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201190 minPGdocumentary

5.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Migration Family Dynamics

Exiles

201190 minPGdocumentary

5.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Five years after leaving Uruguay, director Mariana Viñoles reflects on her family's migration during the country's early 2000s economic crisis.

Migration Family Dynamics

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Mariana Viñoles

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Five years after leaving Uruguay, director Mariana Viñoles reflects on her family's migration during the country's early 2000s economic crisis.

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Mariana Viñoles

Mariana Viñolesdirector

Elia Edith Pachecocast

Julia Viñascast

Bruno Viñascast

Manolo Viñolescast

Synopsis

Mariana Viñoles returns to Uruguay after five years in Belgium, reflecting on her family's migration during the economic crisis of the early 2000s. The film features her father, two brothers, and a close friend as they recount their struggles for better opportunities abroad. Viñoles captures the emotional challenges of returning to a changed homeland and the lasting bonds that migration forges within families, despite the distances that separate them.

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