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Completed - SPANISH - Drama - 67 minutes

Log Line

A love letter to cinema

Year of production : 2010

Director(s) : Federico VEIROJ
Writer(s) : Arauco HERNÁNDEZ, Federico VEIROJ, Inés BORTAGARY
Cast : Jorge JELLINEK, Manuel MARTÍNEZ CARRIL, Paola VENDITTO

Producer(s) : Federico VEIROJ

Synopsis

Jorge (Jorge Jellinek) still lives with his parents at the age of 45. He has been the film programmer and technical support at the cinémathèque for 25 years. He also has a news show at a Montevideo radio station where he conducts interviews and talks about movies with filmmakers. Jorge’s life is consumed by movies.
Because attendance is down, the cinémathèque struggles to make a profit and shuts down, leaving Jorge unemployed. With no other skill, for the first time he is forced to change his way of life in order to adapt to the new world he faces.
In the end, maybe the movies will help him survive.

Production

Country(ies) : URUGUAY

Start of shooting : October 2009

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