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Yours
Yours (2010)
, 30minutes
Origin 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.
Common Ground, 1h55
Directed 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.
A Twelve-Year Night, 2h2
Directed by Alvaro Brechner
Origin Uruguay
Genres Drama, Historical, Crime
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Antonio de la Torre, Soledad Villamil, Mirella Pascual

En 1973, à la suite d'un coup d'état, s'installe en Uruguay une dictature militaire qui s'empresse d'emprisonner les opposants politiques. Parmi eux, trois dirigeants des Tupamaros, José Mujica dit Pepe, Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro dit Ñato et Mauricio Rosencof que le pouvoir en place considère comme des otages qui seront exécutés à la moindre action de leurs quelques compagnons d'arme restés en liberté. Incarcérés sans procès pendant douze ans, les trois hommes sont torturés, privés de tout contact, ballotés de geôles sordides en culs de basse fosse, affamés et maintenu dans un état de crasse indescriptible. Malgré cela, les trois hommes résistent en repensant aux moments heureux de leur vie, en communiquant en frappant sur les murs ou en mettant en évidence l'absurdité du régime pénitentiaire. Ils font échouer ainsi le plan des militaires de les rendre fous faute de pouvoir les tuer.
Anarchists
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
The Delay (2012)
, 1h24
Directed 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…
Whisky
Whisky (2004)
, 1h40
Directed 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.
25 Watts
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.
Masángeles, 2h2
Directed by Beatriz Flores Silva
Origin Uruguay
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama

Uruguay 1966. Aurelio Saavedra (43), un politicien influent, ramène chez lui Masángeles (7), sa fille illégitime, après le suicide de sa mère. Aurora (43), sa femme, ne s’en remettra jamais. Masángeles réalise que dans cette maison de fous égoïstes, elle doit s’adapter pour survivre, tandis qu’au dehors, le pays souffre d’une guerre civile entre des guérilleros amateurs et des militaires cruels. Face à cette situation, chaque membre de la famille adopte une position différente : Aurelio se préoccupe de son honneur, ce qui l’entraîne dans différents duels. Aurora ignore la réalité de la pauvreté et se réfugie dans les rénovations perpétuelles de la maison. La sœur d’Aurelio et son mari ne pensent qu’à s’enrichir. Le fils d’Aurelio, Santiago, commence à se préoccuper de justice sociale et rejoint la guérilla après leur invasion de la maison.
Anina
Anina (2015)
, 1h20
Origin Uruguay
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation

Anina Yatay Salas est une petite fille qui n’aime pas son nom car c’est un palindrome – on peut le lire à l’envers comme à l’endroit – et fait d’elle la risée de ses camarades. Un jour, suite à une bagarre dans la cour d’école, Anina et son ennemie Gisèle sont convoquées par la directrice qui leur remet comme étrange punition, une enveloppe scellée qu’elles ne devront pas ouvrir avant sept jours. Anina avec son imagination débordante, fera tout pour deviner le contenu de l’enveloppe mystérieuse…
Giant
Giant (2010)
, 1h24
Directed 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.
The Last Train, 1h34
Origin Uruguay
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Road movies
Actors Héctor Alterio, Federico Luppi

The film tells of an ambitious business man (Pauls) who wants to sell train 33, affectionately known as "Corazón de fuego," to a company in Hollywood. A group of elderly men known as "The Friends of the Rails" think that to do so would be to sell an important part of the country's history and so devise to steal the train.
Panic Attack!, 5minutes
Directed 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.
Mr. Kaplan
Mr. Kaplan (2014)
, 1h30
Directed by Alvaro Brechner
Origin Uruguay
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Héctor Noguera

A près de 80 ans, Jacobo Kaplan, juif polonais envoyé en Amérique latine par ses parents pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, est tiraillé par des questionnements existentiels. Lorsqu'il apprend qu'un vieil Allemand qui tient une gargote de plage est surnommé «le nazi» par les jeunes du coin, il y voit l'occasion de s'illustrer enfin : à l'instar de Simon Wiesenthal, il monte une opération commando avec l'aide de Wilson Contreras, un ancien policier pas très net...