Uruguay. Comedy noir. 71 min. 2020

Film info

  • SYNOPSIS

    Carmen Vidal is a private detective addicted to pizza, beer and marijuana who fights against a criminal Senator to avenge the death of her colleague, in a noir comedy about self-improvement.

     

    PLOT KEYWORDS

    plot keywords: Uruguay, cinema noir, humor, crime, gender roles, feminism, heroines, films made by women, urban stories.

    CREW & CAST

    Original title: Carmen Vidal mujer detective
    International title: Carmen Vidal female detective
    Original Language: Spanish
    Written, directed & starring: Eva Dans
    Executive producers: Alina Kaplan
    Line producer: Aline Kaplan, Eva Dans
    Editor: Manuel Rilla
    Director of Photography: Germán Nocella Sedes, Victoria “Pitok” Pena 
    Art director: Lucía Malandro
    Assistant director: Valentina “Chicho” Leoncini
    Graphic and title design: Venado
    Sound postproduction: Rafael Álvarez González
    Original soundtrack: Maximiliano Silveira

    Cast:
    Eva Dans: Carmen Vidal
    Roberto Suárez: Jorge Hernández
    Leonor Courtoisie: Ágata
    Lulo Demarco: Carlos
    Nicolás Luzardo: Ronnie
    Gimena Gonzáles: Teodora Muller
    Alejandro Bello Constenti: Iván

    Production company: Anfibia Cine/EVACORP

    FESTIVALS & AWARDS
    • Special Jury Mention. Festival de Cine Nuevo Detour. Uruguay, 2020
    • Trawn Award. Corte Final Lab. Festival Internacional de Cine BioBioCine. Chile 2019
    • Chicago Latino FF 2021
    • Festival de Cine Internacional de San Juan. Puerto Rico 2021
    • Ravenna Nightmare FF. Italy 2021
    • Latino & Iberian FF at Yale 2021
    • Special Mention. Festival Internacional de Cine Cannábico del Río de la Plata 2021
    • FESAALP 2021
  • SINOPSIS

    Carmen Vidal es una detective privado adicta a la pizza, la cerveza y la marihuana que lucha contra un Senador criminal para vengar la muerte de su colega, en una comedia noir sobre la superación personal.

    FICHA TÉCNICA

    Título original: Carmen Vidal mujer detective
    Título internacional: Carmen Vidal female detective
    Idioma original: Spanish
    Escrita, dirigida y protagonizada por: Eva Dans
    Producción ejecutiva: Alina Kaplan
    Producción: Aline Kaplan, Eva Dans
    Edición: Manuel Rilla
    Dirección de fotografía: Germán Nocella Sedes, Victoria “Pitok” Pena 
    Dirección de arte: Lucía Malandro
    Asistente de dirección: Valentina “Chicho” Leoncini
    Diseño de títulos y gráfica: Venado
    Postproducción de sonido: Rafael Álvarez González
    Música original: Maximiliano Silveira

    Elenco:
    Eva Dans: Carmen Vidal
    Roberto Suárez: Jorge Hernández
    Leonor Courtoisie: Ágata
    Lulo Demarco: Carlos
    Nicolás Luzardo: Ronnie
    Gimena Gonzáles: Teodora Muller
    Alejandro Bello Constenti: Iván

    Casas productoras: Anfibia Cine/EVACORP

    FESTIVALES Y PREMIOS
    • Mención Especial. Festival de Cine Nuevo Detour. Uruguay, 2020
    • Premio Trawn. Corte Final Lab. Festival Internacional de Cine BioBioCine. Chile 2019
    • Chicago Latino FF 2021
    • Festival de Cine Internacional de San Juan. Puerto Rico 2021
    • Ravenna Nightmare FF. Italia 2021
    • Latino & Iberian FF at Yale 2021
    • Mención Especial del Jurado. Festival Internacional de Cine Cannábico del Río de la Plata 2021
    • FESAALP 2021
  • SINOPSE

    Carmen Vidal é uma detetive particular viciada em pizza, cerveja e maconha que luta contra um senador criminoso para vingar a morte de seu colega, em uma comédia noir sobre superação pessoal.

    FICHA TÉCNICA

    Título original: Carmen Vidal mujer detective
    Título internacional: Carmen Vidal female detective
    Idioma original: Spanish
    Escrita, dirigida e estrelada por: Eva Dans
    Produção executiva: Alina Kaplan
    Produção: Aline Kaplan, Eva Dans
    Edição: Manuel Rilla
    Direção de fotografia: Germán Nocella Sedes, Victoria “Pitok” Pena 
    Direção de arte: Lucía Malandro
    Asaistente de direção: Valentina “Chicho” Leoncini
    Imagem visual e design de títulos: Venado
    Pós-produção de som: Rafael Álvarez González
    Música original: Maximiliano Silveira

    Elenco:
    Eva Dans: Carmen Vidal
    Roberto Suárez: Jorge Hernández
    Leonor Courtoisie: Ágata
    Lulo Demarco: Carlos
    Nicolás Luzardo: Ronnie
    Gimena Gonzáles: Teodora Muller
    Alejandro Bello Constenti: Iván

    Casas produtoras: Anfibia Cine/EVACORP

    FESTIVAIS E PRÊMIOS
    • Menção Especial. Festival de Cine Nuevo Detour. Uruguai, 2020
    • Prêmio Trawn. Corte Final Lab. Festival Internacional de Cine BioBioCine. Chile 2019
    • Chicago Latino FF 2021
    • Festival de Cine Internacional de San Juan. Porto Rico 2021
    • Ravenna Nightmare FF. Italia 2021
    • Latino & Iberian FF at Yale 2021
    • Mención Especial del Jurado. Festival Internacional de Cine Cannábico del Río de la Plata, Uruguai 2021
    • FESAALP, Argentina 2021

Screening

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Press & Reviews

  • BAFICI 2020 Review. Daniel Cholakian for SUBJETIVA
    “A police comedy that encourages something that many do not dare to do: far from locally reproducing locally the traditional keys of the genre, as if we were in Los Angeles or New York, the film proposes an extreme adaptation of the “noir” to the city of Montevideo…there are many of the key characteristcs of Uruguay-style narrative: an almost surreal humor – a side product of Uruguay’s strong cultural relationship with British culture -; the normalization of certain strange situations; the stripped-down performances; and a particular way of constructing the mystery route, which refers to the master Mario Levrero in novels such as “El alma de Gardel” or “Nick Carter” (in whom Carmen Vidal could perfectly be inspired).” [Full Review in Spanish]
     
  • Victoria Malter Terrada for CALIGARI
    “With an air of noir cinema, the aroma of pizza and marijuana, with hints of Karausmaki, the Coen brothers and Torrente, Eva Dans invites us to walk a path in search for a certain personal achievement. The debut feature marks a good beginning for the young filmmaker who manages to caress with meek hands issues that concern society today, such as the high rates of femicide in Latin America. Because Carmen’s, after all, is also a feminist struggle.”
    [Full Review in Spanish]
     
  • Carmen Vidal mujer detective llega a salas uruguayas. LATAM CINEMA
    “Carmen Vidal, female detective” revisits cinema noir in a gray Montevideo and from a Latin American and contemporary perspective, mixing tragedy and humor. [Full Review in Spanish]
     
  • Pablo Stoll, Uruguayan film director, known for WHISKY and 25 WATTS
    “If WHISKY and 25 WATTS had had a depressive detective daughter addicted to pizza, she would be called Carmen Vidal”
     

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