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In This Tricky Life

2001 Uruguayan film directed by Beatriz Flores Silva

In This Tricky Life (Spanish: En la puta vida) is a 2001 film directed by Beatriz Flores Silva. It was Uruguay's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.[1][2] The film was awarded the 'Golden Columbus' at the Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival.[3] An international co-production among companies from Uruguay, Belgium, Spain and Cuba,[3] the film was produced by BFS Producciones, Saga Film, Avalon Productions and ICAIC.[4]

Quick Facts In This Tricky Life, Spanish ...

It is based on the novel El huevo de la serpiente by journalist María Urruzola, whose investigations exposed an Uruguayan sex trafficking network in 1992.[5]

Cast

  • Mariana Santángelo [es] as Elisa[6]
  • Silvestre [es] as Plácido el Cara[6]
  • Josep Linuesa [es] as Marcelo[6]
  • Andrea Fantoni as Lulú[6]
  • Rodrigo Speranza as Marcos[6]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "51 Countries In Race For Oscar". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2001-11-19. Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
  2. [2]
    "74th Academy Awards - Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  3. [3]
    Siles, Luis Eduardo (25 November 2001). "'En la puta vida', una película sobre la prostitución de una inmigrante, gana el Colón de Oro de Huelva". El País.
  4. [4]
    Radakovich, Rosario (2015). "Consumo cinematográfico en Uruguay. Sobre gustos y valoración social del cine nacional". Versión. Estudios de Comunicación y Política (36): 112.
  5. [5]
    Deveny, Thomas G. (2012). Migration in Contemporary Hispanic Cinema. Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 326. ISBN 9780810885042. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  6. [6]
    Rodríguez B., Rodrigo (2006). Mentor cinematográfico. Editorial UCR. p. 38. ISBN 9968-936-81-2.
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