In This Tricky Life

In This Tricky Life
In This Tricky Life
	Film poster
Spanish	En la puta vida
Directed by	Beatriz Flores Silva
Screenplay by	Beatriz Flores Silva; János Kovácsi;
Produced by	Beatriz Flores Silva; Hubert Toint; Stefan Schmitz;
Starring	Mariana Santángelo; Silvestre; Josep Linuesa;
Cinematography	Francisco Gozón
Edited by	Marie-Hélène Dozo; Daniel Márquez;
Music by	Carlos Da Silveira
Production; companies	BFS Producciones; Saga Film; Avalon Productions; ICAIC;
Release date	July 4, 2001;
Running time	103 minutes
Countries	Uruguay; Belgium; Spain; Cuba;
Language	Spanish

In This Tricky Life (Spanish: En la puta vida) is a 2001 film 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]

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Mariana Santángelo [es] as Elisa^[6]
Silvestre [es] as Plácido el Cara^[6]
Josep Linuesa [es] as Marcelo^[6]
Andrea Fantoni as Lulú^[6]
Rodrigo Speranza as Marcos^[6]

References[edit]

^ "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 from the original on 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Rodríguez B., Rodrigo (2006). Mentor cinematográfico. Editorial UCR. p. 38. ISBN 9968-936-81-2.

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[51Submissions-1] "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.

[74thNomineesWinners-2] "74th Academy Awards - Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2008-08-07.

[huelva-3] 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.

[4] Radakovich, Rosario (2015). "Consumo cinematográfico en Uruguay. Sobre gustos y valoración social del cine nacional". Versión. Estudios de Comunicación y Política (36): 112.

[5] Deveny, Thomas G. (2012). Migration in Contemporary Hispanic Cinema. Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 326. ISBN 9780810885042. Retrieved 6 July 2016.

[cast-6] Rodríguez B., Rodrigo (2006). Mentor cinematográfico. Editorial UCR. p. 38. ISBN 9968-936-81-2.

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v t e Colón de Oro Award
1970s	Enough Praying (1975) The Last Supper (1976) Cantata de Chile (1977) A Summer Rain (1978) Julio comienza en julio (1979)
1980s	A Culpa (1980) Cerromaior (1981) Last Days of the Victim (1982) Ardiente paciencia (1983) Asesinato en el Senado de la Nación (1984) The Rigorous Fate (1985) Poor Butterfly (1986) Besame Mucho (1987) A Mulher do Próximo (1988) Juliana (1989)
1990s	Después de la tormenta (1990) Las tumbas (1991) Adorable Lies (1992) The Strategy of the Snail (1993) Reina y Rey (1994) Sicario (1995) Como un relámpago (1996) How Angels Are Born (1997) Traição (1998) Olympic Garage (1999)
2000s	Coronation (2000) In This Tricky Life (2001) Madame Satã (2002) El viaje hacia el mar (2003) Whisky (2004) Lower City (2005) The Violin (2006) Silent Light (2007) The Good Life (2008) The Maid (2009)
2010s	Hermano (2010) I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips (2011) Clandestine Childhood (2012) Workers (2013) Zanahoria (2014)

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