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A Useful Life

Original title: La vida útil
  • 2010
  • Unrated
  • 1h 7m
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6.4/10
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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.

  • 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
    • 8User reviews
    • 39Critic reviews
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    • 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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    9/10
    Short, light and delicate movie
    Beautiful and delicate. The plain routine of a plain man, the only highlight being his job at a movie club. Everyone who loves movie clubs and has sweet memories around them is touched. Like when a director says that was the place where he watched movies that changed him. I guess every movie fan has that place. It seems a simple narrative, but also a celebration of cinema as an art. And at the same time, the spectator bonds to this plain man with an heroic task of taking movies to people. When the movie club shuts down, the character of that plain man develops beautifully. A person so intimately linked to movies could not be that plain... Short, entertaining and poetic, it left a smile on my face.
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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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