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Films from the country "uruguay", sorted by production date
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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.
The Last Train (2002)
, 1h34Origin 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.
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.
In This Tricky Life (2001)
, 1h40Directed by Beatriz Flores Silva
Origin Uruguay
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Elisa (27), mère de deux garçons, rêve d’installer un salon de coiffure dans un des quartiers les plus chics de Montévidéo. Quand elle se trouve, en moins de vingt-quatre heures, sans toit, sans amant, sans travail et sans argent, Loulou, sa meilleure amie, réussit à lui procurer un boulot dans une maison close. Là, elle fait connaissance avec un homme d'affaires qui lui propose de l'emmener avec lui en Espagne, pour réunir l’argent nécessaire à installer son salon de coiffure, se donnant ainsi la possibilité d’assurer un meilleur avenir à ses enfants. Mais les événements ne se dérouleront pas comme prévu.
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.
Pepita the Holster (1993)
, 1h2Directed by Beatriz Flores Silva
Origin Uruguay
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Susana ne sait plus où trouver de l'argent pour survivre avec sa petite fille, après que son mari est hospitalisé dans un asile psychiatrique. Un jour, elle décide de cambrioler une maison de crédits, et se lance ainsi à une succession de délits similaires, croyant à chaque fois que ce sera la dernière. La presse l'appelle "Pepita la pistolera" et la décrit comme une dangereuse délinquante alors qu'elle ne cherche qu'à résoudre des besoins de base de manière temporaire. Un jour, la TV annonce que la police a finalement attrapé Pepita la Pistolera et montre la photo d'une pauvre femme, mère d'un bébé de six mois. Pepita décide donc d'organiser un dernier cambriolage.
Directed by Charles-Émile Reynaud, Pablo Stoll
Origin Uruguay
Genres Drama, Comedy, Animation
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