Film: La Vida Útil / A Useful Life

Friday, 9/20/2024
3:00 - 4:15
Golden Gate Valley Meeting Room
Golden Gate Valley

1801 Green Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
United States

415-355-5666

Shot in a b&w monochrome, real-life film critic Jorge Jellinek plays Jorge, a middle-aged bachelor who lives with his elderly father and works as the manager of a cinematheque in Montevideo, Uruguay. Cinema has been his passion for many years, but when the theater's existence is threatened by decreased attendance, Jorge's life is upturned. A short fiction film described as a tribute to the soul of cinema, praised by Cahiers du Cinéma, and even inviting a comparison to Wim Wenders' recent "Perfect Days" in The Guardian. Directed by Federico Veiroj.

NR, 64 min., 2010. Closed captions (CC) in English.

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