A Useful Life (PG)

Director: Federico Veiroj
Starring: Jorge Jellinek, Paola Venditto, Manuel Martinez Carril
Uruguay/Spain/The Netherlands, 2010, 1 hour 3 minutes subtitles, B/W

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A beguiling romantic comedy for cinema lovers, like The Artist this droll tale rejoices in the beauty of black and white and pastiches silent films, musicals, Westerns and classical Hollywood with a score that delights in the glories of films past. Single, good-natured and proper to a fault, Jorge is trying to save the Montevideo Cinematheque where he works and start a tentative relationship with one of its customers. At a loss when he loses his job Jorge reinvents himself as the hero of his own romantic film. Idiosyncratic and highly original, this is a glorious (and delightfully short!) celebration of the place of cinema in our lives.

“Consistently displays an appealing, sly wit.” Hollywood Reporter

“An ode to the blind faith – in the transformative power of film.” Sight & Sound

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