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THE APOSTATE

Directed by Federico Veiroj, 2021

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SYNOPSIS

Tamayo knows he needs to change the person he has become under the pressure of his parents’ expectations. His opposition manifests itself in the increasingly quixotic quest of formally having his name struck from the Catholic church’s baptismal record. But finding his own path is very hard and as a first step, it seems helpful to turn his feelings into words. With the innocence of an adolescent – and with the sincerity of someone addressing letters to a friend overseas – Tamayo goes over the weaknesses and little miseries that his family passed on to him. As Tamayo’s correspondence revisits the milestones of his tempestuous past, his wild and tender gaze on the scenery of Madrid – with its streetscapes, office buildings, parks and altars – reveals his beliefs, his desires and his turmoil.

Cast

Technical Data

Álvaro OGALLA
Marta LARRALDE
Bárbara LENNIE
Kaiet RODRIGUEZ
Juan CALOT
Joaquín CLIMENT
Jaime CHAVARRI
Andrés GERTRUDIX
Vicky PENA

Technical crew

Directed by

Federico VEIROJ

 

Written by

Álvaro OGALLA
Nicolás SAAD
Gonzalo DELGADO
Federico VEIROJ

Photography

Arauco HERNANDEZ HOLZ

 

Editing

Fernando FRANCO

Score

Álvaro SILVA WUTH
Daniel YAFALIAN
Gilles BENARDEAU

Fiction - Uruguay - 2015

81' - HD - Couleur - 1.85:1 - 5.1

Versions

Spanish with french subtitles
Spanish with english subtitles

Production

Nicolas BREVIERE – Local Films

Frederico VEIROJ  – Cinedoque Ferdydurke Films S.L.
Céline MAUGIS – La vie est belle

Distribution

Paname Distribution

International sales
FiGa Films

Partners

Région Île de France
CAU (Uruguay)
FONA (Uruguay)
MVD Socio Audiovisual (Uruguay)
BROU (Uruguay)

Festivals

Toronto International Film Festival / Canada / 2015 
San Sebastian Film Festival / Spain / 2015 
Festival International du film d’Amiens / France / 2015

Material

TTRAILER

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Federico Veiroj

Federico Veiroj was born in Montevideo in 1976. He earned a degree in Social Communication from the Catholic University of Montevideo and completed a semester at Virginia Commonwealth University (USA). He has been directing and producing short films since 1996. He has acted in numerous Uruguayan short films and worked on the scripts for *Whisky* and *25 Watts* by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll. In 2008, he directed *ACNE*, selected for the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes. In 2010, *LA VIDA ÚTIL* was released and enjoyed considerable success in theaters. In 2015, he directed *EL APOSTATA*, his third feature film.

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