Laura Gutman

We Dream of Robots

In small towns of Uruguay, a small revolution is changing the lives of an increasingly large group of young people: the unstoppable expansion of robotics, a phenomenon that awakens passions and levels of commitment that were previously only imaginable in football in this country. The film explores the ways in which the current rural generation investigates their place in the world, the future that awaits them and how to overcome prejudices to achieve it. As they conquer the world of robotics, with incredible determination and humility, they teach adults what the future is all about, how to achieve it, and why it is worth it.

A Useful Life

A movie-theater employee adjusts to a new life as the cinema he's worked at for over 25 years faces closure.

Bad Day to Go Fishing

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.

Noise

Basilio is a great guy, a poor devil with a huge heart who nobody really notices. Dominated by his wife, humiliated by his colleagues, despised by the man who walks his dog. Basilio decides to give it all up, but in the middle of his suicide attempt he meets three peculiar characters, a noise pollution officer, a young 12-year old girl and a creative and endearing woman who keeps losing her phone. With these three in tow, he wanders through the city, while the noise around him is growing.

Whisky

When 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.