Movies: Uruguay

On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes....

28-year-old Kansas University doctoral student Omar Razaghi wins a grant to write a biography of Latin American writer Jules Gund. Omar must get through to three people who were close to Gund – his brother, widow, and younger mistress – so he can get...

A documentary on the life of Uruguayan politician and former guerrilla fighter José Mujica....

The campaign of the Uruguayan rugby team, nicknamed "Los Teros", during the 2015 Rugby World Cup qualification, and the amateur character of its players that contrasts against the professionalism of their group rivals....

Jacob Kaplan lives an ordinary life in Uruguay. Like many of his other Jewish friends, Jacob fled Europe for South America because of World War II. But now turning 76, he is grumpy and in need of adventure. An unexpected opportunity to achieve great...

Armed based on photography, period films, archival materials and testimonies of survivors, family members and historians, the documentary accurately and exquisitely reconstructs the course of the “expropriating anarchists” in the Río de la Plata and ...

Two friends battle boredom with the power of their bong and marijuana, but failed to consider the perils of smoking on the couch....

In 1998, a small South American village is in a flurry over the Pope's upcoming visit for the business opportunities that it will provide. While most of the residents plan to sell food at the parade, a smuggler family man decides to build a pay toile...

Becho is a kid who has a power that makes him feel passion in a luminous and magic way. One day, some musicians' energy is so strong that Becho is teletransportated in an amazing trip where history and imagination take part of this national story....

Two young people learn about love as politics turn their world upside down in this drama from director Ana Diez. After a long and successful career as a soccer player, Xavi retires from the game and moves to Spain, where one day to his surprise he ha...

A documentary revolving around the 1972 crash of the plane carrying an Uruguayan rugby team; interviews with survivors and the families of victims....

Documentary about Uruguayan Hardcore Punk band "Setiembreonce". Put together with archive material, old recordings and different interviews with key members of the Hardcore Punk community in Uruguay and surroundings areas. A testimony of a music gen...

Images of Argentinian companies and factories in the first light of day, seen from the inside of a car, while the director reads out documents in voiceover that reveals the collusion of the same concerns in the military dictatorship’s terror....

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Daniel & Florencia meet at a bus stop. After recreating their first date, they reminisce and wander the streets of Pando catching up with their lives. Through the night the memories and reproaches take over. Between beers, smokes and missing lighter...

A story of a friendship that wants to be something more. A story of support and connection. A story that makes you fall in love because of its innocence, transforming into an adventure on the beach, mixed with smiles, looks and feelings, set in the b...

Andres and Elias get together one evening for their last summer joint. On his way home, Elias finds a hidden case containing 5 different types of drugs. The next morning, Elias calls Andres to catch up on his discovery. He tells him he wants to gathe...

24 hours in the life of three street youths in Montevideo. Three teenage guys try to figure out what they're supposed to be doing with their lives in this drama from Uruguay that puts the emphasis on character over narrative....

Teenager with Attitude gets recruited to pilot a Giant Robot....

A super dimensional heroine in her day off must stop an alien invasion by some very incompetent evil doers......