- EXTENDED SYNOPSIS
Jorge (45) vive con sus padres y trabaja en una cinemateca desde hace 25 años. Desempeña tareas técnicas, de programación, y conduce un programa de radio sobre cine. La cinemateca está en una situación cada vez más crítica y Jorge, que nunca hatrabajado fuera del cine, se queda sin empleo. La vida útil cuenta cómo Jorge debe cambiar su modo de ser para adaptarse a un mundo nuevo. Quizá el cine lo ayude a sobrevivir, después de todo.
Jorge (45) lives with his parents and has been working at a film archive for 25 years. He does technical jobs, programming work, and hosts a radio show about cinema. The situation is increasingly dire at the film archive and Jorge, who has neverworkedanywhere else but in film, loses his job. La vida útil tells how Jorge has to change his ways and adapt to a new world. Maybe cinema will help him to survive after all.
- CAST
Performance | Name | Role |
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Cast | Jorge Jellinek | |
Cast | Manuel Martinez Carril | |
Cast | Paola Venditto |
- CREW
Performance | Name | Notes |
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Directed by | Veiroj, Federico | |
Executive Production | Federico Veiroj | |
Line Production | Laura Gutman | |
Line Production | Juan José López | |
Screenplay | Arauco Hernández | |
Screenplay | Federico Veiroj | |
Screenplay | Gonzalo Delgado | |
Screenplay | Inés Bortagaray | |
Cinematography | Arauco Hernández | |
Score | Leo Masliah & Macunaíma | |
Score | Eduardo Fabini | |
Film Editing | Arauco Hernández | |
Film Editing | Federico Veiroj | |
Production Design - Art Direction | Emilia Carlevaro | |
Costume | Emilia Carlevaro | |
Sound | Daniel Yafalián | |
Sound | Raúl Locatelli | |
Assistant Director | Manuel Nieto |
- FILM & TRAILER RATINGS
Film Rating | Duration | Certification |
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GENERAL AUDIENCES | 64 min. | 5/2/2011 |
Video Rating | Runtime | Certification |
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GENERAL AUDIENCES | 64 min. seg. | 2/19/2015 |
GENERAL AUDIENCES | 64 min. seg. | 8/2/2011 |
- CREW
Tag | Information |
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Year of the Spanish Films Catalogue | 2011 |
Production year | 2011 |
Length | Largometraje |
Film Formats | 35 mm. |
Running time | 64 minutos |
Emulsion | B/N - B&W |
- FILM PRODUCTION COMPANIES



- DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES & INFO



- Festivals and Awards
Awards | Section | Person / Company |
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58 Festival De San Sebastián 2010 | Premio Kutxa–Nuevos Directores. Mención Especial / Special Mention | |
Bafici – Buenos Aires Festival Internacional De Cine Independiente 2011 | Mejor actor / Best Actor (Jorge Jellinek) | |
Cartagena De Indias Film Festival 2011 | Premio FIPRESCI, Premio de la Crítica colombiana y Mención especial otorgada por la Asociación de Cineclubes La Iguana de Colombia | |
Festival Internacional De Cine De Istanbul. 2011, Turquía | Premio Especial del Jurado / Special Jury Award | |
Ficunam Df – Internacional De Cine De La Universidad Autónoma De México 2011 | Mención Especial / Honour Mention | |
Istambul Film Festival 2011 | Special Jury Award | |
La Habana Film Festival 2010 | Best Film Award | |
Transilvania International Film Festival 2011, Rumania | Premio Especial del Jurado / Special Jury Award | |
Valdivia Film Festival 2010 | Best Director | |
Warsaw International Film Festival 2010 | Special Mention |
Participation in Festivals | Section |
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58 Festival De San Sebastián 2010 | Zabaltegi-Nuevos Directores/New Directors |
Bafici – Buenos Aires, Argentina 2011 | |
Cartagena | |
Cartagena De Indias Film Festival 2011 | |
Chicago Latino | |
Festival De Cine De Lima, Perú 2011 | |
Festival De Jerusalem (Israel) | |
Festival De Málaga. Cine Español / Malaga Spanish Film Festival 2011 | Territorio Latinoamericano |
Festival De Odessa (Ucrania) | |
Festival De Sarajevo (Bosnia Y Herzegovina) | |
Festival De Sodankylä (Finlandia) | |
Festival Latino La (Usa) | |
Ficunam Df – Mexico 2011 | |
Goteborg | |
Hamburg Festival | |
Hong Kong | |
Istambul Film Festival 2011 | |
La Habana Film Festival 2010 | |
Miami | |
Pusan | |
Rotterdam | |
San Francisco | |
Thessaloniki | |
Toronto International Film Festival 2010 (Premiere) | |
Toulouse | |
Transilvania International Film Festival, Rumanía 2011 | |
Valdivia Film Festival 2010 | |
Viennale (Austria) | |
Warsaw International Film Festival 2010 | |
Zurich |