In This Tricky Life (2001) [N/A]

Release Date:
May 26, 2001

Original Title:
En la puta vida

Genres:
Drama

Production Countries:
Argentina | Belgium | Cuba | Spain | Uruguay

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 100

Montevideo, Uruguay. In this comedic drama, Elisa, 27, dreams of opening her own hairdressing salon in one of the rich districts of the Uruguayan capital. A bit of a rebel, one day Elisa moves out of her mother's house with her two children and breaks up with Garcia, her boss and lover who has infuriated her by not wanting to get married. So, in the space of twenty-four hours, Elisa finds herself without a roof over her head, without a man, without a job and without money. Her best friend Loulou finds her a job - in the brothel run by Dona Jacqueline. And without really being aware of it, Elisa slides into prostitution, which leads her to Barcelona. She falls in love, she is exploited, she gets involved in transvestite gang wars, and meanwhile just dreams of earning enough money for her little beauty salon back home.

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Additional Hairstylist:
Raquel Gonzáles
Manuel Villagrasa

Assistant Decorator:
María Mercedes Flores

Assistant Makeup Artist:
Irma Schierer

Assistant Set Decoration:
David Bevilaqua
Paula Díaz Mournaro
Andrés Mora
Carolina Zalsberg
Ariadna Tikas

Assistant Set Designer:
Laura Gutman
Cecilia La Cruz
Victor Vaillant
Vena Castelli
Gerardo Alonso
Lucía Jacob
Daniela Casals

Assistant Sound Editor:
Mauricio Molina

Boom Operator:
Seppe van Groeningen

Casting:
Raquel Boldorn

Co-Producer:
Eddy De Wilde
José Ramón Novoa
Andrés Senna
Gaetano Fernández
Martín Papich

Construction Foreman:
Leonardo Giacobone
Francisco José 'Borja' Torres

Construction Manager:
Diego Flores

Costume Designer:
Solange Guillemette

Delegated Producer:
Hubert Toint

Dialogue Editor:
Mauricio Molina

Director:
Beatriz Flores Silva

Director of Photography:
Francisco Gózon

Editor:
Marie-Hélène Dozo
Daniel Márquez
Sebastián Cerveñansky

Executive Producer:
Hubert Toint

First Assistant Director:
Bernard Garant
Marcel·lí Parés

Foley Artist:
Roberto Espinoza
Pavel Dohn

Foley Recordist:
Iván Quiroz

Hair Designer:
Sergio Pérez Berbel
Enrique Castro
Enrique Pineiro

Key Makeup Artist:
Karol Tornaria

Makeup Artist:
Alejandra Ortíz
Susana León
Yolanda Martín

Music:
Carlos Da Silveira

Novel:
María Urruzola

Post-Production Manager:
Lizette Nagy

Producer:
Beatriz Flores Silva
Hubert Toint
Camilo Vives
Stefan Schmitz

Production Manager:
Mercè Batalla
Mireia Laporte
Elena Roux

Property Master:
Fiorella Galliotti
Rafael Ceballos

Props:
Romina Peluffo
Marcello Etturi

Screenplay:
János Kovácsi
Beatriz Flores Silva

Second Assistant Director:
Sergio de León
Bruno Aldecosea

Set Decoration:
Marco Ticas

Set Designer:
Daniel Fernandez
Mercè Batalla
Sergio de León

Sound Assistant:
Magdalena Pérez
Santiago Rindel

Sound Editor:
Nadine Voullième

Sound Effects Editor:
David Miranda-Hardy

Sound Engineer:
Ricardo Castro

Sound Mixer:
David Miranda-Hardy

Sound Post Production Coordinator:
Marcos De Aguirre

Sound Post Supervisor:
Nadine Voullième

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Enric Contel
Jesica Suárez
Daniel Yafalián

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