Gabriela Guillermo

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Gabriela Guillermo

Born November 27, 1965 · Montevideo, Uruguay (age 60)

Gabriela Guillermo is a Uruguayan director, writer and producer. She became a biologist before going to Paris to study cinema for 3 years. She has directed several feature films, including co-directing the four part film series Historias de Estaciones inspired by Eric Rohmer's Tales of the Four Seasons.

Known For

El regaloEl regalo · 1999
El regalo
1999
MovieDrama
Ruben, a street vendor, and Lila, a domestic worker, are a poor Montevidean couple. One day, during the carnival season, they win the lottery, and start believing in the possibility of living with dignity.
The Us of Back ThenThe Us of Back Then · 2008
The Us of Back Then
2008
MovieDocumentary
This documentary takes us back to the events surrounding 1958 when the University Organic Law was passed. We hear the testimony of three university teachers who took part in the debates and the student activism at that time: the experiences of people who were young “back then”, the cultural context of the period and the connection between the students and the worker's movement.
Growing Old LivingGrowing Old Living · 2008
Growing Old Living
2008
MovieDocumentary
To grow old in Rivera is to grow old on the border. The protagonists of this documentary tell us in Portuguese as well as in Spanish about their lives far from the bustle of the capital city. Their days are long, their work is hard, they have few opportunities to improve their situation, but they still haven't lost the ability to smile or their love of life. The aim of this documentary is to show what the process of growing old in Uruguay is like, and to raise people's awareness about the situation of the elderly. It shows, without prejudice, just what old age is.
FanFan · 2007
Fan
2007
MovieDrama
Ela returns to her country to reconnect with friends and herself. Disoriented, she must choose between the unattainable love, that of the Brazilian singer with whom she has fallen in love from a distance, and her real love, the one that she has just found in Noé.
Historia de inviernoHistoria de invierno · 2022
Historia de invierno
2.02022
MovieDocumentary
A cinematographic poetry that portrays the artistic link between the French filmmaker André S. Labarthe and his disciple, the Uruguayan filmmaker Gabriela Guillermo. The letters that were written over the years testify, not only to the mutual affection and admiration, but also their will to one day make a movie together. After trouble in the production due to the teacher's delicate health and his subsequent death, we witness in the winter landscapes the creative complicity between both filmmakers.
El nadadorEl nadador · 2021
El nadador
2021
Movie
A young swimmer discovers himself a writer. He recounts his first love experiences and the drift in which he finds himself before finding his vocation.
Historia de OtoñoHistoria de Otoño · 2021
Historia de Otoño
2021
MovieDrama
Love story between a hopeless woman and the one that saves her, united by camaraderie, solidarity, and complicity.
Carnaval in Baltasar BrumCarnaval in Baltasar Brum · 1997
Carnaval in Baltasar Brum
1997
MovieDocumentary
Baltasar Brum is a town of three thousand souls in the department of Artigas. In 1986 the train station was closed down and the community was in danger of disappearing altogether, but today it is still there and in fact it is growing. The local samba “schools”, which are similar to these organizations in Brazil except that they speak Spanish, tell the story of the town and its outstanding figures against a background of local and more universal events. The documentary shows how carnival is celebrated in this Uruguayan border town.

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