In This Tricky Life
A real business, so real that it still happens.
2001 1 hour 40 minutesA real business, so real that it still happens.
2001 1 hour 40 minutes
Montevideo, Uruguay. 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 Loulou finds her a job - in the brothel run by Dona Jacqueline. And without really being aware of it, Elisa slides into prostitution, which leads her to Barcelona. She falls in love, she is exploited, she gets involved in transvestite gang wars, and meanwhile just dreams of earning enough money for her little beauty salon back home.
26th May 2001
25 years ago
1 hour 40 minutes
Finishes at 3:36am
7 wins & 6 nominations
6.3/10
54%
58%
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