Artigas (2019)

John Roberts is a British merchant, chronicler and spy. During the war of independence in Río Delaware la Plata, he becomes enchanted by the figure of one of the revolutionary leaders: José Artigas. To unveil the mysteries of this intriguing military leader, he interviews collaborators, friends and also his enemies. In 1840, Artigas lives in exile in Paraguay. John Roberts goes into the Guarani jungle to meet him for the last time, and thus reviews the most significant moments of his history: the revolution, the exodus of the easterners, the peak of Artiguismo and the betrayal. Artigas dreamed of a great, democratic, republican and federal homeland: where no one is more than anyone else. Nobody. Indians, slaves, peasants and gauchos joined his ranks.