23 Films & TV Shows Set In Paraguay
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Charlotte
šµš¾ ParaguayA forgotten movie star learns that the director who made her fa-mous will be filming his last film in Paraguay so she sets out on an unusual journey in search of something more than just getting the leading role that she feels belongs to her.
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Todo mejora
šµš¾ ParaguayImages and stories from the early years of LGBTIQ+ activism in Paraguay until today, in the middle of the pandemic. It's a quest that tries to generate audiovisual memory with voices from the main players of local activism and their accurate analysis of human rights and the political situation in Paraguay.
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Darkness
šµš¾ ParaguayEveryone is afraid of something. ā An anthology of nine short horror stories set in Paraguay.
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Morgue
šµš¾ ParaguayOn his first day as a security guard, Diego Martinez is assigned to the night shift at the Hospital Regional. On his rounds, he notices the hallways can be unsettling at night until he accidentally notices heās trapped inside the morgue.
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Cadet Amarilla, My Son
šµš¾ ParaguayA documentary about the death of Cadet Marco Amarilla in a military academy in Paraguay, a death that was initially reported as a suicide, but was revealed to be a cover-up in a country where dozens of other young men have died in military facilities.
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Soy paraguayo
šµš¾ ParaguayA documentary that collects the stories of 32 people, from which a complex mosaic of current Paraguayan reality emerges. Essential problems: unequal land distribution, rampant deforestation, intensive use of agrochemicals in the cultivation of transgenic soybeans. In the middle, there is the story of Javier, a gay man, whose life trajectory becomes entangled with different social problems.
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Zama
šµš¾ Paraguay The 18th CenturyIn a remote South American colony in the late 18th century, officer Zama of the Spanish crown waits in vain for a transfer to a more prestigious location. He suffers small humiliations and petty politicking as he increasingly succumbs to lust and paranoia.
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Don't Swallow My Heart, Alligator Girl
š§š· Brazil šµš¾ ParaguayThe border between Brazil and Paraguay: living on opposite sides of a big river, Brazilian boy Joca falls in love with indigenous-Paraguayan girl Basano. A magical tale of impossible love and adventure in this land full of memories of colonial wars and indigenous genocide.
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The Gold Seekers
šµš¾ Paraguay The 2010sLos Buscadores tells the story of Manu, a young paperboy who lives in the Chacarita neighborhood. He receives an old map, a gift from his grandfather, and embarks on the adventure of finding a treasure called "Plata Yvyguy", gold and jewels buried by families in Paraguay's 1864-70 War of the Triple Alianza.
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Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
šµš¾ ParaguayAfter all these years, all your questions will finally be answered. ā When their trip to San Lorenzo takes a turn for the worst, Arnold and his classmateās only hope of getting home is retracing the dangerous path that led to Arnold's parents' disappearance.
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Em Nome da Lei
š§š· Brazil šµš¾ ParaguayThe journey of idealistic Vitor, a young federal judge who decides to dismantle the mafia that dominates the border between Brazil and Paraguay. Inspired by true events.
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GuaranĆ
š¦š· Argentina šµš¾ ParaguayThe heart knows no boundaries ā It tells the odyssey of Atilio and his granddaughter traveling to Buenos Aires, from Paraguay, his native country. The landscapes that run, the characters they encounter along the way, each with their own way of seeing the world.
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Paraguay, Drugs and Banana
šµš¾ ParaguayDocumentary that explores the relationship between politics and drug trafficking in Paraguay
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Landfill Harmonic
šµš¾ Paraguay The 2010s"Landfill Harmonic" follows the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, a Paraguayan musical group that plays instruments made entirely out of garbage. When their story goes viral, the orchestra is catapulted into the global spotlight. Under the guidance of idealistic music director Favio Chavez, the orchestra must navigate a strange new world of arenas and sold-out concerts. However, when a natural disaster strikes their country, Favio must find a way to keep the orchestra intact and provide a source of hope for their town. The film is a testament to the transformative power of music and the resilience of the human spirit.
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O Dia do Galo
šµš¾ Paraguay The 2010sThe documentary follows five fans of the Clube AtlĆ©tico Mineiro, a Brazilian team that was about to play the most important match of its history: the decision of the Libertadores da AmĆ©rica Cup.
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Damiana Kryygi
š©šŖ Germany šµš¾ Paraguay The 1890s The 1900sThe year is 1896. In the dense jungle of Paraguay a three years old Ache girl survives a slaughter perpetrated by white settlers. The girl is named Damiana by her captors. Anthropologists from the La Plata Museum of Natural Sciences in Argentina take her as an object of scientific interest in the context of their racial studies. Later she is handed over to a family where she grows up as a maid. In 1907, at the age of 14, she is committed to a mental institution. There she is photographed naked just two months before her death from tuberculosis. Once dead her body is studied in La Plata and in Berlin. One hundred years later, an anthropology student identifies part of her remains in the La Plata museum. Her head is found soon after at Charite Hospital in Berlin.
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7 Boxes
šµš¾ Paraguay The 2000sThe rules are simple: Deliver or Die ā VĆctor receives an unusual proposal, to carry 7 boxes of unknown content through the Market Number 4 but things get complicated along the way.
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Las Acacias
š¦š· Argentina šµš¾ ParaguayRubĆ©n is a middle-aged Argentinian truck driver transporting timber between Paraguay and Buenos Aires. One day, at a truck stop, he picks up a young Paraguayan woman, Jacinta, whom his employer had told to take to Buenos Aires. To RubĆ©n's surprise, Jacinta brings along her five-month-old daughter, AnahĆ.
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One Manās War
šµš¾ ParaguayAnthony Hopkins plays an English medical doctor living with his family in Paraguay and treating the poor people from the surroundings, who has his life turned upside down when his son was mysteriously murdered in what could have been an attack to him since he's opposed to the military dictatorship of the country. The doctor and his family will take lots of risk while trying to prove that the government was involved in the murder.
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The Mission
š§š· Brazil šµš¾ Paraguay The 18th CenturyOne will trust in the power of prayer. One will believe in the might of the sword. ā When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portuguese aggressors.
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The Boys from Brazil
Pennsylvania šøšŖ Sweden š©šŖ Germany šµš¾ Paraguay The 1970sIf they survive ā¦ will we? ā Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.
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Rat Trap
š§š“ Bolivia šØš± Chile šµš¾ ParaguayThis South American adventure drama finds Charles (Charles Aznavour), a youthful Frenchman traveling to Paraguay to start a new life. Seeking out a rich uncle, the idealistic nephew is rejected by his miserly relation, and he goes on to get involved with a shady woman and a band of gun runners who supply arms for the revolution of the week. Charles and his new girlfriend head for the border after a shootout with federal troops, and a kindly railroad worker hides the couple in an abandoned copper mine. Charles is later thrown in prison while the girl becomes a concubine, but her violator is killed when Charles escapes to rescue her and exact revenge. A pretty harrowing composition could be written by the young couple on "How I Spent My Summer Vacation."
