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A writer's unexpected encounter with a young admirer in Montevideo transforms his midlife crisis.
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A writer who pins hopes on a free-spirited 25-year-old he meets in Montevideo to get through his midlife crisis. But his day turns out to be the most unexpected and transformative day of his life.
"Directed by the Argentine filmmaker Ana Garcia Blaya (known for "The Good Intentions"), "The Girl from Uruguay" is an adaptation of Pedro Mairal's celebrated novel. It follows a Buenos Aires writer in the midst of an existential crisis who, during a trip to Montevideo to collect payment for writing a novel, encounters a young admirer 20 years his junior. It's a prospect that briefly lifts his spirits amidst his marital crisis but soon forces him to confront himself. Fun, fresh, sensitive, and at times, sharp, the film is a powerful tale about learning to reconcile the lives we have with the ones we wish for, and with all the unfulfilled promises."