Uruguay Movies

David is a young bodybuilder who obsessively trains to become his artist mother's muse. As he dedicates himself to further developing his physique,...

A cinematographic poetry that portrays the artistic link between the French filmmaker André S. Labarthe and his disciple, the Uruguayan...

Cecilia and Carlos, a daughter and a father, inspired a Norwegian play written by Elin Moe that deals with the consequences left in their lives by...

“Cordera y la fábula del escorpión” It is the eternal return of a man enslaved by his own nature, an artist who lives to...

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,...

Victim of a psychopathological setback after an accident, the wife of a postman has no other interest than reading the mail that her husband has to...

For over twenty years, the artist Javier Gil (born in Uruguay, 1961) recorded his life on video, in spontaneous, chaotic and constant ways.

From the streets of Ocotlán, Jalisco—where growing up meant learning to endure before learning to dream—Carlos Salcido found an...

The night before her 15th birthday, Aitana argues with her mother and, in a fit of teenage anger, wishes she didn't exist. When the clock strikes...

Karina was just 12 years old when she was trafficked into sex work. Now 45, she has no standard education qualifications, but what she has witnessed...

The story of Elena Quinteros, a teacher and political activist who was detained in 1976 during the Uruguayan dictatorship.

Clara is a teenager growing up in a small indigenous community high in the Andes. Her adoptive mother, a midwife who took her in as a baby, has...

A young man recalls the afternoon in his childhood when he discovered religion and sex.

A Montevideo journalist discovers that the murder of a boy from the slums near the vineyards had political reasons, and was not an isolated incident....

In a world of uncertainty, two narrators lend their voice to the dreams, fears, and hopes of Latin American youth. Who has the right to dream and at...

A family joins together for a celebration, but the true reason for their gathering lurks beneath the guests’ apparent happiness.

A portrayal of the multifaceted artist Sofía Saunier's daily routine as she takes care of her housemate and makes Transur, a film project...

Felipe is a teenager from La Paloma who attends an acting workshop behind the back of his mother, who opposes him becoming an actor. When the...