Guillermo Casanova

Writing

Guillermo Casanova

Born

1963-11-30 (62)

Place of birth

Montevideo, Uruguay

Known for

Writing

Credits

11 titles

Guillermo Casanova Arosteguy (born in Montevideo, November 30th, 1963) is a Uruguayan filmmaker known for his films Seawards Journey (2003) and Another Story of the World (2017).

Known for

Carrot poster
6.0

Two Uruguayan journalists embark on a journey of secrets, simulations, furtive encounters and paranoia when a mysterious informant contact them with the intention to reveal evidence of crimes by the military dictatorship that have never been investigated. The delivery is postponed repeatedly, patience runs out and anxiety grows, but the possibility of obtaining the information is stronger than any suspicion.

Carrot

2014

Noise poster
5.5

Basilio is a great guy, a poor devil with a huge heart who nobody really notices. Dominated by his wife, humiliated by his colleagues, despised by the man who walks his dog. Basilio decides to give it all up, but in the middle of his suicide attempt he meets three peculiar characters, a noise pollution officer, a young 12-year old girl and a creative and endearing woman who keeps losing her phone. With these three in tow, he wanders through the city, while the noise around him is growing.

Noise

2005

Wood Eyes poster
7.5

A tale of children's horror for adults. A story that intermingles fantasy and reality. The eyes of a child who perceive what adults are not able to see.

Wood Eyes

2017

Seawards Journey poster
6.0

The tale of five Uruguayan villagers who embark on a journey to see the ocean for the first time. They depart in a broken down freight truck, property of Rodríguez, a taciturn man who loves the sea. Their point of departure is a local bar, and at the last minute, an unknown man from the bar joins their adventure.

Seawards Journey

2003

Another Story of the World poster
5.7

A small town, two families joined together over time. A man who does not forget the values ​​of honor and fraternal friendship. From the director of The Journey to the Sea, history proposes the coalition of two worlds or, perhaps, the same but with different ways of understanding it.

Another Story of the World

2017

Jaime Roos at 10 poster
NR

At ten o'clock on the night of 20 November 1993, in the Barrio Sur neighbourhood of Montevideo, Jaime Roos began the first of 42 concerts on a tour that lasted three months and included performances in all 19 departments of the country. In total some 300,000 saw him play. This documentary captures the essence of that unique tour and it is a crucial contribution to our understanding of Jaime Roos and his position in Uruguayan music towards the end of the 20th century.

Jaime Roos at 10

1994

Film credits

Behind the camera

Carrot poster
6.0

Two Uruguayan journalists embark on a journey of secrets, simulations, furtive encounters and paranoia when a mysterious informant contact them with the intention to reveal evidence of crimes by the military dictatorship that have never been investigated. The delivery is postponed repeatedly, patience runs out and anxiety grows, but the possibility of obtaining the information is stronger than any suspicion.

Carrot

2014

Wood Eyes poster
7.5

A tale of children's horror for adults. A story that intermingles fantasy and reality. The eyes of a child who perceive what adults are not able to see.

Wood Eyes

2017

Seawards Journey poster
6.0

The tale of five Uruguayan villagers who embark on a journey to see the ocean for the first time. They depart in a broken down freight truck, property of Rodríguez, a taciturn man who loves the sea. Their point of departure is a local bar, and at the last minute, an unknown man from the bar joins their adventure.

Seawards Journey

2003

Seawards Journey poster
6.0

The tale of five Uruguayan villagers who embark on a journey to see the ocean for the first time. They depart in a broken down freight truck, property of Rodríguez, a taciturn man who loves the sea. Their point of departure is a local bar, and at the last minute, an unknown man from the bar joins their adventure.

Seawards Journey

2003

Another Story of the World poster
5.7

A small town, two families joined together over time. A man who does not forget the values ​​of honor and fraternal friendship. From the director of The Journey to the Sea, history proposes the coalition of two worlds or, perhaps, the same but with different ways of understanding it.

Another Story of the World

2017

Another Story of the World poster
5.7

A small town, two families joined together over time. A man who does not forget the values ​​of honor and fraternal friendship. From the director of The Journey to the Sea, history proposes the coalition of two worlds or, perhaps, the same but with different ways of understanding it.

Another Story of the World

2017

Jaime Roos at 10 poster
NR

At ten o'clock on the night of 20 November 1993, in the Barrio Sur neighbourhood of Montevideo, Jaime Roos began the first of 42 concerts on a tour that lasted three months and included performances in all 19 departments of the country. In total some 300,000 saw him play. This documentary captures the essence of that unique tour and it is a crucial contribution to our understanding of Jaime Roos and his position in Uruguayan music towards the end of the 20th century.

Jaime Roos at 10

1994

Jaime Roos at 10 poster
NR

At ten o'clock on the night of 20 November 1993, in the Barrio Sur neighbourhood of Montevideo, Jaime Roos began the first of 42 concerts on a tour that lasted three months and included performances in all 19 departments of the country. In total some 300,000 saw him play. This documentary captures the essence of that unique tour and it is a crucial contribution to our understanding of Jaime Roos and his position in Uruguayan music towards the end of the 20th century.

Jaime Roos at 10

1994

Mama Was Punk poster
10.0

"With the democratic recovery in Uruguay, a state defined by some as "the drifting situation in which Uruguayan culture is found" becomes explicit. A youth sector oscillates between transformative creativity and disenchantment, they question their elders, the country and their conservative and exclusive habits." - Ulf Kjell Gür

Mama Was Punk

1988

Mama Was Punk poster
10.0

"With the democratic recovery in Uruguay, a state defined by some as "the drifting situation in which Uruguayan culture is found" becomes explicit. A youth sector oscillates between transformative creativity and disenchantment, they question their elders, the country and their conservative and exclusive habits." - Ulf Kjell Gür

Mama Was Punk

1988