1. Sexo con Amor (Sex with Love)
Sexo con Amor (Sex with Love) is a 2003 Chilean comedy film about sex and relationships. A group of parents of fourth-grade students addresses how the school should deal with sex education. But sexuality is still an unresolved issue for many of the parents themselves. The story follows three of these couples, who are ambushed by their own erotic passions. They each profess undying love to their partners while hopping enthusiastically on a merry-go-round of physical relations with one another, leading to sometimes tragic and sometimes hilarious effects.
You can watch the full movie here (in Spanish)
2. Un Cuento Chino (A Chinese Take-out)
For over 20 years, introverted hardware store owner Roberto has lived virtually shut off from the outside. After a chance encounter with Jun, a Chinese man who has arrived in Argentina looking for his only living relative, Roberto takes him in. Their unusual cohabitation helps Roberto bring an end to his loneliness, but not without revealing to the impassive Jun that destiny’s intersections are many and they can even divulge the film’s surreal opening sequence: a brindled cow falling from the sky.
You can watch the full movie here (in Spanish)
3. Violeta Se Fue Al Cielos (Violeta Went to Heaven)
Violeta se fue al cielos (Violeta Went to Heaven) is a 2011 Chilean biopic about singer and folklorist Violeta Parra.
The film depicts Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval’s road to becoming considered one of Chile’s greatest folklorists and artists. It chronicles her guitar playing at a very young age, the ambience of her musician father’s haunts, and the rural settings of southern Chile in the Ñuble Province.
Watch the full move here (in Spanish)
4. Diarios de Motocicleta (The Motorcycle Diaries)
The Motorcycle Diaries (is a 2004 biopic about the journey and written memoir of the 23-year-old Ernesto Guevara, who would several years later become internationally known as the iconic Marxist guerrilla commander and revolutionary Che Guevara.
The film recounts the 1952 expedition, initially by motorcycle, across South America by Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado. As the adventure, initially centered around youthful hedonism, unfolds, Guevara discovers himself transformed by his observations on the life of the impoverished indigenous peasantry.
Through the characters they encounter on their continental trek, Guevara and Granado witness firsthand the injustices that the destitute face and are exposed to people and social classes they would have never encountered otherwise.
To their surprise, the road presents to them both a genuine and captivating picture of Latin American identity. As a result, the trip also plants the initial seed of cognitive dissonance and radicalization within Guevara, who ostensibly would later view armed revolution as a way to challenge the continent’s endemic economic inequalities.
5. Cidade De Deus (City Of God)
