“A real business, so real that it still happens.”
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.
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Mariana Santángelo
Elisa
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Andrea Fantoni
Lulú
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Agustín Abreu
Nicolás
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Carlos Calero
El Conejo
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Garcia
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Graciela Gelos
Teresa
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Graciela Escuder
Doña Sera
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Beatriz Flores Silva Director · János Kovácsi Screenplay María Urruzola Author
First release May 26, 2001 · Produced in Argentina, Belgium, Cuba, Spain, Uruguay · Original title En la puta vida
Production
Argentina · Belgium · Cuba · Spain · Uruguay
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Languages
Original title
En la puta vida
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Uruguay · May 26, 2001
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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