A Distant Place (2009)

Original title

Un lugar lejano

Directed by

José Ramón Novoa

Genre

drama film

Country

Argentina

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man returns to a remote rural area in Uruguay. He confronts his past and tries to reconnect with his estranged family.

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What happens

Un lugar lejano (also titled En un lugar lejano) is a 2009 film directed by Uruguayan filmmaker José Ramón Novoa, with an original screenplay by writer Fernando Butazzoni and starring Erich Wildpret, Mirela Mendoza, Tristán Ulloa, Alberto Alifa, Elba Escobar, and Marcela Kloosterboer. It was a finalist for the Screenplay Award at the Havana International Film Festival. The film was released on 20 April 2010 in Spain. In 2020 the movie have a streaming release on the streaming platform Cine ar play. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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