Uruguay - Best International Feature Film
Uruguayan submissions for the Oscars for Best International Feature Film
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- DirectorAdolfo AristarainStarsJosé SacristánFederico LuppiLeonor BenedettoMario and Ana, in voluntary exile from Buenos Aires, live in a remote Argentine valley with their 12-year-old son Ernesto. Mario runs a school and a wool cooperative; Ana, a doctor, heads a clinic with Nelda, a progressive nun. Into this idealistic family comes Hans, a jaded Spanish geological engineer -- surveying the land for the local patron, to see if it can be dammed for hydro-electric power, which would drive the peasants from the land into the cities.Nominated (Disqualified)
- DirectorBeatriz Flores SilvaStarsMariana Santangelo GoldmanSilvestreJosep LinuesaMontevideo, Uruguay. In this comedic drama, Elisa, 27, dreams of opening her own hairdressing salon in one of the rich districts of the Uruguayan capital. A bit of a rebel, one day Elisa moves out of her mother's house with her two children and breaks up with Garcia, her boss and lover who has infuriated her by not wanting to get married. So, in the space of twenty-four hours, Elisa finds herself without a roof over her head, without a man, without a job and without money. Her best friend Loulou finds her a job - in the brothel run by Dona Jacqueline. And without really being aware of it, Elisa slides into prostitution, which leads her to Barcelona. She falls in love, she is exploited, she gets involved in transvestite gang wars, and meanwhile just dreams of earning enough money for her little beauty salon back home.
- DirectorDiego ArsuagaStarsHéctor AlterioFederico LuppiPepe SorianoThree old man, a little boy training to protect an old patrimony, La "33", the last train.
- DirectorGuillermo CasanovaStarsHugo AranaJulio César CastroJulio CalcagnoA group of men travel across Uruguay to watch the sea.
- DirectorJuan Pablo RebellaPablo StollStarsAndrés PazosMirella PascualJorge BolaniWhen 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, an employee at his sock factory, with whom he has a prickly relationship.
- DirectorÁlvaro BuelaStarsRoxana BlancoNicolás BecerraWalter Reyno34-year-old Pamela is a small and shy woman. She works at the cash register of a supermarket. She attends a religious temple led by a Brazilian minister. She periodically visits her autistic mother. She is an anonymous character, leading a meaningless life. Suddenly, a miracle occurs. Messages of a marvelous destiny start to reach Pamela in unusual ways: a client, a gentle and charismatic transvestite, her own mother, dreams, bar codes, real and imaginary signals. The Savior of the Next Millennium is apparently on his way and everything indicates that she, being a virgin, is carrying him on her entrails. Impelled to face herself, Pamela undertakes an inner voyage. A paradoxical voyage: the more mystic she grows to be, the more human she becomes.Disqualified
- DirectorCésar CharloneEnrique FernándezStarsCésar TroncosoVirginia MéndezMario SilvaA small South American village is in a flurry over the Pope's 1988 visit.
- DirectorEsteban SchroederStarsRoxana BlancoJorge BolaniPatricio ContrerasChilean chemist Eugenio Berríos, wanted for his relationship to crimes during the military dictatorship in his country, is kidnapped. Lawyer Julia Gudari is investigating her disappearance and fears that General Gudari, her father, is involved in the case.
- DirectorÁlvaro BrechnerStarsGary PiquerJouko AholaAntonella CostaA flamboyant impresario and an ageing ex-wrestling champion arrive in a small town, offering a hefty award to the local challenger. In fact, the promoter wants to rinse the spectators for every penny. But, is this a good day to go fishing?
- DirectorFederico VeirojStarsFelipe ArocenaGonzalo DelgadoJorge JellinekA movie-theater employee adjusts to a new life after the cinema he worked at for over 25 years is forced to shut down.
- DirectorGustavo HernándezStarsFlorencia ColucciAbel TripaldiGustavo AlonsoA young woman becomes trapped inside a house and is unable to contact the outside world as mysterious forces haunt it.
- DirectorRodrigo PláStarsEmilia DíazErnesto LiottiJorge TemponiA middle-aged, single mother of three cares for her eighty year old father, and they are pushed to the breaking point.
- DirectorAlfredo SoderguitStarsFederica LacañoMaría MendiveCésar TroncosoA fantastical journey into the world of a ten-year-old girl who, following a playground skirmish, is given the weirdest punishment in the history of weird punishments.
- DirectorÁlvaro BrechnerStarsHéctor NogueraNéstor GuzziniRolf BeckerHD. A grumpy old man sees opportunity when he learns of a mysterious German man he suspects is a Nazi in hiding.
- DirectorGermán TejeiraStarsMarcel KeoroglianDaniel MelingoRoberto SuárezDuring New Year's Eve, three lonely characters travel to a small town lost in the Uruguayan countryside. Cesar, a divorced man, arrives to the town where he will have dinner with his ex-wife's new family to win back his little daughter's love. Antonio, a small-time magician, is trying to get to town to perform his routine at the community center, but his car breaks down. Stranded in the middle of the deserted road he meets Laura, a woman working at the toll station. Miguel, a performer, prepares his musical return to sing at the community center's New Year party. Following these paths, the characters will have a chance to turn around their destiny.
- DirectorManane RodríguezStarsHelen BertelsPatxi BisquertJustina BustosThis is the story of Liliana a Uruguayan photographer who returns to the country to establish a relationship with her son who was separated from her during the Uruguayan dictatorship.
- DirectorGuillermo CasanovaStarsAlfonsina CarrocioSusana CastroNicolás ConditoIn Mosquitos, Gregorio devises a ploy to clear the name of his friend Milo, imprisoned by the military regime. Through the dictation of a course, Esnal will remove the bases of the regime and its crusade for the liberation of Striga.
- 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."
- DirectorFederico VeirojStarsDaniel HendlerDolores FonziLuis MachínSpanning the fifties to the seventies, the film follows Humberto as he gets increasingly in over his head with multiple shady book-cooking schemes throughout South America, leading to an ultimate life-or-death decision.
- DirectorDiego FernándezStarsGuillermo ArengoRoberto BirindelliChristian FontClaudio Tapia thought he had arrived in a quiet town, but soon finds himself facing a mystery quite peculiar and complex for an insurance expert.
- DirectorManolo NietoStarsNahuel Pérez BiscayartCristian BorgesJustina BustosThe employer is a young man from a middle-class family; he leads a modern life and doesn't fit in with the traditional stereotype of rural producer. But he has one pressing concern: his baby's health. The employee is even younger than him and is in urgent need of his own job so that he can support his new family. Tragedy occurs. A film about the relationship between two young men and about the convoluted relationship of both with happiness, freedom and work.
- DirectorGuillermo RocamoraStarsDiego CremonesiFranco RizzaroValeria Lois"Family Album" is a coming of age film comedy about the difficult bond between parents and children and the world of amateur rock bands