Faber Book of New South American Cinema

Walter Salles''s film The Motorcycle Diaries follows the journey made by the young medical student Che Guevara across Argentina, through Chile,to Peru. At the climax, Guevara exhorts his audience to see beyond their borders and embrace a truly continental identity. This vision lives on today, in the work of a new generation of South American filmmakers.Following the buena onda, the ''good wave'' t...