Juan Álvarez Neme

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Juan Álvarez Neme

He was born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1972. He graduated from the Uruguayan Film School in 1999 and founded tarkiofilm in 2008. Among his films are the documentary Standing at the foot of the white tree (2007), which won the award for best Uruguayan documentary at ATLANTIDOC 2007. His second film, The Crop of the Invisible Flower, was part of the 2012's Official Selection at Bafici, E tudo verdade…

Known For

AvantAvant · 2014
Avant
5.02014
MovieDocumentaryDrama
A forgotten national ballet company set in a theater under construction is shaken into life by the arrival of Julio Bocca, one of the best ballet dancers of all time.
Straight to VHSStraight to VHS · 2021
Straight to VHS
6.52021
MovieDocumentaryHistory
Act of Violence Upon a Young Journalist is a film shot in 1988 and released on VHS in 1989; a mysterious cult work of Uruguayan cinema surrounded by strange theories about Manuel Lamas, its unknown creator. Until now.
The Crop of the Invisible FlowerThe Crop of the Invisible Flower · 2012
The Crop of the Invisible Flower
7.02012
MovieDocumentary
The Crop of the Invisible Flower is a daily painting of a group of people who have been struck by forzed dissapearances on Uruguay. The documentary follows them through 5 years, starting from the first triump of the left on the country, exploring reality through their eyes. The movie also explores the search for the truth on a society divided by justice and memory.
Hilda's Short SummerHilda's Short Summer · 2021
Hilda's Short Summer
4.52021
MovieDrama
Hilda must be responsible of a decision that she took long time ago. Her life is altered by the news that her son is coming to visit her after several years away. She tries to replenish her weathered image by the passage of time. This will stir her reality and her link with the past.
The Smelting of TimeThe Smelting of Time · 2019
The Smelting of Time
2019
MovieDocumentary
An encounter between a girl and a tree doctor in a forest in Nagasaki. A horse tamer searches for a wild animal to submit across a timeless wasteland. A story about phantoms of a lost time and the remains of violence still inhabits in us.
Standing at the Foot of the White TreeStanding at the Foot of the White Tree · 2007
Standing at the Foot of the White Tree
2007
MovieDocumentary
After 22 years an old photographer finds lost negatives of El Popular, the newspaper he worked for when it was closed down by the dictatorship in 1973. A teenager is looking for the way to deliver to it's owner the treasure he had found playing in the garage as a child, inside a hole in the wall. A building reveals a secret that has been hidden inside it: fifty thousand ever enduring negatives with the untold story of a country.

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