See You in Montevideo

{{Infobox film

| name = See You in Montevideo

| image = See You in Montevideo.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Dragan Bjelogrlić

| producer = Dejan Petrović

| writer = Dragan Bjelogrlić

| starring = {{Plainlist|

Miloš Biković
Petar Strugar
Predrag Vasić}}

| music = Roberto Magnifico

| cinematography = Goran Volarević

| editing = {{Plainlist|

Petar Marković
Dejan Urošević
Svetolik Zajc}}

| distributor = Intermedia Network

| released = {{Film date|2014|01|14|df=yes}}

| runtime = 142 minutes

| country = Serbia

| language = {{Plainlist|

Serbian
English
French
Spanish}}

}}

See You in Montevideo ({{langx|sr|Монтевидео, видимо се!}}/Montevideo, vidimo se!) is a 2014 Serbian comedy film written and directed by Dragan Bjelogrlić. It is the sequel to the 2010 film Montevideo, God Bless You! It was selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.{{cite web |url=http://www.kurir-info.rs/zabava/pop-kultura/u-trci-za-zlatnu-statuu-montevideo-vidimo-se-srpski-kandidat-za-oskara-clanak-1534717 |title=U TRCI ZA ZLATNU STATUU: Montevideo, vidimo se srpski kandidat za Oskara! |access-date=1 September 2014 |work=Kurir}}{{cite web |url=http://inserbia.info/today/2014/09/serbias-oscar-nominee-see-you-in-montevideo/ |title=Serbia's Oscar nominee: See You in Montevideo |access-date=2 September 2014 |work=InSerbia|date=2 September 2014 }} See You in Montevideo was shot over a number of locations, Paraćin, Belgrade, Ulcinj, Trieste, and also the Spanish Island of Tenerife.{{cite web|url=http://sinemanija.com/montevideo-vidimo-se-poslednja-prica-o-slavnim-fudbalerima/ |title=Montevideo vidimo se poslednja priča o slavnim fudbalerima |publisher=sinemanija.com |date= 30 July 2015|access-date = 21 June 2018}}

Plot

The Yugoslavia national team prepares to participate in the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams that will take place in the capital of Uruguay, Montevideo in 1930. After a lengthy trip over the Atlantic Ocean, the Yugoslavia national team finds themselves amongst 12 other nations, competing for the World Cup. The team is accompanied by Stanoje, a boy who has a leg injury and walks with a crutch.

The Yugoslavia team are the underdogs of the tournament and are given a minimal chance of succeeding after being drawn with the favorites of the tournament, Brazil. Thanks to the talent and dedication of the players, they defeat Bolivia and Brazil in their group stage and advanced to the knockout stage. Before and especially after the match against Bolivia, the team loses the spirit of unity between them, some players are becoming interested in contracts offered by Mr. Hotchkins, an american football businessman, and some of them are doubting if they will come back to Yugoslavia after the tournament. Aleksandar Tirnanić "Tirke" falls in love with a local lady named Dolores and despite some difficulties in their relationships, they start living together.

The Yugoslavia team is being drawn to play against the local team of Uruguay. On the pre-match training, the team looks very unmotivated and players fight with each other. At the same time, Tirke is being held at the house of Dolores by her and her brother, as he doesn't want him to play against Uruguay, his nation. Tirke gets into an argument with Dolores while trying to explain the importance of football in his life and the importance of this game. Despite that, he is being held practically hostage at their home. The team finds this out and goes to the home of Dolores to find him, where they have to trick and eventually fight with her family to free Tirke from them. The team gets their team spirit risen up again, but the atmosphere at Centenario before the game feels like a war, where everyone is against the Yugoslavs. In the match itself, Yugoslavs scored first, but then conceded, and had their goal disputedly disallowed, while the Uruguay's goal was scored after an assist from a policeman standing besides the pitch, as the referee preferred to keep it safe as the stadium was furious. Yugoslavia lost the game and met United States team at the hotel. They decided to organise a third place match between them, which Yugoslavs eventually won. All the players declined the agreements with Hotchkins. Yugoslavia received a bronze medal.{{efn|There is disagreement on which team came second place in the real tournament, as discussed in here.}}

In the end, Stanoje is shown in the present time, as an adult, telling that "he saw" this story, and it is all real.