''Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine'' (

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: ''Chico ventana también quisiera tener un submarino'') is a 2020 internationally co-produced

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film written and directed by Alex Piperno in his directorial debut. It stars Daniel Quiroga and Inés Bortagaray. The film was named on the shortlist for Uruguayan's entry for the

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at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not selected.

Synopsis

On board a cruise ship that runs through southern

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, a young sailor discovers a door that mysteriously leads to an apartment in

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. Meanwhile, thousands of kilometers away, in the outskirts of a small rural town in the Philippine rice terraces, a group of peasants seem to have found an old abandoned hut on top of a hill, to which they attribute causes. supernatural.

Cast

The actors participating in this film are: * Daniel Quiroga as Window Boy *

Inés Bortagaray Inés Bortagaray Sabarrós (born 22 May 1975) is a Uruguayan writer and screenwriter with a degree in communication studies. She is the author of ''Ahora tendré que matarte'' (2001) and ''Prontos, listos, ya'' (2006 and republished in 2010), an ...

as Elsa * Noli Tobol as Noli

Release

It had its world premiere on February 23, 2020, at the

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. It was commercially released on December 10, 2020, in Uruguayan theaters.

Accolades

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External links

* {{IMDb title, 2456492 2020 films 2020 fantasy films 2020 romantic comedy films 2020s Spanish-language films 2020 directorial debut films Experimental film Uruguayan romantic comedy films Argentine romantic comedy films Brazilian romantic comedy films Dutch romantic comedy films Philippine romantic comedy films Uruguayan fantasy films Argentine fantasy films Brazilian fantasy films Dutch fantasy films Philippine fantasy films Filipino-language films 2020s Uruguayan films 2020s Argentine films