Argentina/Brazil/Paraguay/Uruguay Challenge (Official, March 2023)

[gunnar]

Argentina/Brazil/Paraguay/Uruguay Challenge

Goal
Watch movies from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Discuss them.

Challenge runs from March 1, 2023 to March 31, 2023 in your local time zone.

Eligible Countries
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Paraguay
- Uruguay

Rules
- Each feature film (over 40 minutes) counts as one entry.
- 80 minutes of short films or miniseries/TV episodes counts as one entry.
- Please include year of release when listing your viewings.
- Do not edit your posts to add new watches, just create a new one.
- Try to give an indication of how much you liked/disliked your watchings (reviews, comments, ratings,...)
- Rewatches are allowed and are good for the soul.
- Please indicate each film's country when listing your viewings otherwise your score will NOT be included in the leaderboard.

Eligibility
For films to qualify for this Challenge, they need to have an eligible country listed as a production country on the film's IMDb page. If you've seen something that you strongly believe should be eligible and isn't, please submit a correction to IMDb and you can include the film as soon as IMDb accepts your correction. Films by ex-pat directors (e.g. Hector Babenco's Ironweed) are not eligible unless they meet the IMDb country listing requirement.

Co-Productions
A number of Ar/Br/Py/Uy films are co-productions with non-eligible countries. Please use some common sense to determine whether these films really represent Ar/Br/Py/Uy cinema.


Stuck for ideas of what to watch? Look no further:

Official Lists
- Abraccine's The 100 Best Brazilian Films
- Cóndor de Plata Award - Best Argentinian Film
- Cien años sin soledad: Greatest Latin American Films - ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES ONLY
- Cinema Tropical's Best Latin American Films 2000-2009 - ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES ONLY
- Cinema Tropical's Best Latin American Films 2010-2019 - ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES ONLY
- UNESCO's Memory of the World - Brazilian titles only; #69-85

Non-Official Lists
- Argentine submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Brazilian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Paraguayian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Uruguyian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Top 50 Argentina Films by Juan Pablo Martínez
- Museo del Cine's Top 100 from Argentina
- Contracampo's Top Brazilian Cinema
- Top Uruguayan Movies from ACCU


Any points in the "undeclared" column will not count towards your final score. You must declare the country when listing your viewings.

Participants

Rank	Participant	Count	AR	BR	PY	UY	Undeclared
1	jdidaco	34	10	22	1	1	-
2	sol	16	8	3	2	3	-
3	peeptoad	15	7	5	1	2	-
4	72aicm	13	6	6	0	1	-
4	gunnar	13	8	5	0	0	-
6	Arkantos	11	2	7	1	1	-
7	airdolll	10	9	1	0	0	-
8	AB537	6	0	6	0	0	-
8	Tngy	6	3	2	1	0	-
10	blocho	4	3	1	0	0	-
10	klaus78	4	1	3	0	0	-
10	RogerTheMovieManiac88	4	2	0	2	0	-
13	DudeLanez	3	2	1	0	0	-
14	ororama	2	1	0	1	0	-
15	Mario Gaborović	1	0	1	0	0	-
15	maxwelldeux	1	0	1	0	0	-
	total	143	62	64	9	8	-

[Mario Gaborović]

01. O Bandido da Luz Vermelha (1968) - Brazil

[sol]

Thanks for hosting, gunnar. Great map. I'm off to a bad start already, but I guess things can only get better. Right?

1. 4x4 (2019) Argentina



Breaking into a luxury SUV, a would-be thief becomes trapped inside the automobile in this mostly single location thriller. The first quarter-hour is fantastic without a single line of dialogue as the thief simply tries to escape before receiving a phone call from the owner that explains that the vehicle has an advanced security system. With the SUV owner then torturing and taunting the thief in various ways, it feels as if the filmmakers want us to question who we feel more sympathy for. Alas, it is never really possible to feel any sympathy for thief who only ever varies between nasty and downright stupid.

[gunnar]

Thanks for hosting, gunnar. Great map. I'm off to a bad start already, but I guess things can only get better. Right?

You're tied for first so that's not too bad. As for the map, might as well steal from the best, eh?

[sol]

You're tied for first so that's not too bad. As for the map, might as well steal from the best, eh?

Sure. And I just wish that I was tied for first with a better film. This one actually ranks in the bottom 10 of all films I have seen in 2023 so far.

[72aicm]

I’m in for a few. Obrigado/gracias for hosting Gunnar.

[Arkantos]

Thanks for hosting, gunnar!

1. Refugiado (2014, Diego Lerman), Argentina

[72aicm]

1. Rosaura a las 10 (1958, Argentina)
2. Relatos salvajes (2014, Argentina)

[gunnar]

1 - The Headless Woman (2008) - 6/10 - #Argentina - A woman runs over a dog while momentarily distracted by her cell phone while on a deserted road. She is shaken up and doesn't get out to check on it. She continues to be out of sorts for days to come as she convinces herself that she might have actually run over a child instead of a dog. The film seemed a bit lifeless at times and while it isn't bad, it didn't really do much for me.

[Arkantos]

Heh, I just watched the same film, and have pretty much the same opinion on it.

2. The Headless Woman (2008, Lucrecia Martel), Argentina

The List

Argentina
1. Refugiado (2014, Diego Lerman)
2. The Headless Woman (2008, Lucrecia Martel)

[gunnar]

Heh, I just watched the same film, and have pretty much the same opinion on it.

2. The Headless Woman (2008, Lucrecia Martel), Argentina

[airdolll]

Thanks for hosting gunnar! Will probably watch mostly from Argentina in preparation for the country poll.

1. La mujer sin cabeza | The Headless Woman (2008) Argentina

Good psychological portrayal of guilt and the discomfort of acknowledging privilege.



2. La niña santa | The Holy Girl (2004) Argentina

Liked this one less than La mujer sin cabeza or Zama, but I still enjoyed the characters and the intimate feel. Very sweet ending.

Watched films:

1. La mujer sin cabeza | The Headless Woman (2008) Argentina
2. La niña santa | The Holy Girl (2004) Argentina

[peeptoad]

Thanks for hosting gunnar!


1. Selkirk, el verdadero Robinson Crusoe /Seven Seas Pirates (2012, Uruguay) 6
2. La Ciénaga (2001, Argentina) 7
3. El bosque negro/ The Black Forest (2018, Brazil) 5

[sol]

Spoiler

1. 4x4 (2019) Argentina

2. 7 Boxes (2012) Paraguay REVISION



The mysteriousness of what is in the boxes of this thriller is so well handled that -- watched for a second time -- it still feels amiss that we discover the contents of the boxes long before the halfway mark. In fact, despite the occasionally effective darkly humorous moment, the middle stretch of the film feels messy as it constantly cuts away from the teen to explore the mobsters, their underlings and mistaken code words. Things culminate very well in the final fifteen minutes though that bring all the main characters together, and the last scene is absolutely pitch perfect given the teenager's obsessions.

[72aicm]

3. Pra Frente, Brasil (1982, Brazil)
4. Cidade Baixa (2005, Brazil)

Spoiler

1. Rosaura a las 10 (1958, Argentina)
2. Relatos salvajes (2014, Argentina)
3. Pra Frente, Brasil (1982, Brazil)
4. Cidade Baixa (2005, Brazil)

[sol]

Spoiler

1. 4x4 (2019) Argentina
2. 7 Boxes (2012) Paraguay REVISION

3. Portrait of Animal Behavior (2015) Uruguay



Opening with a hitchhiker who climbs into a man's car under the incorrect assumption that he has pulled over to offer her a ride, this comedy gets to a delightfully quirky start. Things get even more interesting as they later cross paths again and begin an offbeat romance with deliciously awkward silences as the pair look at each other with their narrated thoughts played aloud in a duelling conversation fashion. There are also some amusing sleepwalking woes and neat cutaways to wildlife footage, but the film becomes disappointingly conventional in its second half with formulaic relationship jealousy and fights.

[Arkantos]

3. Bacurau (2019, Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles), Brazil, rewatch

This challenge is a good excuse for me to finally crack open my Blu-Ray copy of this movie. Love this one

The List

Argentina
1. Refugiado (2014, Diego Lerman)
2. The Headless Woman (2008, Lucrecia Martel)

Brazil
1. Bacurau (2019, Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles)

[gunnar]

3. Bacurau (2019, Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles), Brazil, rewatch

This challenge is a good excuse for me to finally crack open my Blu-Ray copy of this movie. Love this one

I watched this back in January and liked it a lot.

[Arkantos]

It's one of my favourite film discoveries via iCM

[gunnar]

2 - XXY (2007) - 6/10 - #Argentina - Alex is an intersex teen who explores both sides of her gender identity. Her family wants to be supportive, but also wants Alex to decide which gender she will follow. Alex doesn't really seem to be a very interesting individual and the film is a bit dull at times, though there are a few interesting scenes.

3 - Intimate Stories (2002) - 7/10 - #Argentina - Three people go on the road to San Julian - an old man looking for his lost dog, a young woman (with her baby) who won a chance to appear on a game show, and a traveling salesman looking to surprise a client that he likes. Their paths intersect on occasion in what is a nice enough film.

4 - Clandestine Childhood (2011) - 8/10 - #Argentina - Juan is a young boy whose parents and uncle are guerrillas who fled Argentina when the military took over. They return to Argentina in 1979 under assumed names to carry on the fight. Juan at first seems to enjoy the secrets and clandestine behavior, but events make it seem not quite as fun. He also falls in love with a girl at his new school. The film is inspired by the life of the director and is pretty good. The actors do a very nice job, including the boy who played the lead role.

Spoiler

1 - The Headless Woman (2008) - 6/10 - #Argentina

[blocho]

1. The German Doctor (2013, Argentina)
Bariloche is quite a town, beautifully set east of the Andes alongside Lago Nahuel Hapi. I visited fifteen years ago and found the beauty of the scenery more than lived up to the hype. At the time, I had no idea that Bariloche was a Nazi hive in postwar Argentina.

This movie, as can be guessed from the title, concerns Josef Mengele, Nazi murderer and all-around creep, as he attempts to make a home for himself in 1960 Bariloche. I think there’s a fascinating story to be told about the mass murderer in exile or hiding, reckoning with guilt and always casting one eye backwards at his pursuers. This is not that story. What we get instead is a thriller about Mengele’s perverse obsession with a local Argentine family. It feels a bit exploitative and a bit pointless.

2. Azor (2021, Argentina)
A Swiss couple arrives in Buenos Aires in 1980. He’s a banker of some sort, and it soon becomes apparent that he’s in Argentina in lieu of a colleague who has mysteriously disappeared. For the rest of the movie, the banker meets with a random assortment of rich people. We only sometimes learn who they are or how they are connected to the banker. The conversations that result are desultory. The missing colleague gets mentioned a lot, but no narrative develops. Nor do we learn much about the characters. Given the geographical and chronological setting, it’s not hard to guess what this is all about, but it also scarcely seems to matter. Azor never gives the audience a reason to care. This is a thriller without thrills, a drama without drama. It’s not fair to call it a slow burn. This is more like someone tried to start a fire, failed, and took a nap instead. Forget burning; nothing even gets toasted.

[Arkantos]

4. Belmonte (2018, Federico Veiroj), Uruguay

The List

Argentina
1. Refugiado (2014, Diego Lerman)
2. The Headless Woman (2008, Lucrecia Martel)

Brazil
1. Bacurau (2019, Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles)

Uruguay
1. Belmonte (2018, Federico Veiroj)

[gunnar]

5 - Zama (2017) - 7/10 - #Argentina - Zama is a Spanish officer stationed in a remote part of Argentina, far from his wife and children. He longs for a transfer to a larger location, but is frustrated in his efforts. The tedium of life in this part of the colonial world takes its toll on him over time.

6 - El Angel (2018) - 7/10 - #Argentina - Carlos is an amoral teenager from a decent home who breaks into empty houses and takes what he wants. He falls in with Ramon, another young criminal who has ties to larger criminal activities. The crimes escalate and people die along the way with Carlos barely batting an eye. This film is based on an Argentine serial killer who has been incarcerated for the past 50 years.

7 - Nine Queens (2000) - 8/10 - #Argentina - A professional con artist meets an amateur con artist and they spend the day going over some of the grifts that they know. An opportunity comes up for them to team up on a con involving counterfeit stamps and they go for it. A number of nice twists and good performances here in an entertaining crime film.

8- Las acacias (2011) - 6.5/10 - #Argentina - A trucker driving lumber from Paraguay to Buenos Aires gives a ride to a young woman and her baby at the request of the trucker's boss. The trucker starts out wanting his solitude, but along the way he and the woman form a bond, probably mostly due to the baby. There is very little dialogue and not much really happens during the journey, though I did like the film.

This finishes off the films from Argentina that I had lined up for the challenge. Now I've got half a dozen films from Brazil to watch. After that, who knows.

Spoiler

1 - The Headless Woman (2008) - 6/10 - #Argentina
2 - XXY (2007) - 6/10 - #Argentina
3 - Intimate Stories (2002) - 7/10 - #Argentina
4 - Clandestine Childhood (2011) - 8/10 - #Argentina

[airdolll]

3. Viola (2012) Argentina

Performance, rehearsal, repetition, chance encounters and interconnected stories. Pretty good little film.



4. XXY (2007) Argentina

I was worried that the conflict would end up simplified to a more rigid undestanding of gender and binary dichotomy, but Alex's refusal to fit in one mold or another and their journey towards self-acceptance are so refreshing.



5. El niño pez | The Fish Child (2009) Argentina

A bit over the place with some odd tonal shifts. What I did like was the magical realism and the beautiful underwater scenes.

Watched films:

1. La mujer sin cabeza | The Headless Woman (2008) Argentina
2. La niña santa | The Holy Girl (2004) Argentina
3. Viola (2012) Argentina
4. XXY (2007) Argentina
5. El niño pez | The Fish Child (2009) Argentina

[DudeLanez]

1. Men and Women (1964, Walter Hugo Khouri) 6/10 - #Brazil
2. Argentina, 1985 (2022, Santiago Mitre) 6,5/10 - #Argentina

[maxwelldeux]

1. The Edge of Democracy (2019, Brazil)

I saw a lot of comments that it was biased, and I'm sure it probably is given the tone of the doc, but it was fascinating to see the parallels to US politics play out in Brazil. Not exactly uplifting, to be sure.

[jdidaco]

Thank you for hosting, gunnar!

(Screenshots from 'Safo, historia de una pasión', 'Compasso de Espera' & 'Brasa Adormecida')



1. Safo, historia de una pasión (Safo: A Passion Story, Carlos Hugo Christensen, 1943) 9.5/10 (Argentina)
2. O Rei Pelé (Carlos Hugo Christensen, 1965) 7.5/10 (Brazil)
3. Compasso de Espera (Antunes Filho, 1969) 9/10 (Brazil)



4. Nenê Bandalho (Emilio Fontana, 1971) 7.5/10 (Brazil)
5. Feminino Plural (Vera de Figueiredo, 1976) 7/10 (Brazil)
6. Samba da Criação do Mundo (Samba of the Creation of the World, Vera de Figueiredo, 1979) 9/10 (Brazil)
7. O Rei da Vela (King of Candle, José Celso Martinez Corrêa & Noilton Nunes, 1983) 9/10 (Brazil)
8. Brasa Adormecida (Djalma Limongi Batista, 1987) 8/10 (RV) (Brazil)
9. Belmonte (Federico Veiroj, 2018) 7.5/10 (Uruguay)
10. EAMI (Paz Encina, 2022) 8/10 (Paraguay/Argentina)

A little tribute to Djalma LImongi Batista, who passed away recently, one of our pioneering Queer directors,

[sol]

Spoiler

1. 4x4 (2019) Argentina
2. 7 Boxes (2012) Paraguay REVISION
3. Portrait of Animal Behavior (2015) Uruguay

4. Rosaura at 10 O’Clock (1958) Argentina



Intrigued by the scented letters that have suddenly begun to arrive for a mild-mannered middle aged bachelor residing at their establishment, the staff of a boarding house begin intercepting and reading his mail, leading to rash assumptions in this noirish Argentine drama. Juan Verdaguer is excellent as the soft-spoken bachelor (see above), playing a character so quiet and reserved that our own audience assumptions about him shift and change throughout. The overall story is really interesting too, full of twists and turns that are not always easy to see coming. There is also some well distributed lens distortion.

[sol]

Spoiler

1. 4x4 (2019) Argentina
2. 7 Boxes (2012) Paraguay REVISION
3. Portrait of Animal Behavior (2015) Uruguay
4. Rosaura at 10 O’Clock (1958) Argentina

5. Shadow of the Cat (2021) Argentina



Residing on farm without an internet connection, an adolescent girl's life significantly changes after discovering an abandoned mobile phone in this weird genre mash. Maite Lanata is superb as the teenager in question with a perfect mix of spunk and ingenuity. She also has a relatable love of filming everyone on pretend cameras, which renders the first half-hour downright magical as she learns how to do it on her phone. Alas, the final hour of the film is an utter mess, with an uploaded video leading to a kidnapping by cult leaders (or perhaps uncouth scientists?) while the film oddly leaps back and forth in time.

[sol]

Spoiler

1. 4x4 (2019) Argentina
2. 7 Boxes (2012) Paraguay REVISION
3. Portrait of Animal Behavior (2015) Uruguay
4. Rosaura at 10 O’Clock (1958) Argentina
5. Shadow of the Cat (2021) Argentina

6. Time for Revenge (1981) Argentina



Working with explosives at a construction site, two co-workers decide to deliberate trigger an accident to reap the financial compensation benefits in this acclaimed drama. This is not an easy film to get into given how reckless a deliberate accident is. Once the planned accident finally occurs though, the film grows increasingly interesting with one coworker faking mutism as a symptom for compensation, and the second half becomes deliciously paranoia-fuelled as he becomes scared to talk, even in private, lest he be heard. The final shot is pretty haunting too as we see just how far he is prepared to take things.

[Tngy]

1. Mãe Só Há Uma Don't Call Me Son (2016) 6/10 [Brazil]

[peeptoad]

4. 7 cajas/7 Boxes (2012, Paraguay) 7

Spoiler

1. Selkirk, el verdadero Robinson Crusoe /Seven Seas Pirates (2012, Uruguay) 6
2. La Ciénaga (2001, Argentina) 7
3. El bosque negro/ The Black Forest (2018, Brazil) 5

[gunnar]

Five days in and we're up to 12 participants with 51 points total. Argentina has the country lead with 26 followed by Brazil with 18. I'm temporarily in first place with 11 points, though that should change soon as I exhaust the films that I lined up for the challenge. jdidaco is in second place with 10 points, though he has the lead for Brazil with 7 points. sol is in third followed by airdolll in fourth and a three way tie for fifth place.

jdidaco and peeptoad are the only ones to watch at least one film from each eligible country so far.


9 - Black God, White Devil (1964) - 6.5/10 - #Brazil - A ranch hand kills his boss and is forced to turn outlaw when the boss tries to cheat him. The church hires a bounty hunter to track down and kill the leaders of the outlaws. I liked the cinematography and use of music. The story was a bit more of a mixed bag for me with some parts that I liked and others which were not as interesting. Not being that familiar with Brazil from that era probably plays a role in that.

10 - Antonio das Mortes (1969) - 5/10 - #Brazil - The sequel to Black God, White Devil has the bounty hunter from the previous film turn revolutionary. This film is in color which is an interesting change, but the story is much more of a mess. The use of music was still good.

11 - Pixote (1980) - 8/10 - #Brazil - Pixote is a 10 year old boy who is sent to a juvenile detention facility. Conditions there are poor with rapes, beatings, other abuse, poor food, etc. being prevalent. Eventually, Pixote joins a group of boys who escape the facility and live on the street. Living on the street comes with its own set of challenges, including having to hustle to survive on a daily basis. It's not a very happy film, but it's a good one.

I'm thinking that Rocha isn't the director for me. I didn't like the short of his that I saw either.

Spoiler

1 - The Headless Woman (2008) - 6/10 - #Argentina
2 - XXY (2007) - 6/10 - #Argentina
3 - Intimate Stories (2002) - 7/10 - #Argentina
4 - Clandestine Childhood (2011) - 8/10 - #Argentina
5 - Zama (2017) - 7/10 - #Argentina
6 - El Angel (2018) - 7/10 - #Argentina
7 - Nine Queens (2000) - 8/10 - #Argentina
8 - Las acacias (2011) - 6.5/10 - #Argentina

[peeptoad]

5. Habeas Corpus (1988, Argentina) 7
6. La Libertad (2001, Argentina) 7+

Spoiler

1. Selkirk, el verdadero Robinson Crusoe /Seven Seas Pirates (2012, Uruguay) 6
2. La Ciénaga (2001, Argentina) 7
3. El bosque negro/ The Black Forest (2018, Brazil) 5
4. 7 cajas/7 Boxes (2012, Paraguay) 7

[airdolll]

6. Isabella (2020) Argentina

Loved it. Such an intriguing non-linear narrative that gets increasingly rewarding as every piece of the puzzle comes together. I want to rewatch it soon. Matías Piñeiro is surely someone to keep an eye on.

Watched films:

1. La mujer sin cabeza | The Headless Woman (2008) Argentina
2. La niña santa | The Holy Girl (2004) Argentina
3. Viola (2012) Argentina
4. XXY (2007) Argentina
5. El niño pez | The Fish Child (2009) Argentina
6. Isabella (2020) Argentina

[Tngy]

2. La Mujer sin Cabeza The Headless Woman (2008) 3/10 [Argentina]

Spoiler

1. Mãe Só Há Uma Don't Call Me Son (2016) 6/10 [Brazil]
2. La Mujer sin Cabeza The Headless Woman (2008) 3/10 [Argentina]

[sol]

Spoiler

1. 4x4 (2019) Argentina
2. 7 Boxes (2012) Paraguay REVISION
3. Portrait of Animal Behavior (2015) Uruguay
4. Rosaura at 10 O’Clock (1958) Argentina
5. Shadow of the Cat (2021) Argentina
6. Time for Revenge (1981) Argentina

7. PussyCake (2021) Argentina



Opening with a curious teenager secretly using his mother's research to access other dimensions, this gets off a very interesting start with unexpected, possibly multi-dimensional monsters emerging as a result of his interventions. Alas, this is merely the pre-credits scene with the majority of the movie instead dedicated to interchangeable female rockers fighting off the monsters. The gore and splatters effects are great, but the monsters never feel like anything more than zombies who happen to vomit white liquid. In short, the sci-fi content gets sidelined to make way for zombie apocalypse yawns.

[sol]

Spoiler

1. 4x4 (2019) Argentina
2. 7 Boxes (2012) Paraguay REVISION
3. Portrait of Animal Behavior (2015) Uruguay
4. Rosaura at 10 O’Clock (1958) Argentina
5. Shadow of the Cat (2021) Argentina
6. Time for Revenge (1981) Argentina
7. PussyCake (2021) Argentina

8. The Dose (2020) Argentina



Performing the occasional secretive mercy killing, a male nurse finds himself in a bind when a new nurse joins his ward, discovers the euthanasia scheme and begins indiscriminately killing patients in this crime drama. It is an interesting premise given that the main guy sees nothing wrong in his mercy killings, everything wrong in his colleague killing non-terminal patients, and yet has no way of turning him in without also incriminating himself. The film seldom taps into the main guy's mounting paranoia though and ultimately, this would have worked much better as a thriller as opposed to a slowly paced drama.

[sol]

Spoiler

1. 4x4 (2019) Argentina
2. 7 Boxes (2012) Paraguay REVISION
3. Portrait of Animal Behavior (2015) Uruguay
4. Rosaura at 10 O’Clock (1958) Argentina
5. Shadow of the Cat (2021) Argentina
6. Time for Revenge (1981) Argentina
7. PussyCake (2021) Argentina
8. The Dose (2020) Argentina

9. King Car (2021) Brazil



It sounds a lot like Titane as this revolves around a young person who becomes obsessed with cars after an automobile accident as a kid, only to eventually get involved with a car that enjoys fornicating with human beings. While Titane's car fetish aspect was merely the launching pad for a crazy personal identity study and look at human bonding though, this offering runs with the car angle throughout. On the plus side, there is some great philosophising at hand; "perhaps we are already machines", etc. and yet all that this ultimately amounts to is a standard evil car thriller, if one with more car sex than usual.

[gunnar]

12 - Entranced Earth (1967) - 7/10 - #Brazil - An idealistic journalist is disillusioned after the candidates that he supports in hopes of reforming the system turn out to be in the pocket of those with the money and change is not likely to happen.

13 - Barren Lives (1963) - 7.5/10 - #Brazil - A poor family and their dog travel the drought stricken wastelands of Northeast Brazil in search of a better life. The man finds work, but also finds greedy landowners and police brutality.

Spoiler

1 - The Headless Woman (2008) - 6/10 - #Argentina
2 - XXY (2007) - 6/10 - #Argentina
3 - Intimate Stories (2002) - 7/10 - #Argentina
4 - Clandestine Childhood (2011) - 8/10 - #Argentina
5 - Zama (2017) - 7/10 - #Argentina
6 - El Angel (2018) - 7/10 - #Argentina
7 - Nine Queens (2000) - 8/10 - #Argentina
8 - Las acacias (2011) - 6.5/10 - #Argentina
9 - Black God, White Devil (1964) - 6.5/10 - #Brazil
10 - Antonio das Mortes (1969) - 5/10 - #Brazil
11 - Pixote (1980) - 8/10 - #Brazil