South America

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South American Films

A complete list of all South American films watched in 2023

Argentina

Argentina, 1985 (2022) dir. Santiago Mitre

Synopsis: A team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship during the 1980s in a battle against odds and a race against time.

IMDb Rating: 7.6/10
No Culture Club Rating: 6/10

Runtime: 2h20
Language: Spanish
Brazil

City of God (2002) dir. Katia Lund, Fernando Meirelles

Synopsis: In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.


IMDb Rating: 8.6/10
No Culture Club Rating: 9/10

Runtime: 2h10
Language: Portuguese
Chile

A Fantastic Woman (2017) dir. Sebastián Lelio

Synopsis: Marina, a transgender woman who works as a waitress and moonlights as a nightclub singer, is bowled over by the death of her older boyfriend.

IMDb Rating: 7.2/10
No Culture Club Rating: 6/10

Runtime: 1h44
Language: Spanish
Paraguay

7 Boxes (2012) dir. Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schembori

Synopsis: Víctor receives an unusual proposal, to carry 7 boxes of unknown content through the Market Number 4 but things get complicated along the way.


IMDb Rating: 7.1/10
No Culture Club Rating: 7/10

Runtime: 1h45
Language: Spanish
Uruguay

A Twelve Year Night (2018) dir. Álvaro Brechner

Synopsis: 1973. 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."

IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
No Culture Club Rating: 7/10

Runtime: 2h2m
Language: Spanish

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