Álvaro Brechner

Director, writer, producer and editor · Born April 9, 1976 (50) · Montevideo, Uruguay

Álvaro Brechner is a Uruguayan film director, writer and producer. He has written and directed three feature films: Bad Day to Go Fishing (Mal Día Para Pescar), Mr. Kaplan and A Twelve-Year Night (La Noche de 12 Años). His films have been selected in several festivals such as Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival. All three of his films have been chosen as Uruguay's official selection for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

What are Álvaro Brechner's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

42%

Society

25%

Survival

17%

Bonds

8%

Ideas

8%

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic

2

Hopeful

2

Tense

1

Bittersweet

1

Joyful

1

Other

1

How their films linger

Hopeful3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Álvaro Brechner's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

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Subscription and free streaming for Álvaro Brechner's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

8 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.

Fiesta Pagäna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Director
LaLiga: All Access(2024)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
A Twelve-Year Night(2018)
Director · Writer
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Mr. Kaplan(2014)
Director · Editor · Producer · Writer
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Bad Day to Go Fishing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Director · Producer · Writer
Segundo Aniversario (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Director · Executive Producer · Screenplay
Sofía (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Director · Writer
The Nine Mile Walk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Director · Writer