La vulnerabilidad de los cuerpos masculinos en el cine uruguayo

Abstract

This article analyzes how Uruguayan cinema portrays the vulnerability of masculine bodies when they are consumed, objectified, and erotized as models of traditional masculinities to build and reproduce the national epic of soccer. Both children in youth soccer in Mi mundial (Carlos A. Morelli, 2017) and adults of marginal masculinities in the documentaries Mundialito (Sebastián Bednarik, 2010), Maracaná (Sebastián Bednarik and Andrés Varela, 2014), and Sangre de campeones (Sebastián Bednarik and Guzmán García, 2018) enter the heroic Uruguayan narrative by following hegemonic masculine ideals, but are then discarded after fulfilling their role. As a counterpoint to the hard and athletic bodies, the soft bodies in some visual fictions show their wounds and some transgressions, such as compassion and kindness in Una forma de bailar (Álvaro Buela, 1997), Rincón de Darwin (Diego Fernández, 2013), and Una noche sin luna (Germán Tejeira, 2014).