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presents The Coachella Valley Premiere of EN LA PUTA VIDA (Tricky Life) |
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9:00 am - Camelot Theatres
Doors Open
Free
to DFS 2005 Members who present current Membership Card
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| This Uruguayan film directed by Beatriz
Flores Silva, one of the most popular films shown at Sao Paulo Film Festival
after breaking records at home, is both humorous and intelligent.
It addresses an important, ongoing and unresolved pan-Latin American issue
which, inexplicably, has not been depicted as it deserves to be, in either
Spanish or Latin American cinema – that is, until now. Since the
1980’s, unemployed, impoverished Latin American woman have been lured to
Spain, somewhat knowingly or unknowingly, to support their families at
home through prostitution. Once in Spain, these women have their
passports and freedom taken away. They become sex slaves, often with
no way out, with no pay and no one to turn to for help.
In this comedic drama, Elisa, 27, dreams of opening her own hairdressing salon in one of the rich districts of the Uruguayan capital. A bit of a rebel, one day Elisa moves out of her mother's house with her two children and breaks up with Garcia, her boss and lover who has infuriated her by not wanting to get married. So, in the space of twenty-four hours, Elisa finds herself without a roof over her head, without a man, without a job and without money. Her best friend finds her a job in the local brothel, and before she knows it she begins her downward spiral into prostitution, which leads her to Barcelona, Spain. She joins the world of many illegal immigrants, she falls in love, she is exploited, she gets involved in transvestite gang wars and amidst it all she just dreams of earning enough money for her little beauty salon back home. This film mixes comedy, drama, social commentary, tragedy, and the sense of hope, all to great effect 2001 Havana Film Festival - Won Radio Havana
Award
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Crime
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