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A Useful Life

Original title: La vida útil
  • 20102010
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 7m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
968
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POPULARITY
176,912
82
A Useful Life (2010)
A longtime cinema employee tries to adjust to life after his theater is closed.
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A movie-theater employee adjusts to a new life after the cinema he worked at for over 25 years is forced to shut down.A movie-theater employee adjusts to a new life after the cinema he worked at for over 25 years is forced to shut down.A movie-theater employee adjusts to a new life after the cinema he worked at for over 25 years is forced to shut down.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
968
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
176,912
82
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    • Director
      • Federico Veiroj
    • Writers
      • Inés Bortagaray
      • Gonzalo Delgado
      • Arauco Hernández Holz
    • Stars
      • Felipe Arocena
      • Gonzalo Delgado
      • Jorge Jellinek
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    • Director
      • Federico Veiroj
    • Writers
      • Inés Bortagaray
      • Gonzalo Delgado
      • Arauco Hernández Holz
    • Stars
      • Felipe Arocena
      • Gonzalo Delgado
      • Jorge Jellinek
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    • 8User reviews
    • 38Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 6 nominations

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    Felipe Arocena
    • Iriarte Hijo
    Gonzalo Delgado
    Jorge Jellinek
    • Jorge
    Manuel Martinez Carril
    • Martínez
    Victoria Novic
    • Estudiante
    • (as Victoria Novick)
    Paola Venditto
    • Paola
    • Director
      • Federico Veiroj
    • Writers
      • Inés Bortagaray
      • Gonzalo Delgado
      • Arauco Hernández Holz
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    8/10
    it's not about cinema it's about people who love cinema
    To elaborate on my title, it's about people who actually live in the cinema. People who believe in the sanctity of "good lies". I saw this film today in the Jerusalem Film Pestival, it's worthy of 8.5 but I have to keep my rating in natural numbers. It's worthy of 8.5 because the director is worthy of 9 at least, his control over the language of cinema is obvious from each and every frame, he uses here a non actor in the lead, with almost no facial expressions and still gets a 100% credible performance out of him, and his use of camera angles, zooms and the rest of the arsenal the art of cinema offers him, is simply outstanding. Notice that though the whole first half of the film takes place inside the cinematheque, we don't get to see a single frame of actual movie, we do get to see some titles. this could have something to do with distribution rights but it works here to perfection, because cinema is not the issue, but that's was said already, and to say more I'd have to go into specific details - I don't do that.

    Just go see it if you have the opportunity.
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    • ayoreinf
    • Jul 10, 2011

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    • Release date
      • January 14, 2011 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Uruguay
      • Spain
    • Language
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • La vida útil
    • Filming locations
      • Montevideo, Uruguay
    • Production companies
      • Cinekdoque
      • Mediapro
      • Versátil Cinema
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    • Budget
      • $350,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $21,525
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 7 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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