An adaptation of a journal written by Che Guevara when he was 23 years old. Along with his friend Alberto Granado he crossed South America by motorcycle in the 1950s and he recounts some of their adventures. Read more
| Starring | Gael Garcia Bernal, Rodrigo De La Serna, Mia Maestro, Mercedes Moran |
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| Director | Walter Salles Jr. |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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We caught up with Brazilian director and king of the road movie, Walter Salles, to talk about his latest film Linha de Passe, which tells the story of four fatherless brothers from a poor neighbourhood in Sao Paolo – a city of 20 million inhabitants – who’s only options for improving their lives are crime, religion or professional football. Or failing that, they could become one of the city’s 300,000 motorcycle couriers. Linha de Passe forms part of a larger co-directing Read more
Actor Jamie Foxx, who this year won an Oscar for his leading role in Ray, has been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Foxx is among another 111 members of the film community to be invited to join the organisation that hands out the biggest prizes in Hollywood. There were also invitations for two UK Oscar-nominated actors - Clive Owen, the star of Closer and Sin City and Sophie Okonedo of Hotel Rwanda fame. They join Will Ferrell, star of Anchorman: The Legend of... Read more
New-comer British actors James McAvoy and Chiwetel Ejifor have both been nominated for the Orange Rising Star award at this year's Baftas. They will be in the running against Mean Girls star Rachel McAdams, former Dawson's Creek actress Michelle Williams and Mexican-born Gael Garcia Bernal. James McAvoy, who appears in UK TV's Shameless, received his Hollywood break playing Mr Tumnus in The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe. Londoner Chiwetel Ejifor has played well received roles in Serenity,... Read more