A Useful Life

Droll Uruguayan comedy about a cinephile who, when threatened with the closure of the cinema and film library he’s run for 25 years, has to awkwardly negotiate the trials and tribulations of real life using every trick he’s ever learnt from the movies.

"Jorgewanders through the film library, tests and repairs broken seats, introduces tardy guest filmmakers, and struggles to drum up scant business on a local radio show. When drastic funding cuts threaten the closure of the institution, this professional crisis precipitates a charmingly mild personal revolution for Jorge. We observe him awkwardly negotiating life in the outside world with the subtle assistance of the many movie lives he’s experienced while effacing his own." (Source: NZ International Film Festival 2011)

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