Best Uruguayan comedy movies

In 1998, a small South American village is in a flurry over the Pope's upcoming visit for the business opportunities that it will provide. While most of the residents plan to sell food at the parade, a smuggler family man decides to build a pay toilet.

Jacob van Oppen, the former strongest man on earth, and his manager Orsini, who calls himself "the Prince", make a good living by traveling around small South American towns and organizing wrestling exhibitions. Arriving in Santa Maria, they are met with uncommon enthusiasm, the local newspaper wants to sponsor the fight, helping hands placard the town with posters, and an open call is made for a worthy adversary. Ever so resourceful, Orsini knows how to find the right combatant, but fishing in Santa Maria could lead to a bigger catch than he'd hoped for.

The tale of five Uruguayan villagers who embark on a journey to see the ocean for the first time. They depart in a broken down freight truck, property of Rodríguez, a taciturn man who loves the sea. Their point of departure is a local bar, and at the last minute, an unknown man from the bar joins their adventure.

What Romeo wants is to chill out in front of the TV with some pizza. Soon he will realize that this isn't going to happen. He will see that the pizza box doesn't contain an ordinary mozzarella pizza, but a murderous mozzarella pizza.

A young city couple find themselves stuck at a rural gas station after their car breaks down. An old man, disturbed by their disrespectful behavior, starts telling them a story about the importance of respect: the cautionary tale of El Cojonudo.

A team of advisers is brought in to manufacture the image of Marchand, producing social media profiles, commercials and a new public persona. Conflict arises when it is revealed that not everyone is who they present themselves to be. At his country estate, a rich businessman who wants to be president is groomed by a campaign team to create an image palatable to middle-class voters.

Julio, a man obsessed with love, meets Claire, an american tourist.

A few days after moving in with his girlfriend, Jorge receives a visit from his future self who traveled through time to warn him that she is going to leave him for another guy, then proposes him a plan to avoid it.

A couple invites their 4 children for a barbecue back at their farm by the seaside. A Sunday barbecue; endless toasts; a family like any other, yet a family like none other.

A small town, two families joined together over time. A man who does not forget the values ​​of honor and fraternal friendship. From the director of The Journey to the Sea, history proposes the coalition of two worlds or, perhaps, the same but with different ways of understanding it.

A small rural town is the center of multiple parallel stories that intertwine the fate of several different characters across a single night. Some of them are: Juan Manuel y Esteban, two bored teenagers competing for the love of a French exchange student who decide to play a prank to "Fat Pablo", a naive pizza delivery boy that is mistaken as a delinquent by Olveira y Sandro. These two arrive to town to assault a corrupt ranch owner, a coup planned by "El Tranquera", a small-time dealer. Either chance or destiny make of this fateful night a turning point in the lives of the characters.

A group of unrepresentative young people: cerebral girl, crisis expert, all-hearted girl, terrifying comedian, taciturn with an alien air. They have been going out together for a long time and it seems that nothing happens between them, until one of them announces that she is going abroad and that leads to a total rethinking of their relationship. A story of friendship, and the need to dare.

Be welcomed to a classroom with common struggles, but out of the ordinary solutions.

A mother struggles to raise her daughter all by herself, and due to the economic difficulties decides to rob multiple finance houses, fooling her victims with the handle of her umbrella that she make them think is a real revolver.

Four friends decide to spend a winter weekend in a rented house in a Uruguayan beach town called Neptunia. Once there, the friends begin to realize that the people are acting strange.

Two friends staying at a summer house find a strange animal in front of the house looking at them, and they discuss what to do with it.

An unrepenitent Don Juan, an introverted buddy, their girlfriends, and the women they have their eyes on—all mix in the nightlife of Montevideo.

Roque and Cristian have no special plans for the day.

Two friends wake up on January 6th, they have breakfast, they take a shower, they play boggle, and they get presents from the Three Wise Men. This film includes fragments from “December 31st” (1996) which was made by the same team.

Daniel & Florencia meet at a bus stop. After recreating their first date, they reminisce and wander the streets of Pando catching up with their lives. Through the night the memories and reproaches take over. Between beers, smokes and missing lighters, they will reveal the true intentions behind this not-so-random meeting.

Romantic comedy with elderly people and scenes at a pharmacy.

Romantic comedy with Antonio María Barbieri, Gonzalo Grille, Rosario Ledesma and Luis Fatorusso.

A rural kid puts on a pair of sunglasses that were submerged in a pond, and finds himself at a beautiful crowded beach.

A group of Montevidean workers split up to paint the yellow line in the center of the streets.

The spirit of Uranus comes down to Earth to perform a good deed.

A woman that is an excellent wife and mother, and responsible and efficient in her work, commits a shameful act pushed by fate.

A book with magical powers allows two men to achieve a good position in the society that had not accepted them before.