The Life Jacket Is Under Your Seat

The Life Jacket Is Under Your Seat (2002)

El Chevrolé

In this city nothing ever happens

The vicissitudes of a musician fresh from prison that seeks to resume playing music with his band, the Chevrolés, whose members are scattered around the city, earning a living wage through various activities.

Date of release
2002-12-19
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Leonardo Ricagni

Casting

Interesting facts

The Life Jacket is Under Your Seat is a 1999 Uruguayan comedy film directed by Leonardo Ricagni, with a screenplay by pato Lopez, based on the novel El regreso del gran Tuleque by Mauricio Rosencof.

Background

The script of the film is based on the novel El regreso del gran Tuleque by Mauricio Rosencof. The film's name is based on the mispronounced name of an authentic Chevrolet car, transformed into a peddler car, which appears in the main scenes.

A key musical feature is the tamboriles. Other musical tunes heard in the soundtrack are from El Peyote Asesino, La Abuela Coca, Plátano Macho, and Hot Jam Band. The postproduction of the sound was performed at Twickenham Film Studios.

The film was nominated for best screenplay at the Argentina Film Critics Association Awards.

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