En la Puta Vida In This Tricky Life Beatriz Flores Silva [videorecording]=

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Beatriz Flores Silva

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TextLanguage: Spanish Original language: Spanish Subtitle language: English Series: David W. Foster CollectionPublication details: Uruguay Avalon Productions BFS Productions 2001Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 inLOC classification:

PN1997 .E505 2001

Summary: From IMDb: 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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
DVD - Video	SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-B: DVD Cabinet B	PN1997 .E505 2001	Available	Spanish audio. Optional English subtitles.		001854

Based on the novel "El huevo de la serpiente" by María Urruzola.

From IMDb:
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.

DVD video; Dolby Digital; stereo; NTSC; Regions 1-8; 4:3 fullscreen.

Spanish audio. Optional English subtitles.

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