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- DirectorJ.A. BayonaStarsEnzo VogrincicAgustín PardellaMatías RecaltThe flight of a rugby team crashes on a glacier in the Andes. The few passengers who survive the crash find themselves in one of the world's toughest environments to survive.
- DirectorLucía JacobThe production and distribution of uruguayan militant cinema during the 60s.
- DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsDustin HoffmanLaurence OlivierRoy ScheiderAfter the shocking murder of his older brother, a New York history student finds himself inexplicably hounded by shadowy government agents on the trail of a Nazi war criminal who is trying to retrieve smuggled diamonds.
- DirectorÁlvaro BrechnerStarsAntonio de la TorreChino DarínAlfonso Tort1973. Uruguay is governed by a military dictatorship. One autumn night, three Tupamaro prisoners are taken from their jail cells in a secret military operation. The order is precise: "As we can't kill them, let's drive them mad."
- DirectorJames IvoryStarsOmar MetwallyAnthony HopkinsCharlotte GainsbourgOmar wants to write an authorized biography on a dead writer and travels to a farm in Uruguay to meet the trustees - the writer's brother, widow and cute mistress/mother of his daughter.
- DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsYves MontandRenato SalvatoriO.E. HasseUsing the interrogation of a US counterinsurgency agent as a backdrop, the film explores the consequences of the struggle between Uruguay's government and the leftist Tupamaro guerrillas.
- DirectorMarcelo PiñeyroStarsEduardo NoriegaLeonardo SbaragliaPablo EcharriNene & Angel and their accomplice Cuervo participate in a botched bank robbery in 1965 Buenos Aires, then hide out from the police in Uruguay while the gang breaks down.
- DirectorMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsJohn GregsonAnthony QuaylePeter FinchIn the first major naval battle of World War II, the British Navy must find and destroy a powerful German warship.
- DirectorNorman FergusonClyde GeronimiJack KinneyStarsAurora MirandaCarmen MolinaDora LuzDonald receives his birthday gifts, which include traditional gifts and information about Brazil (hosted by Zé Carioca) and Mexico (by Panchito, a Mexican Charro Rooster).
- DirectorFrank MarshallStarsEthan HawkeVincent SpanoJosh HamiltonAfter crash-landing in the snowswept Andes, a Uruguayan rugby team has no choice but to turn to desperate measures in order to survive.
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- DirectorAgustín FloresStarsDon ConyKittyNancyAníbal González - "DON CONY", and his brother Christian González - "KITTY" were born and raised in Marconi neighborhood, which is considered one of the most dangerous zones of Montevideo, Uruguay. Today, they struggle to make a living while writing songs denouncing the reality where they live in. The Forgotten begins with archives from 2012, when a young man of the neighborhood was shot dead by police. And it ends in 2016 with the death of another young man in similar circumstances. The documentary shows the neighborhood through the eyes of DON CONY and KITTY in between of these two events.
- DirectorDenny BrechnerAlfonso GuerreroMarcos HechtStarsDenny BrechnerTalma FriedlerPepe MujicaA fake Uruguayan Chamber of Legal Marijuana travels to the United States to find 50 tons of cannabis to supply the country. President Jose Mujica is the leader of the mission.
- DirectorEmilio Silva TorresStarsRoxana BlancoManuel LamasMaría Inés PelfortThe story of "Act of Violence Upon a Young Journalist," a 1988 Uruguayan cult film created by enigmatic filmmaker Manuel Lamas.
- DirectorJuan Alvarez NemeAn everyday portrait of a group of people who suffer forced disappearance in Uruguay. The documentary follows this group exploring the reality through their eyes and their struggle against oblivion.
- DirectorAgustín Fernández GabardStarsSulma SoustMarlene YacobazzoÁngela SoustUruguayan poet Alcira Soust became a legend in Mexico after hiding for 12 days in a toilet when the army entered the UNAM in 1968. Letters, poems and traces she left with relatives and friends guide us through her delusion and sanity.
- DirectorPablo FernándezAlejandro PiEduardo PiñeroStarsAlberto AcostaIgnacio DureMartín EspinaA chronicle of two crime families' struggle to control the Reus neighborhood of Montevideo, Uruguay.
- DirectorHoracio Reyes PáezStarsNatalia OreiroMadelón (40) is a mother who searches for her 18-year-old son after the plane he was traveling in crashes in the Andes mountains in 1972. Just a few days after the accident, the search efforts are canceled by the governments, as survival seemed impossible. «The Rosary of the Andes» explores the invisible connection between mother and son that goes beyond the bounds of reason, delving into the realms of faith, the esoteric, and the dreamlike as the only tools to embark on a quest for a miracle. Based on the true story and the book published by Madelón Rodriguez, mother of Carlitos Paez Vilaró, one of the 16 survivors of the Andes tragedy.
- DirectorCésar CharloneStarsJorge EsmorisRodolfo SanchoYamandú CruzIn 1884, the famous painter Juan Manuel Blanes, from Uruguay, is asked to create a portrait of José Artigas. There is only one drawing of his face, done in his old age so Blanes must imagine what he looked like by reading up on his ideas and learning about his life. Amongst the different materials he is given in order to "discover" Artigas' features, Blanes finds the notes of an old Spanish spy, Aníbal Larra, hired by the Argentine triumvir Manuel de Sarratea, to kill Artigas, the rebel chief who will not succumb to the dominance of Buenos Aires. At the time, Artigas was hiding out in Ayuí, to the north of what is known today as Uruguay.
- DirectorEmir KusturicaStarsPepe MujicaAn examination of the life, times, and legacy of Uruguay's last president, José "Pepe" Mujica.
- DirectorRainer HoffmannHeidi SpecognaStarsPepe MujicaEleuterio Fernández HuidobroLucia TopolanskyPepe Mujica, now a member of the Uruguayan parliament, and others of the Tupamaros recount the history of this urban guerrilla group: their use of armed intervention and illegal acts--even kidnapping and murder, their imprisonment and escapes, and their transition to a legal political party.
- DirectorCésar CharloneEnrique FernándezStarsCésar TroncosoVirginia MéndezMario SilvaA small South American village is in a flurry over the Pope's 1988 visit.
- DirectorAlex HolmesStarsFrank BoughJohn ChittendenBruno Du BoisThe story of Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook on charter boats, who became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989.