Modernos (Los)

The Moderns is closer to novel than lyrical poem. This is a lush, rich film, not a minimal story. The narrative spans several years, noting the changes in the characters, three couples faced by such challenges as fatherhood, professional realisation and sexual freedom. Like New York in Woody Allen’s Manhattan, the city of Montevideo is also a character in the film. However, the lead is played by one of its directors, his role charged with a strongly autobiographic component as the story takes a distinctly bittersweet turn.

The film sets its gaze firmly on the world of culture, with dialogues about postmodernity and art approached in a cosmopolitan way, eschewing the provincial gaze to explore issues concerning sexual diversity and alternative life options to the nuclear family and stable employment. This is a fresh, topical, surprising and rather unusual example of recent Uruguayan filmmaking.

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