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César Troncoso
César Troncoso (born 5 April 1963) is a Uruguayan Uruguayans () are people identified with the country of Uruguay, through citizenship or descent. Uruguay is home to people of different ethnic origins. As a result, many Uruguayans do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizen ... actor. He has appeared in more than 30 films since 2002. Selected filmography Bibliography * References External links * 1963 births Living people Uruguayan male film actors {{Uruguay-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montevideo
Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . Montevideo is situated on the southern coast of the country, on the northeastern bank of the Río de la Plata. A Portuguese garrison was established in the place where today is the city of Montevideo in November 1723. The Portuguese garrison was expelled in February 1724 by a Spanish soldier, Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst the Spanish people, Spanish-Portuguese people, Portuguese dispute over the Río de la Plata Basin, platine region. There is no official document establishing the foundation of the city, but the "Diario" of Bruno Mauricio de Zabala officially mentions the date of 24 December 1726 as the foundation, corroborated by presential witnesses. The complete independence from Buenos Aires as a real city was not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is part of the Southern Cone region of South America. Uruguay covers an area of approximately . It has a population of almost 3.5 million people, of whom nearly 2 million live in Montevideo metropolitan area, the metropolitan area of its capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city, Montevideo. The area that became Uruguay was first inhabited by groups of hunter gatherer, hunter gatherers 13,000 years ago. The first European explorer to reach the region was Juan Díaz de Solís in 1516, but the area was colonized later than its neighbors. At the time of Spanish colonization of the Americas, European arrival, the Charrúa were the predominant tribe, alongside other groups such as the Guaraní people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XXY (film)
''XXY'' is a 2007 Argentine drama film written and directed by Lucía Puenzo and starring Ricardo Darín, Valeria Bertuccelli, Inés Efron and Martín Piroyansky. Based on the short story ''Cinismo'' (''Cynicism''), included in the book ''Chicos'' (''Boys'') by author Sergio Bizzio, the film tells the story of a 15-year-old intersex person, the way her family copes with her condition and the ultimate decision that she must eventually make as she struggles to define her own gender identity within a society that expects certain behaviors from every individual. ''XXY'' received positive reviews from critics, winning the Critics' Week grand prize at the 2007 Cannes film festival, as well as the ACID/CCAS Support Award. It was nominated for eight awards at the 2008 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards, winning three of them including Best Film, and was nominated or won awards at a number of other foreign film festivals. It was chosen to close the 2008 Melbourne Queer Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pope's Toilet
''The Pope's Toilet'' () is a 2007 Uruguayan film directed by César Charlone and Enrique Fernandez, starring César Troncoso, Virginia Méndez, and Mario Silva. Plot It is 1988, and Melo, a Uruguayan town on the Brazilian border, awaits the visit of Pope John Paul II. Numbers begin circulating: hundreds of people will come, thousands say the media. To the poor citizens of Melo this means pilgrims in need of food and drink, paper flags, souvenirs, and commemorative medals. Brimming with enthusiasm, the locals hope not only for divine blessing but also a small share of material happiness. Petty smuggler Beto is certain that he's found the best business idea of all: "The Pope’s Toilet", where the thousands of visiting pilgrims can find relief. Beto is thwarted by lack of funds and the local mobile customs enforcement officer. Ultimately the promised "60,000 to 200,000" Brazilians do not materialise. Apparently (in the film's postscript) only 400 Brazilians came, disproport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Day To Go Fishing
''Bad Day to Go Fishing'' (original title, ''Mal día para pescar'') is a Spanish-Uruguayan film directed by Álvaro Brechner and released in 2009. The film stars Gary Piquer, Jouko Ahola, Antonella Costa and Cesar Troncoso. It was screened as part of the official selection of the Critics Week at 2009 Cannes Film Festival. The screenplay was written by Álvaro Brechner in collaboration with Gary Piquer, and was adapted from a short story by the Uruguayan writer Juan Carlos Onetti. The film tells the story of a strongman and his crafty manager, who tour small South American towns staging wrestling matches. Arriving in Santa Maria, they are met with uncommon enthusiasm by the locals, snowballing into a major challenge to their livelihood and their friendship. Plot Jacob van Oppen, an East German who is the former strongest man on earth, and his manager Orsini, a scrawny yet dapper businessman who calls himself "the Prince," makes a good living by travelling around small South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clandestine Childhood
''Clandestine Childhood'' () is a 2011 Argentine historical drama film directed by Benjamín Ávila and starring Natalia Oreiro, Ernesto Alterio and César Troncoso. Critically acclaimed, the film won ten awards from the Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences and five awards from the Argentine Film Critics Association, including the Silver Condor Award for Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress. It was Argentina's submission for the 2013 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film to be presented in February 2013 at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.As of 2025, the film has received a 45% on Rotten Tomatoes, with a 69% on the popcornmeter. Synopsis The story is set in the Dirty War time period and during Argentina's last military dictatorship (1976-1983). A married couple, Cristina and Horacio, are guerrilla soldiers from Montoneros and are living in Cuba with their two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Western
''Brazilian Western'' () is a 2013 Brazilian crime drama film directed and produced by René Sampaio, starring Fabrício Boliveira, Isis Valverde and César Troncoso. It is based on the popular 9-minutes-long Brazilian song " Faroeste Caboclo", released by Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana in their 1987 ''Que País É Este'' album. Shootings for the film took place primarily in the Brazilian Central-West region, in Cidade Ocidental, Goiás. The film was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot João do Santo Cristo (Fabrício Boliveira) was raised in the countryside of Bahia by his parents on a poor, small farm. His father was shot and killed by a police officer as a punishment for hurting the cop's brother, who was himself hurting João earlier for trying to steal candy. When João is older, his mother dies and he decides to leave home for Brasília, to meet a relative he discovered by looking at some old picture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time And The Wind
''Time and the Wind'' () is a 2013 Brazilian epic drama film based on a series of novels written by the Brazilian author Erico Verissimo. The film was directed by Jayme Monjardim and starring Thiago Lacerda, Marjorie Estiano, Fernanda Montenegro, and Cléo Pires. Plot Based on the novel trilogy of the same name, by Erico Verissimo, ''Time and the Wind'' follows 150 years of family Terra Cambará and their opponent Amaral family. The history of struggles between the two families begins by the time of the Jesuit Missions and runs until the end of the 19th century. The film also features the period of formation of the State of Rio Grande do Sul and the dispute of territory between the Portuguese and Spanish crowns. Cast * Thiago Lacerda as Capitão Rodrigo Cambará * Cléo Pires as Ana Terra *Suzana Pires as Ana Terra * Fernanda Montenegro as Bibiana Terra Cambará * Marjorie Estiano as Bibiana Terra Cambará *Janaína Kremer as Bibiana Terra Cambará * Luiz Carlos V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anina (film)
''Anina'' is a 2013 Uruguayan-Colombian animated comedy film written and directed by . It was adapted by from the children's novel by . The film was selected as the Uruguayan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Plot Anina Yatay Salas is a pensive redhead who really does not like her name, with each part of it being palindrome. Her peers always ridicule her about this, especially Anina’s arch-enemy Yisel. When these two get into a playground fight one day they are sent to the school head who disciplines them with a nerve-racking punishment: they are both given a sealed black envelope which they are not allowed to open for an entire week. Haunted by nightmares, the days drag by endlessly for Anina. She and her inquisitive best friend try to devise all sorts of ways to discover what is inside the envelope. Gradually, Anina begins to realize that not only does Yisel share her fate: she also has much bigger problems to con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Twelve-Year Night
''A Twelve-Year Night'' () is a 2018 drama film directed by Álvaro Brechner. It premiered in Official Selection at the 75th Venice International Film Festival, and it was selected as the Uruguayan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. The film won the Golden Pyramid Award at the 40th Cairo International Film Festival. It is a co-production between Uruguay, Spain, Argentina, France and Germany. The film follows the twelve-year incarceration of members of the , a far-left urban guerrilla group active in the 1960s and 1970s, nine of whom were held as "hostages" between 1972 and 1985. It dramatises the experiences of José Mujica, Mauricio Rosencof and Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro. Mujica later became the 40th president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015. Plot In 1973 Uruguay, the country is ruled by a civic-military dictatorship, and the National Army is embroiled in guerilla warfare with the leftist Tupamaros group. Three Tup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Visitor (2022 Bolivian Film)
''The Visitor'' () is a 2022 drama film directed by Martín Boulocq and written by Boulocq and Rodrigo Hasbun. It is about Humberto who seeks to recover the bond with his daughter and offer her a decent life after being released from prison, although obtaining custody will be very difficult. Starring Svet Mena and Enrique Araoz. It was selected as the Bolivian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. ''The Visitor'' had its world premiere at the 20th Tribeca Festival on 11 June 2022, where it won Best Screenplay in the International Competition. Synopsis Humberto, a wake singer who has just been released from jail. His greatest desire is to reconnect with his daughter and offer her a dignified life, but the girl's grandparents, evangelical pastors, are not willing to easily give up custody of their only granddaughter. Cast * Enrique Araoz * Svet Mena * César Troncoso * Mirella Pascual * Teresa Gutierrez * Romel Vargas as Joaquin Product ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eternaut (TV Series)
''The Eternaut'' () is an Argentine science fiction television series created by Bruno Stagnaro, based on the comic of the same name by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano López. Produced by Netflix and K&S Films, the series centers on a group of survivors of a deadly snowfall powered by an alien invasion. ''The Eternaut'' was released in April 2025. It received generally favorable reviews. Premise In Buenos Aires, a mysterious snowfall occurs one night, quickly killing most of the population. Juan Salvo and his friends are among the thousands who survive, but in the aftermath, life is a struggle. Then, they learn the snow was just the beginning of an attack by extraterrestrial invaders. "The only way to stay alive is to join together and fight. No one will survive on their own." Use of Artificial Intelligence The show was acknowledged by Netflix as being the first of its shows to use Generative AI in the final footage. The AI visual effects were used to make a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
