Ugo Ulive

1933 - 2018

Born in Montevideo (Uruguay) in 1933, he was a Uruguayan director, actor, playwright and novelist who later adopted Venezuelan nationality. He began his career as a radio actor at an early age. Determined to continue his acting career, he became part of the community of independent theater actors in Montevideo. There, seduced by direction rather than acting, Ulive developed his talent as a director of Theater and Lighting. At the same time, he explored the world of cinema by carrying out several short-term film projects. In 1961 he left for Havana, where he directed the National Theater of Cuba, continued his inclinations for the cinema, and founded the National School of Dramatic Arts, where he taught for several years. After a brief stay in Montevideo (1966-1967), an independent theater invited Ulive to work in Caracas (Venezuela) for a duration of three months, but he remained there for the rest of his life. There he continued his passion for theater and lighting direction, for cinema, dramaturgy and novels. In 1993, Ulive received the National Theater Award, recognition of the highest value in Venezuela.

Фильмы

Elecciones

Ugo Ulive, Mario Handler

Documentary on the electoral system in Uruguay. It focused on the upcoming federal elections, criticizing both of the country's political parties.

Elecciones

6.1 ⚠️ 1967

Уругвай, документальный

Como el Uruguay no hay

Ugo Ulive

Early on, Ugo Ulive, with his short film Como el Uruguay no hay (1960), seeks to raise awareness and involve the viewer in political action and its radical transformation. Through a collage of animations, archival footage and a counterpoint sound montage, Ulive attacks traditional left-wing and right-wing politics and exposes the contradictions of a pillar of national identity: Uruguay's famous democracy. Note that we are in 1960 and while the voice over presents Montevideo as "a small agitated city", the images show a tense scenario with social protests and a politicized urban space with the presence of mounted police.

Como el Uruguay no hay

1960

Уругвай, документальный

TO3

Ugo Ulive

A testimony of the torture experienced by José Efraín Labana Cordero in an anti-guerrilla camp called TO3.

TO3

1972

Caracas, dos o tres cosas

Ugo Ulive

Ugo Ulive took his camera for a walk though the streets of Caracas, contrasting daily reality with a soundtrack taken from radionovelas, news broadcasts and popular music.

Caracas, dos o tres cosas

1969

Basta

Ugo Ulive

“Through the use of violent symbols (loosely associated with Artaud’s notion of cruelty), some of the consequences of the current social organization in Latin-America are exposed: the alienation, marginalization and reification of men, and the continuous presence of imperialism, considered as rape.” (UU)

Basta

1969

Un Vintén pa’l Judas

Ugo Ulive

Rafael Salzano, Juan Manuel Tenuta

Christmas Eve. The children ask for money for the Judas (Un Vintén pa’l Judas), and the protagonist, a failed tango singer without means or will to live, meets a friend, a public employee, in search of some rummage. This one asks him to buy a lottery. The tango singer, in need of money to buy a guitar to use in a singing contest, collects the winnings for himself, betraying the trust of his friend, in the same way as the Judas that the children burn on the streets.

Un Vintén pa’l Judas

1959

Уругвай, драма

Diamantes

Ugo Ulive

Diamantes, short produced by the ULA, registered the birth of a new town: San Salvador de Paul, the arrival of new residents, farmers who ventured in search of riches, merchants, gamblers, prostitutes, all trying to snatch the momentary wealth of those who discovered the mineral, typical image of underdevelopment.

Diamantes

1969

La Espera

Ugo Ulive

Rafael Salzano, Roberto Fontana

Loosely based on the tale “La Espera” by Jorge Luis Borges.

La Espera

1952

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