THE MONEYCHANGER
ASÍ HABLÓ EL CAMBISTA
SYNOPSIS
Federico Veiroj (The Apostate) delivers a quirky period thriller set in Uruguay, ripe with mystery, love and deadpan humor that delves into the attractive world of capital flight. ////////
In the mid-70s, the regional economy drew a lot of scoundrels into Uruguay. Institutions were bankrupted; there was a military government; the subversives were behind bars and, for certain sections of the Brazilian and Argentinian economies with a low reputation, the Uruguayan financial market seemed like an ideal place to make money disappear. This is when Humberto Brause begins a meteoric race in the buying and selling of foreign currency, sponsored by his own father-in-law, a veteran in the business of capital flight. But blinded by his excessive ambition, Humberto tramples everything and everyone in his path until he’s gotten his hands on the family business and accepts a suspicious assignment: laundering the largest sum of money he has ever seen.
DIRECTOR | Federico Veiroj |
YEAR | 2019 |
STATUS | completed |
FESTIVALS AWARDS | Toronto Platform competition 2019 San Sebastian - Horizontes Latinos 2019 New York Film Festival 2019 |
CAST | Daniel Hendler Dolores Fonzi Luis Machin Benjamín Vicuña |
CO PRODUCTION WITH | Cimarron/Oriental Features (Uruguay) in co-production with Rizoma (Argentina) Pandora Film Produktion (Germany) |
SUPPORTED BY | ICAU INCAA Programa Ibermedia World Cinema Fund Mvd Socio Audiovisual FIC |
WORLD SALES | Film Factory Entertainment |
GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR | |
LENGTH | 97 min. |
FORMAT | Colour 2K 1:1.85 5.1. sound |
SHOOTING LOCATION | Montevideo (Uruguay) |
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE | Spanish |
PRODUCERS | Charly Gutiérrez (producer) Diego Robino Picón (producer) Santiago López (producer) Natacha Cervi (co-producer) Hernán Musaluppi (co-producer) Christoph Friedel (co-producer) Claudia Steffen (co-producer) |
WRITERS | Arauco Hernández Martín Mauregui Federico Veiroj |
CASTING | |
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | Arauco Hernández |
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT | Lula Allegro (line producer) Cinekdoque & Film Factory Entertainment (associate producer) |
EDITING | Fernando Franco & Fernando Epstein |
MUSIC | Hernán Segret |
SOUND | Catriel Vildosola |
ART DIRECTION | Pablo Maestre |
COSTUMES | Carolina Duré |
MAKE UP HAIR | Marisa Amenta |
SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE | n/s |
DVD VIDEO AVAILABLE | n/s |
LINKS | n/s |