By Vlad Zakh · December 27, 2025
Paraguay Drama thought provoking
Paraguay’s film industry is one of Latin America’s smallest, but its few internationally screened dramas share a patient, understated style built on long silences and rural or working-class life. The Heiresses follows a woman from a declining aristocratic family who starts driving neighbours for cash, Hamaca Paraguaya has an elderly couple waiting for a son at a long-finished war, and 7 Cajas sends a teenage cart-pusher across a market with mysterious boxes. Empty Cans, Man of the North and 108 round out the list.
01 A woman from a declining aristocratic family starts driving neighbours for cash and discovers a life of her own.
Directed by Marcelo Martinessi · 1h 35m
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02 An elderly couple waits out long empty days for a son fighting in a war that ended a century ago.
Directed by Paz Encina · 1h 18m
03 A teenager pushing a cart in a sprawling Paraguayan market agrees to move some boxes for a payday that isn't what it seems.
Directed by Tana Schémbori & Juan Carlos Maneglia · 1h 46m
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04 A struggling single mother in Asuncion scrapes together a living collecting recyclable cans with her daughter.
Directed by Hérib Godoy · 1h 13m
05 A rural Paraguayan man's quiet life is upended by an unexpected encounter with modernity and violence.
Directed by Marcelo Martinessi · 0h 19m
06 A struggling luthier's harp-making workshop becomes the backdrop for a story about family, craft and inheritance.
Directed by Renate Costa · 1h 33m · Rated NR
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