Underplayed Gems

La cáscara (2007)

La cáscara poster
Directed by
Carlos Ameglio
Genre
black comedy film
Country
Uruguay
Runtime
1h 45m
Rating
4.9 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A black comedy with nods to 1940s fantasy cinema. It follows a group of characters in Uruguay whose lives get entangled in odd and macabre situations.

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What happens

La cáscara es una película uruguaya de 2007, en coproducción con Argentina y España. Dirigida por Carlos Ameglio, es una comedia negra con referencias al cine fantástico de los años cuarenta y está protagonizada por Juan Manuel Alari, Martín Voss, Horacio Marassi y Walter Reyno.​​​ (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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