Zanahoria

Zanahoria
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Enrique Buchichio
Screenplay by	Enrique Buchichio
Based on	Newspaper report by Jorge Lauro and Alfredo García
Produced by	Natacha López Guillermo Casanova Hugo Castro Fau Carolina Álvarez
Starring	César Troncoso Martín Rodríguez Abel Tripaldi
Cinematography	Pablo Parra
Edited by	Guillermo Casanova
Music by	Mario Buchichio
Production companies	Lavorágine Films, Lagarto Cine
Release date	2014 (2014)
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	Uruguay, Argentina
Language	Spanish

Zanahoria (alternatively titled Detrás de la verdad^[1][2]) is a 2014 Uruguayan-Argentine thriller drama film written and directed by Enrique Buchichio.^[3][4]

Plot

The story is based on events that occurred in Uruguay prior to the national elections of 2004. Two journalists are contacted by an informant who offers them evidence of crimes that took place during the Uruguayan dictatorship of 1973–1985 under the so-called Operación Zanahoria ("Operation Carrot").^[5]

Production

The film was produced by Natacha López and Guillermo Casanova, of Lavorágine Films,^[6] and by Hugo Castro Fau and Carolina Álvarez of Lagarto Cine.^[7]

Cast

• César Troncoso (Walter)
• Martín Rodríguez (Jorge)
• Abel Tripaldi (Alfredo)

• Nelson Guzzini (Osvaldo)
• Mónica Navarro (Silvina)
• Victoria Césperes (Vicky)

• Carlos Vallarino (Mario)
• Ana Rosa (Clara)
• Martín Pavlovsky (Eduardo)^[6]

Awards

• 2014: Colón de Oro, Festival de Huelva^[8]
• 2014: Montevideo Audiovisual Member of the Departmental Intendancy of Montevideo: Finalización
• 2013: Promotional Fund Prize from the Institute of Cinema and the Audiovisual of Uruguay
• 2013: INCAA Prize, Argentina
• 2013: Montevideo Audiovisual Member of the Departmental Intendancy of Montevideo: Filma
• 2011: FONA Prize (Uruguay)^[6]

References

1. "Zanahoria - Detrás de la Verdad". www.cinema-bio.ch. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
2. "Detrás de la verdad - Movie (2016) | TWC Central". TWC Central. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
3. elpais.com.uy. ""Zanahoria": el misterio de los periodistas y el informante". www.elpais.com.uy (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2017-02-24.
4. "Una película para contar la historia de la dictadura en Uruguay". La Capital. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
5. "Zanahoria - Cartelera.com.uy". www.cartelera.com.uy. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
6. "Lavorágine films - Productora de cine » Zanahoria". www.lavoraginefilms.com. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
7. "Home". 2015-07-21. Archived from the original on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
8. "La película uruguaya 'Zanahoria' ganó el Colón de Oro del Festival de Huelva. Diario de Noticias de Navarra". 2016-03-04. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-02-24.

External links

• Official website