A Useful Life

A Useful Life

A Tale of Cinema

2010•1h 7m•6.2/10

DramaComedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.2/10(24)

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

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Production

Versátil Cinema, Mediapro, Cinekdoque

Language

ES

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Jorge Jellinek

Jorge

Manuel Martinez Carril

Martínez

Paola Venditto

Paola

Gonzalo Delgado

Gonzalo Delgado

Director

Felipe Arocena

Iriarte Hijo

Victoria Novic

Estudiante (as Victoria Novick)

Pablo Stoll

Pablo Stoll

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