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A Useful Life
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A Useful Life

Aug 13, 2010
1h 7m
★ 6.2

A Tale of Cinema

Overview

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

Genres

Drama
Comedy

Production Companies

Versátil Cinema
Mediapro
Cinekdoque

Cast

Jorge Jellinek

Jorge

Jorge Jellinek

Manuel Martinez Carril

Martínez

Manuel Martinez Carril

Paola Venditto

Paola

Paola Venditto

Gonzalo Delgado

Director

Gonzalo Delgado

Felipe Arocena

Iriarte Hijo

Felipe Arocena

Victoria Novic

Estudiante (as Victoria Novick)

Victoria Novic

Pablo Stoll

Moviegoer

Pablo Stoll

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