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A Useful Life
A Tale of Cinema
Genres
DramaComedy
Overview
A movie-theater employee adjusts to a new life as the cinema he's worked at for over 25 years faces closure.
Details
Budget
$350000
Revenue
$0
Runtime
63 min
Release Date
2010-08-13
Status
Released
Original Language
Spanish
Vote Count
24
Vote Average
6.2
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Jorge Jellinek
Jorge
Manuel Martinez Carril
Martínez
Paola Venditto
Paola
Gonzalo Delgado
Director
Felipe Arocena
Iriarte Hijo
Victoria Novic
Estudiante (as Victoria Novick)
Pablo Stoll
Moviegoer
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