Spanish with English subtitles
With Jorge Jellinek, Manuel Martínez Carril, Paola Venditto
An art film enthusiast, Jorge fears that the decrease in theater attendance will force the Uruguayan Cinematheque to close. To save the theater, Jorge enters a new world where he is exposed to an unknown passion. Elegantly framed and brilliantly underrated, this is a universally attractive and loving tribute to the soul of cinema. A modern classic film.
Press
“a moving, pawkily funny movie about the end of an era, not quite the death of cinema, but a change in public taste that makes a certain kind of serious, dedicated cinephilia a thing of the past.” – Philip French, The Guardian
“This lovingly photographed black- and-white effort is both a celebration of cinema and a heartwarming paean to the reality that beckons beyond it...Subtle and understated, A Useful Life consistently displays an appealing, sly wit. ” – Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter
“A deceptively straightforward parable lies at the heart of this tender and delicate film about the triangular relationship among the moviegoer, daily life and the cinema.” – The Harvard Film Archives
“Veiroj’s composition of the frame and his use of editing and mise-en-scène recall the filmmaking of the mid-twentieth century, somewhere between prewar classical style and the revolutions of the New Waves.” – The Harvard Film Archives
