Transatlantique (1996)
Directed by Christine Laurent

Comedy / Drama

Film Synopsis

Laure, a singer, arrives in Montevideo, Uruguay, to join her lover, Colossus, whom she has not seen for a year.  She waits for him in vain at the place where they agreed to meet up and then goes looking for him.  She soon develops a fascination for the city and, in the course of her quest, she meets three other men...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Christine Laurent
  • Script: Philippe Arnaud, Christine Laurent, André Téchiné
  • Cinematographer: Jeanne Lapoirie
  • Music: Jorge Arriagada
  • Cast: Laurence Côte (Laure), Joaquin Olarreaga (Ñato), Héctor Spinelli (O'Nety), Monique Mélinand (Esther), Julio Calcagno (Shorty), José Oliveira (Colossus), Evelyne Didi (Canasta), Luís Miguel Cintra (Aquilino), Osvaldo Fattoruso (Felisberto), Nicolas Mora (Mauricio), Marana Ingold (Mariana), Carlos Quintana (Un guitariste), Bruno Aldecosea (Groom), Ines Blixen (Woman in black), Samuel Blixen (Journalist), Enrique Campos (Árbitro), Serge Catoire (Feirante), Hugo Correa (Barber), Andrea Davidovics (Foreigner), Emiliano Duarte (Chil on the beach)
  • Country: France / Portugal / Uruguay
  • Language: Spanish
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 110 min

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