

You'l l be 24 next week, Fuser.

I should be thinking ahead, huh ?

H e dances pretty well . H ave you seen the n u n?

Check th is out.

Come on , dance .

B ravo !

Than k you . Very n ice .

- Good party, h u h? - Fantastic!

Listen , it's the Tango you danced i n M iramar.

I l ike it.

D id you notice? You know how to dance th is one .

- Th is one's a bit fast, isn't it? - You dance it perfectly,

and l tb i n k tbere's a you ng lady interested i n danci ng with you .

I should ask her, right?

The bird of youtb fl ies away and doesn't come back. Fly, man , fly!

Wou ld you l i ke to dance?

- Do you know tb is dance? - Yes .

This version is a bit faster than the one l know.

Mam bo .

Let E rnesto dance !

D id you tb i n k it was a Tango?

It's a Mam bo , Fuser!

Ma ke th ree wisbes !

Al l rig ht!

My dear friends , a moment, please .

I th in k it's tbe perfect time to let E rnesto and Al berto know...

how g ratefu l we are to them . N ot on ly for havi ng come bere ,

but also for the enth usiasm and ded ication ...

they bave shown towards San Pablo's patients d u ri ng thei r tb ree weeks with us .

To show ou r appreciation , we bave a l ittle su rprise for you .

Tomorrow we're goi ng to g ive you a raft so that you can conti n ue you r trip .

Th is raft wi l l be named after ton ig bt's newly i nvented dance :

the M am bo-Tango .

- N ice one ! - Than k you , Doctor!

Speech ! Speecb !

Well . . . it's my d uty to tban k you for th is toast

with someth i ng more than the usual conventions .

B ut, i n view of the shabby cond itions in wb ich we travel ,

all we have to offer you are words .

E m ployi ng them , l 'd l i ke to express my si ncere than ks ,

to tbe entire staff of tbe colony, who , althoug h tbey barely know us ,

have shown their affection by celebrati ng my bi rthday

as if it were an i ntimate celebration of one of their own .

Tomorrow we leave for Peru ,

so these words are also ou r farewel l ,

in wb ich l 'd l i ke to say how g ratefu l l am to the people of th is cou ntry

who have generously looked after us agai n and agai n .

I 'd l ike to add someth i ng else , com pletely u n related to th is toast...

Don 't worry, l won rt dance.

Even thoug h we are too i nsig n ificant to be spokesmen for such a noble cause ,

we bel ieve ,

and th is jou rney has on ly confi rmed th is bel ief,

that the d ivision of America i nto u nstable

and i ll usory nations , is a com plete fiction .

We are one sing le mestizo race from M exico to tbe M agel lan Straits .

And so, i n an attem pt to free ou rselves from narrow-m inded provi ncial ism ,

l propose a toast to Peru

and to a U n ited America .

- Cheers! - Cheers!

Cheers !

B ravo !

What. . . What's wrong?

Do you know where tbe boat is?

N o, can't see it.

I 'm goi ng to celebrate my bi rthday on the other side .

Su re , tomorrow, when we fi nd the boat you'l l go across and celebrate .

- N o . Now. - N o, not now.

My birthday is today, not tomorrow.

Yeah, l know, Fuser, but you 're not going to...

Are you n uts? At n ig bt? The an imals in there will eat you al ive !

H ow many ti mes d id we th i n k we wou ld n't make it. . . ?

- And look, here we are . - B ut th is is d ifferent, Fuser.

-ŠcWhy? - Because I won 't be there to help you.

- I 'm not goi ng i n there . . . - You 're always gon na be with me , M ial .

Come bere you l ittle sh it! Come here !

You r mother's gon na ki ll me !

Fuser! Come here !

E rnesto , l isten to me !

E rnesto , come back!

Fuck you !

E rnesto , come back!

Fuck, come back!

What's wrong?

The crazy id iot wants to swi m across the river!

What?

Please tell me someone bas al ready crossed th is river.

I n al l the years l 've been here , no one .

E rnesto , come back here , dam n it.

Son , l isten to you r friend !

H e won't l isten .

- Come bere , kid ! - Come back, E rnesto !

Come back! lt's dangerous !

E rnesto!

- E rnesto, come back! - Come on , come back!

The river is very strong !

What is it?

I don 't know, somethingrs going on.

E rnesto! Do what l say for once i n you r life .

The cu rrent is even stronger now.

What is he doi ng?

Th is id iot wants to swi m across the river!

Come back, dam n it!

E rnesto!

H e's swi m m i ng ...

- ls tbat E rnesto? - Yes , be's swi m m i ng towards us ...

H e's over there !

Boy, get back here !

- H e's tired . - You can do it, E rnesto !

H e's over there !

Go ! Go ! Go , E rnesto !

Come on !

J ust a bit more !

H e made it! The motherfucker made it!

H e made it!

Al l rig ht, E rnesto !

I always knew he 'd make it.

I always knew...

Son-of-a-bitch .

I 'm goi ng to m iss you so m ucb .

Take good care .

See you , N emesio .

Papa Carl ito is feel i ng real sad ...

Take care of you rself.

Bye , B i n .

- We're gon na m iss you . - Me too .

Than ks for everytb i ng .

Don't forget us .

- Take good care of you rself. - You too , S ilvia .

Than k you , than ks .

Bye , E rnesto .

Take care .

Take good care of you r fam ily.

Take care of you rselves , you g uys .

- Good bye , Mau ro . - Safe travels .

I 'd prepared a speech fu l l of anecdotes and g rand iose ph rases,

l can 't remember shit now.

That's how it goes .

Che ...

What?

It's not too late to come work with me i n Cabo B lanco .

You cou ld come back after you g rad uate . l 'l l wait for you .

I don 't know.

I just don 't know.

You know, M ial , al l th is ti me we spent on tbe road ,

someth i ng happened .

Someth i ng l 'l l have to th i n k about for a long ti me .

So m uch i nj ustice ...

Come on , the plane's taki ng off!

Well , l shou ld go ...

Wait, take th is , it may hel p .

- You kept it? - lt's you rs .

- I 'd better go . - Yes .

I 'l l write , okay?

Fuser!

I have something very important to tell you...

My birthday is not on Apri l 2 nd , it's on Aug ust 8th .

- I just said that to motivate us. - I know.

- You knew it? - Yeah .

Son-of-a-bitch !

- So long , M ial ! - Bye , my friend .

Th is isn't a tale of heroic feats .

It's about two l ives ru n n i ng paral lel for a wh ile ,

with com mon aspi rations and sim i lar d reams .

Was ou r view too narrow, too biased , too hasty?

Were ou r conclusions too rig id?

Maybe .

Wandering arou nd ou r America

has cbanged me more than l thoug ht.

I am not me any more ,

at least l 'm not the same me l was .

It took eig ht years for E rnesto and Al berto to meet agai n .

I n 1 g60 G ranado was i nvited to l ive and work i n Cu ba .

The invitation came from h is old friend Fuser, now "Comandante" E rnesto Che G uevara ,

one of the most prom i nent and i nspi ri ng leaders of tbe Cu ban Revol ution .

Che went on to fig ht for h is ideals i n the Congo and Bol ivia where he was captu red ,

and witb the su pport of the C lA, m u rdered in October, 1 g67 .

Forever faithfu l to h is friend Fuser,

G ranado remai ned i n Cu ba where he fou nded the Santiago School of Med ici ne .

H e l ives i n Havana with h is wife Del ia , their ch i ld ren and g randch ild ren .