A Useful Life (2010) [N/A]

Release Date:
August 13, 2010

Original Title:
La vida útil

Genres:
Comedy | Drama

Production Companies:
Cinekdoque
Mediapro
Versátil Cinema

Production Countries:
Spain | Uruguay

Ratings / Certifications:
BR: L  JP: G 

Runtime: 63

A Tale of Cinema

A movie-theater employee adjusts to a new life as the cinema he's worked at for over 25 years faces closure.

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Art Direction:
Emilia Carlevaro

Assistant Production Manager:
Pedro Barcia

Color Grading:
Fran Lorite

Director:
Federico Veiroj

Director of Photography:
Arauco Hernández Holz

Dolby Consultant:
Ricardo Viñas

Editor:
Arauco Hernández Holz
Federico Veiroj

Executive Producer:
Federico Veiroj

First Assistant Camera:
Gerardo González

First Assistant Director:
Manolo Nieto

Gaffer:
Bruno Alzaga

Music:
Eduardo Fabini
Macunaima
Leo Masliah

Post Production Coordinator:
Marisa Fernández Armenteros

Production Manager:
Juan José López
Laura Gutman

Second Assistant Camera:
Karin Porley

Set Designer:
Emilia Carlevaro

Sound:
Patricia Milanesi
Raúl Locatelli
Daniel Yafalián

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Jaime Fernández

Still Photographer:
Karin Porley

Third Assistant Director:
María Angélica Gil

Wardrobe Coordinator:
Emilia Carlevaro

Writer:
Gonzalo Delgado
Federico Veiroj
Inés Bortagaray
Arauco Hernández Holz

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