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Films from the country "uruguay", sorted by revenue
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Yours (2010)
, 30minutesOrigin Uruguay
Actors Albi De Abreu
One night, while returning home by bus, Jorge (Albi De Abreu) receives a box from a strange old man. After he throws it away, the mysterious box keeps coming back to haunt him and test him in unexpected ways.
A Useful Life (2010)
, 1h7Origin Uruguay
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Pablo Stoll
Set in Montevideo's legendary Cinemateca Uruguaya, it is the story about the closure of a cinematheque with the same name due to financial difficulties, and how it affects its film loving middle manager Jorge (played by film critic-turned-actor Jorge Jellinek), who has worked there for 25 years. At first he is overwhelmed by the prospect of having no profession or purpose, and drifts around in Montevideo. But eventually he realises that nothing can kill his love for film, so he ends the day by taking his love interest to the cinema.
Norberto's Deadline (2012)
, 1h29Directed by Daniel Hendler
Origin Uruguay
Genres Drama, Comedy
Après avoir été licencié, Norberto tente sa chance comme agent immobilier, mais il n'en dit rien à sa femme. Pour vaincre sa timidité, son nouveau patron lui conseille de suivre un cours de confiance en soi, et Norberto s'inscrit dans un cours de théâtre pour débutants. Alors qu'il travaille en prévision du festival trimestriel, Norberto échoue à convaincre sa femme et ses clients du bien-fondé de ce qu'il dit, il découvre alors qu'il sait très bien se mentir à lui-même.
Giant (2010)
, 1h24Directed by Adrián Biniez
Origin Uruguay
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Jara (Horacio Camandule) is a security guard at a supermarket who falls in love with Julia (Leonor Svarcas), a cleaning worker on the night shift. Jara is about 30 years old, solitary, quiet and big. That is why before approaching to Julia, he watches her via the television cameras monitoring the supermarket, and then pursues her across the city of Montevideo, where the film is set.
Panic Attack! (2009)
, 5minutesDirected by Fede Alvarez
Origin Uruguay
Genres Science fiction
Themes Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Giant robots appear out of the mist and attack Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. Accompanied by a squadron of spacecraft, they fire weapons at the city and destroy key buildings, leading to mass panic. The military fights back to little avail. At the end of the film, the robots fuse together to form a giant sphere, which then detonates and engulfs the city in a fireball. No explanation is given for the attack.
Whisky (2004)
, 1h40Directed by Pablo Stoll, Juan Pablo Rebella
Origin Uruguay
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Mirella Pascual, Daniel Hendler, Ana Katz, Adrián Biniez
On the first anniversary of his mother's death, Jacobo (Andres Pazos), the owner of a small and struggling sock factory, asks one of his attentive employees, Marta (Mirella Pascual), to spend a few days at his home pretending to be his wife because his brother, Herman (Jorge Bolani), is arriving for a visit. Jacobo and Marta's lives are very dull and repetitious. It takes some time to realize that Jacobo asks Marta because he has no one else to ask. Why Marta agrees is another matter.
Common Ground (2002)
, 1h55Directed by Adolfo Aristarain
Origin Uruguay
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Federico Luppi, Mercedes Sampietro, Claudio Rissi
After being forced to retire, literature professor Fernando Robles (Federico Luppi) and his wife Liliana (Mercedes Sampietro) are forced to reevaluate their lives and make major changes in them. These include setting the record straight with their son, exiled in Madrid and starting out a new life. They decide to buy a small lavender farm in Córdoba from a widowed man, Zacarías, and with the aid of their lawyer friend Carlos (Arturo Puig), attempt to start out their new business.
25 Watts (2001)
Directed by Pablo Stoll
Origin Uruguay
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Daniel Hendler, Walter Reyno
The film covers 24 hours in the life of three street youths in Montevideo. The story is about three young boys, Leche, Javi and Seba, trying to survive until Sunday. They have a lot of problems regarding studies, girls, and their lives consist mostly of drinking or sleeping or meeting strange people like the crazy delivery boy, a retarded drug addict, and a philosophical counter clerk at a video rental store.
Anarchists (2000)
Origin Uruguay
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Documentary films about anarchism, Political films
The documentary covers two cities, Montevideo and Buenos Aires, primarily in the 1920s and 1930s, and the men of action who migrated in from Spain, Germany, Russia and elsewhere during this time. These romantic gunmen committed their acts, not for personal gain but to fight against a regime they perceived as oppressive and repressive.
The Delay (2012)
, 1h24Directed by Rodrigo Plá
Origin Uruguay
Genres Drama
Themes Vieillesse
María, une jeune femme travaillant à domicile pour une usine textile, élève seule ses trois enfants et doit prendre en charge son vieux père, Agustín, atteint de la maladie d'Alzheimer. María tente vainement de le placer en maison de retraite. Sa sœur, sollicitée à son tour, refuse de l'aider. Désespérée, María abandonne Agustín sur un banc public…
The Silent House (2010)
, 1h26Directed by Gustavo Hernández Pérez
Origin Uruguay
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Ghost films, Serial killer films
Actors Eric Sheffer Stevens, Elizabeth Olsen
Laura (Florencia Colucci) and her father Wilson (Gustavo Alonso) arrive at a cottage in a secluded area in order to repair it since its owner Nestor (Abel Tripaldi) will soon put the house on sale. Beforehand, he tells them that the floor on the second level is unstable and that it is unsafe to go upstairs. They intend to spend the night there in order to start the repairs the following morning. Because the windows are nailed up, the house's interior is dark even at daytime.