Uruguay Movies

A poor woman is abandoned by her partner after she gets pregnant, and she is determined to give the kid a better life.

Heartbroken, Maite arrives at a coastal town where the few residents live out their lonely lives. The peace soon disappears, when they come across an unconscious sailor on the beach one day, prompting Maite to decide whether to move forward and create a new li...

Set in a classical Uruguayan folk story, we follow El Negro, a young argentine man stepping into a new town. He seeks his fortune, but must face the town's true matriarch, Doña Ofelia, and her watchful cat, Mandinga.

The projectionist at Cine Cosmos says goodbye to the theater on its last night before closing. Memories mingle with the last images projected in this story that portrays the nostalgia for movie theaters that have closed down.

Carla and Román are friends since adolescence, but do they really know each other? By resenting after a while, they will talk about what's unresolved: the mutual attraction and the love they share.

The mythical Uruguayan version of Saturday Night Fever, directed by J. Eduardo Ribero (yes, the one from Karibe with K),Sábado Disco Sábado Pachanga tells the story of a humble boy with a dream: to win the dance trophy. Faced with this desire, a businessman w...

Danila, a real estate agent, meets Luis, a possible buyer for an old apartment downtown. The eerie atmosphere makes her edgy, and her job turns into a possible trap.

The wife of a well-known politician has a problem she can't control and finds herself in a situation that could ruin her husband's career. But not everything is what it seems...

Anina Yatay Salas is a ten-year-old whose name spells trouble: those three palindromes in a row are an ongoing source of teasing at school. When a playground fight results in mysterious punishment, Anina will learn to put her problems in perspective and empath...

This documentary addresses two political scandals that marked Luis Lacalle Pou's administration: Alejandro Astesiano and Sebastián Marset, two names that were previously unknown to most citizens.

International pop star Natalia Oreiro returns to western Europe for a non-stop concert tour through seventeen cities around the former USSR, traveling in the Orient Express. In this first person journey, Natalia also explores her personal and intimate life tha...

Summer in Uruguay. The Saldaña family are looking after the house of their well-off neighbors, the Pernas. Having the key to temptation, they decide to abuse their duties and spend the holidays there. What begins as an innocent game quickly escalates to a full...

A bed starts moving by itself, squeaking until it reaches its climax.

Bosco is an Italian town of 13 inhabitants, surrounded by chestnut trees that devour it day by day.

Selkirk, an unruly, selfish pirate, is the sailing master of the Esperanza, an English galley sailing the South Seas in search of treasures. When Captain Bullock decides to abandon him on an uninhabited island, he discovers a new outlook on the world and learn...

The employer is a young man who apparently has everything going on for him except one pressing concern: his baby’s health. The employee is looking for a job to support his newborn too, so does not hesitate when the first decides to hire him to work in his land...

The principal and teachers at an elementary school receive devastating news: the mother of Bianca, a 9-year-old student, has suffered a serious accident while on her way to pick her up. Faced with the difficulty of locating other family members, they decide to...

A phantom of Carlos Gardel comes back to life to recount his life story—a narrative whose veracity remains a subject of debate. The film features interviews with historians and researchers. Through a blend of interviews and reenactments, it puts forward the cl...

A car aficionado, filmmaker Paulo Carneiro travels 2000 kilometres to meet car enthusiasts of the Portuguese community in exile. In a pop and urban universe, Périphérique Nord explores this shared passion and the freedom it provides for these exiled persons wh...