“MISS TACUAREMBÒ” COMES TO GABLES CINEMA EXCLUSIVE U.S. FIRST RUN ENGAGEMENT STARTS OCTOBER 5

Exclusive U.S. First Run Engagement of Miss Tacuarembó in 2K Digital Cinema Projection

WHEN: Opens Friday, October 5, with screening times to be announced

WHERE: Coral Gables Art Cinema, 260 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, Florida 33134; parking on-site in covered garage

ADMISSION: Tickets are $11 and under at the box office and on the Cinema’s website at www.gablescinema.com

INFO: www.gablescinema.com, www.facebook/gablescinema, info@gablescinema.com or (786) 385-9689

The fable-like and hilarious musical journey of friendship, family and the quest for fame, Miss Tacuarembó, will start its Exclusive U.S First Run Engagement, in 2K Digital Cinema Projection, October 5 at the Coral Gables Art Cinema. A Uruguayan, Argentine and Spanish production, Miss Tacuarembó tells the classic story of small town girl Natalia, from the fervently Catholic religious Uruguayan small town of Tacuarembó, with big dreams of stardom that eventually take her, all grown-up, to Buenos Aires television. It mixes an Almodovar-like sensibility (it even co-stars Rossy de Palma, from Matador, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, and Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!), with a sweeter, break-out-in-song style one part South American culture and one part Hollywood tinsel. In Spanish with English subtitles, it’s a perfect fit for South Florida audiences.

Alternating between the past and present, Miss Tacuarembó chronicles both Natalia’s childhood as a rebellious outcast, and her struggles to find fame in the big city, all the while with her gay best friend Carlos at her side.  Stuck in their small town life, they practice their dance moves performing to the Flashdance soundtrack, and earn the ire of their conservative families and teachers. Grownup they toil away at day jobs at Holyland, a Bible-themed amusement park in Buenos Aires. Rossy de Palma’s deliriously realized talk-show host character might offer them a way out, or perhaps the solution lies with the hunky new employee at the park both friends like. Filled with bright colors, surreal dream sequences and catchy musical numbers, Miss Tacuarembó  is a terrific showcase for its first-time director, Uruguayan media artist Martín Sastre. Variety calls it, “An imaginative, exuberantly kitschy musical about a hick Uruguayan girl’s dreams of stardom…not only eye-catching and fun, but clever, too.”

 

Gables Cinema Director Robert Rosenberg says, “Miss Tacuarembó brings a host of wonderful new talent to our screen. It’s an exuberant and fun Latin American film that is a home-run for our diverse audience.” Tickets for all screenings are $11 and under and are available for purchase in advance on the Cinema’s website at www.gablescinema.com or in person at the box office during regular screening hours. For more information visit the website or the Cinema’s Facebook page, www.facebook/gablescinema, or contact the Cinema at info@gablescinema.com or 786-385-9689.

The Coral Gables Art Cinema is South Florida’s leading state-of-the-art venue for experiencing independent, alternative and international film, offering first-run, seven-day-a-week showcase presentations in both 35mm and true industry-standard theater quality digital projection. It is located at 260 Aragon Avenue, directly across the street from Books & Books, on the western end of the ground floor of the Museum Parking Garage.

Funding for the Coral Gables Art Cinema comes in part from the City of Coral Gables; the Coral Gables Community Foundation; Steven and Myrna Krams; Bacardi; the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; and the many businesses, individual donors and members who have joined to make the Cinema a reality.

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