The plot is based on a true story that happened in the late ’40s in a small village in Uruguay. Read More »
Tag Archives: Uruguay
The Custodian AKA El custodio (2006) Rodrigo Moreno, Julio Chávez, Osmar Núñez, Marcelo D’Andrea
A bodyguard of a top politician is so dedicated that he’s in danger of losing his own identity. Read More »
So Much Water AKA Tanta agua (2013) Ana Guevara, Néstor Guzzini, Malú Chouza, Joaquín Castiglioni
Alberto, a divorced father, takes his two children for a vacation at a thermal resort in Salto. Read More »
The Militant (2013) Manolo Nieto, Felipe Dieste, Alejandro Urdapilleta, Leonor Courtoisie
Returning to his rural hometown after his father’s death Read More »
The Dog Pound (2006) Manolo Nieto, Pablo Riera, Martín Adjemián, María Sofía Dabarca
David, has just failed his university examinations and has one year to re-write them. Read More »
Mr. Kaplan (2014) Álvaro Brechner, Héctor Noguera, Néstor Guzzini, Rolf Becker, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
After fleeing Europe for Uruguay during WWII, Jacob Kaplan built a quiet life. Now 76, he begins to question his worth. Read More »
Kill Them All (2007) Esteban Schroeder, Claudio Arredondo, Roxana Blanco, Jorge Bolani, Drama, Thriller
Julia Gudari is exploring the kidnap of someone who turns out for a Chilean chemist needed as a witness from the international police. Read More »
The Popes Toilet (2007) César Charlone, Enrique Fernández, César Troncoso, Virginia Méndez, Mario Silva, Drama, Comedy
In Melo, a poor Uruguayan country village near the Brazilian border, several men earn their living from contraband, mostly transported on bicycles. Read More »
The Delay / La demora (2012) Rodrigo Plá, Néstor Guzzini, Fernando Amaral, Andrea Fantoni, Drama
It’s the sort of everyday personal tragedy that would hardly even merit inclusion in a short news column – overworked and underpaid, a forty-something mother of three is driven to abandon her senile father so she can take better care of her children. Read More »
Whisky (2004) Juan Pablo Rebella, Pablo Stoll, Andrés Pazos, Mirella Pascual, Jorge Bolani, Comedy, Drama
When his long-lost brother resurfaces, Jacobo, desperate to prove his life has added up to something, looks to scrounge up a wife. He turns to Marta, an employee at his sock factory, with whom he has a prickly relationship.
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