| Director | Beatriz Flores Silva |
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| Cinematography | Francisco Gozón |
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| Music | Carlos Da Silveira |
| Released | July 4, 2001 |
| Runtime | 103 minutes |
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| Language | Spanish |
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In This Tricky Life (Spanish: En la puta vida) is a 2001 comedy-drama film co-written, co-produced and 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]
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 as Elisa[6]
- Silvestre as Plácido el Cara[6]
- Josep Linuesa as Marcelo[6]
- Andrea Fantoni as Lulú[6]
- Rodrigo Speranza as Marcos[6]
- Martha Gularte[7]
See also
- Cinema of Uruguay
- List of submissions to the 74th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Uruguayan submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "74th Academy Awards - Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived 2008-06-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ 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
- ^ Radakovich, Rosario (2015). "Consumo cinematográfico en Uruguay. Sobre gustos y valoración social del cine nacional". Versión. Estudios de Comunicación y Política. ' (36): 112.
- ^ Deveny, Thomas G. (2012). Migration in Contemporary Hispanic Cinema. Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 326. ISBN 9780810885042. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ Rodríguez B., Rodrigo (2006). Mentor cinematográfico. Editorial UCR. p. 38. ISBN 9968-936-81-2.
- ^ isliada (2024-10-08). "Poemas de Martha Gularte: Poetisas Uruguayas" (in Spanish). Isliada - Literatura Cubana. Retrieved 2025-10-26.
External links
- In This Tricky Life at IMDb
- Tricky Life