Movie

Tupamaros

1997 · 95 min

A sober, talk-driven recollection of armed struggle and prison that feels like history testified to by its weary survivors.

Directed by: Heidi Specogna, Rainer Hoffmann
Genres: Documentary
Starring: José Mujica, Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro, Lucía Topolansky

Overview: Pepe Mujica, now a member of the Uruguayan parliament, and others of the Tupamaros recount the history of this urban guerrilla group: their use of armed intervention and illegal acts--even kidnapping and murder, their imprisonment and escapes, and their transition to a legal political party.

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Search YouTube for a trailer

In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.

Directed by: Heidi Specogna, Rainer Hoffmann
Genres: Documentary
Starring: José Mujica, Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro, Lucía Topolansky

In your watch list

How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
power
rebellion
justice
betrayal
Places: prison
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
documentary
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

All scales, 0 to 10

Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	10
Romance	0
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

Titles like Tupamaros

Short film

Albizu Vive

1991

A sober archival montage that immerses you in a charged historical moment, asking patience and rewarding it with quiet gravity.

Earnest, tense · about politics and power · true story

Via: earnest
tense
politics
power
true story
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 37 min

Details

Albizu ViveHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

Pepe Mujica: Lessons From the Flowerbed

2014

A quiet, unhurried portrait of an unusual man, warm and thoughtful, that leaves you reflecting on power, humility and how to live.

Same director: Heidi Specogna · Earnest · about politics and power · true story

Also: Same director: Heidi Specogna
Via: earnest
politics
power
true story
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 90 min

Details

Pepe Mujica: Lessons From the FlowerbedHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

The Battle of Chile: Part III

1979

A sober, urgent archival chronicle that asks you to watch closely and feel the weight of a nation's hopes collapsing.

Earnest, melancholic · about politics and power · true story

Via: earnest
melancholic
politics
power
true story
Pacing: measured
Attention: demanding
Runtime: 78 min

Details

The Battle of Chile: Part IIIHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

Wilson

2017

A measured, archival-driven political portrait that asks you to listen closely and weigh testimony against memory.

Earnest · about politics and power · true story

Via: earnest
politics
power
true story
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 104 min

Details

WilsonHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

Resistir

1978

A stern, didactic piece of political persuasion that feels like a lecture, remote and historical, meant to rally rather than entertain.

Earnest, tense · about politics and power · true story

Via: earnest
tense
politics
power
true story
Pacing: measured
Attention: demanding
Runtime: 70 min

Details

ResistirHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

Anarchists

2000

A meticulous archival reconstruction that immerses you in a radical past, equal parts scholarly and quietly gripping.

Earnest, tense · about politics and power · true story

Via: earnest
tense
politics
power
true story
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 73 min

Details

AnarchistsHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

1968: In Memoriam of José Revueltas

1978

A sober, reflective documentary portrait that feels like a quiet act of remembrance, heavy with political grief and injustice.

Earnest, melancholic · about politics and power · true story

Via: earnest
melancholic
politics
power
true story
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 50 min

Details

1968: In Memoriam of José RevueltasHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

Marighella

2012

A sober, information-rich documentary portrait that feels like a history lesson with a pulse, respectful and occasionally harrowing.

Earnest, tense · about politics and power · true story

Via: earnest
tense
politics
power
true story
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 100 min

Details

MarighellaHidden from your suggestions.

TV series

Terra X History

2000

A sober, archival journey through twentieth-century history that asks you to pay attention and sit with uncomfortable truths.

Earnest · about politics and power · true story

Via: earnest
politics
power
true story
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Seasons: 27

Details

Terra X HistoryHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

At Five on the Dot

2004

A sober, archival-driven account that lets witnesses and cameramen recount a moment of collective defiance, feeling both grave and quietly stirring.

Earnest, tense · about politics and power · true story

Via: earnest
tense
politics
power
true story
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 56 min

Details

At Five on the DotHidden from your suggestions.

Short film

El arresto

1982

A tense, talky docudrama that feels like waiting in a hallway while history is about to close a door.

Earnest, tense · about politics and power · true story

Via: earnest
tense
politics
power
true story
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 28 min

Details

El arrestoHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

Cuba and the Cameraman

2017

A patient, intimate chronicle that lets you watch lives and a nation change across decades, mixing warmth with sober reflection.

Earnest, melancholic · about politics and power · true story

Via: earnest
melancholic
politics
power
true story
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 113 min

Details

Cuba and the CameramanHidden from your suggestions.

Where to watch in the UK

No UK streaming, rental or purchase options are known.

Streaming data from JustWatch.TMDB

Details

Genres: documentary
Directed by: Heidi Specogna, Rainer Hoffmann
Written by: Rainer Hoffmann, Heidi Specogna
Starring: José Mujica, Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro, Lucía Topolansky, Graciela Jorge, Maria Elia Topolansky, Carlos Rivera, Fernando Morena, Christian Brückner
Runtime: 95 min
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Languages: Spanish

TMDB IMDb Letterboxd Wikidata

Something wrong on this page? Tell us.

Tupamaros

How it feels

More like this

Titles like Tupamaros

Where to watch in the UK

Details