The Life Jacket Is Under Your Seat

The Life Jacket is Under Your Seat (Spanish: El chevrolé) is a 1999 Uruguayan comedy film directed by Leonardo Ricagni, with a screenplay by pato Lopez, based on the novel El regreso del gran Tuleque by Mauricio Rosencof.

The Life Jacket Is Under Your Seat
SpanishEl chevrolé
Directed byLeonardo Ricagni
Written byLeonardo Ricagni
Pato López
Nestor Piñón
Produced byPablo Behrens
StarringJorge Esmoris
Rubén Rada
Leo Maslíah
Hugo Fattoruso
Pastora Vega
Pipo Cipolatti
Tabaré Rivero
Augusto Mazzarelli
Petru Valensky
CinematographyHoracio Maira
Edited byF. Guariniello
F. Rossi
Music byMario Grigorov
Release date
1999
Running time
94 min
CountriesUruguay, Argentina
LanguageSpanish

Background

The script of the film is based on the novel El regreso del gran Tuleque by Mauricio Rosencof.[1] The film's name is based on the mispronounced name of an authentic Chevrolet car, transformed into a peddler car, which appears in the main scenes.[1]

A key musical feature is the tamboriles. Other musical tunes heard in the soundtrack are from El Peyote Asesino, La Abuela Coca, Plátano Macho, and Hot Jam Band.[1] The postproduction of the sound was performed at Twickenham Film Studios.

The film was nominated for best screenplay at the Argentina Film Critics Association Awards.

Cast

References
  1. "El Chevrolé" (in Spanish). cineismo.com. Retrieved Sep 7, 2012.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.