Orlando Vargas

by Juan Pittaluga

2005 Selection

URUGUAY / FRANCE 2005 1h20 IN SPANISH & FRENCH

Feature Film

In Uruguay, where he lives with his wife and son Thomas, Orlando Vargas suffers from pressure from the government. Permanently watched by a policeman, Orlando seems not to care about danger. Thomas is the only witness of the rage he tries to drown in alcohol. He decides to leave with his family togo to Josefina, the last village by the sea before Brazil.There, things move faster: on the day on his arrival, Orlando fails to return home.