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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0720229912068
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Label: FIRST RUN FEATURES
Languages: ItalianOriginal LanguageUnknownPortugueseOriginal LanguageUnknownSpanishOriginal LanguageUnknownEnglishSubtitled
Manufacturer: FIRST RUN FEATURES
MPN: D912068D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: FIRST RUN FEATURES
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 21, 2006
Running Time: 94 minutes
Studio: FIRST RUN FEATURES
Theatrical Release Date: 2004

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
{WINNER! FIPRESCI Prize & Prix Du Regard Original, Cannes Film Festival}
{WINNER! Special Jury prize, Chicago International Film Festival}
{WINNER of 17 Awards Worldwide! }

The deadpan style of Jim Jarmusch meets Aki Kaurismaki's wry sensibility in this perversely funny story WHISKY, set in Montevideo, Uruguay. When Jacobo, a lonely sock factory owner, hears about the impending visit of his irritatingly cheerful brother, who he hasn't seen in years, he enlists his faithful assistant Marta to pretend to be his wife. However, the game of deception grows more intense as Herman insists they all take a trip to an off-season seaside resort, and Marta's true personality begins to subtly emerge to both Herman and Jacobo, and the ordinariness of everyday life is finally begins to shift.




Rating: - A Brother
"Whisky" (sic)

A Brother

Amos Lassen

In Uruguay the word "whisky" is used by photographers the way they use the word "cheese" in America. And the movie "Whisky" is delightful.
Jacobo Koller is a lonely man. He is middle-aged, owns a sock factory in Montevideo that is failing and he is single. Marta who works for him as a supervisor at the factory is also lonely and also not married. Both of their lives are boring and they both face the same daily routines. ... Read More

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Rating: - Deadpan Uruguayan comedy is worth seeing
This droll, deadpan comedy from Uruguay, clearly influenced by directors such as Jarmusch and Kaurismaki, is a real find. Directors Rebella (who killed himself shortly after this film was released) and Stoll, tells the story of two middle aged Jewish brothers. The elder brother has remained in Uruguay, running a decrepit sock factory, and acts taciturn and resentful, feeling life has cheated on him. The younger, more easy going brother, has moved to Brazil, where he has raised a family and runs a succesful ... Read More

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Rating: - Whisky
This subtle Uruguayan gem gives new meaning to the term "deadpan comedy", but its nuanced humor, mixed with some very real human drama, makes a refreshing antidote to all the obvious, strained comedies which constantly inundate us. All three lead performances are blisteringly honest: the trio play off each other like seasoned Philharmonic musicians. A poignant, understated slice of life from directors Rebella and Stoll.

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Rating: - A tour de force through the Uruguayan world.
Juan Pablo Rebella, the director of this movie, committed suicide on July 5th 2006, a couple of months after the big hit in Cannes. It seems to me, this movie was really his opera prima and terminal film at the same time. Extraordinary lethargic piece of art. Honest and simple, the two hardest thing to do in filmmaking. I only wish we could have enjoyed more of his work and talent. Descansa en Paz amigo Rebella.

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Rating: - Uruguayan Gem
A quietly powerful and touching film. Aside from giving North American viewers a rare and fascinating glimpse of a country (Uruguay) that has for so long languished in the shadow of bigger neighbors Argentina and Brazil, Whisky delivers an antidote to the photogenic violence and exoticized romance that in recent decades have tended to dominate both international distribution of Latin American cinema and (perhaps as a consequence) the North's perception of the region. At the same time, this impeccably acted ... Read More

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