Leyendo en el Hospital

The score for The Motorcycle Diaries is widely regarded as one of Gustavo Santaolalla’s masterworks. Directed by Walter Salles, the 2004 film is adapted from the journals of two real-life Argentines, Alberto Granado and Ernesto Guevara de la Serna.

Depicting the complex human and social landscape of South America in the early 1950s, I see The Motorcycle Diaries as a Latin American parallel to Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. At its core, it’s a powerful coming-of-age story as two young men venture out into their broader landscape…