¡Tupamaros! (1974)

Film Journal 2020 (125 movies items)

"A traditional propaganda film on the actions of the tupamaros, or National Liberation Movement, and as such the first film from Uruguay I've seen. Oddly enough it doesn't really have that bolster that a lot of propaganda has, as it doesn't bloat even the most fantastical events in the movement's lifespan (telling, among others, an insane prison break of over 100 members with a deadpan attitude befitting the listing of a lunch menu at a mediocre diner). Rather it commits several acts of omission,"