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Mariana Santangelo,
Silvestre,
Josep Linuesa,
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Beatriz Flores Silva
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: Not Rated
: Venevision
: Drama, Foreign, Spain, Latin America
: 100 min.
: Spanish
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Turf wars between Uruguayan hookers and Brazilian drag queens are just one of the highlights of Tricky Life, a serious but humorous look at women, poverty, and white slavery. When Elisa (Mariana Santángelo), a single mother of two, is kicked out of her mother's house in the middle of a rainstorm, she goes to her current lover, a married, middle-aged store keeper, for help. He finds her an apartment in Montevideo, where Elisa lives with her best friend Lulu. The two women want nothing more than to open their own hair salon, but can't find the necessary money to do so. Deciding prostitution is the easiest way to go for financing, they find a respectable brothel to call their workplace. Things go fairly smoothly until Elisa falls for Placido, an older, smooth-talking Spaniard who seduces her with his smooth manner and talk of riches to be had in Barcelona. Abandoning both her children and a good portion of her common sense, Elisa, with Lulu in tow, follows Placido to Barcelona, where she soon discovers that Placido is better at making promises than actually keeping them. Tricky Life was screened at the 2002 Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide
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| A Spoonful of Jam With a Pill
by squad
November 29, 2004 - 9:43 PM PST
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3 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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| "En La Puta Vita" is a serious film about prostitution, but the main character is so perky and fresh that I was led along through the story by her "Amelie"-like presence. All the while knowing that this was about an unwholesome lifestyle doomed to bad consequences. In the beginning we see this young woman being thrown out of her mother's house with two young sons in tow. She calls her lover to rescue them. It is early established that this is a very foolish and irresponsible girl. She has dreams and schemes and the energy to pursue them, but it is a tricky (English title "Tricky Life") path. What we see is city life in Motevideo, Uruguay and Barcelona mostly in the seamy districts. The movie is largely a crime story with detectives and criminals. There are two handsome actors, the detective and the pimp that add to the look of the movie. The attractiveness of the main actors and the fast moving crime story are an entertaining package, and only at the end does the serious message get sent. There is not a bit of preachiness in this film, but it delivers a serious message without preaching. |
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