80 Slap Cake
Laura lives alone in the UTU of Arrayanes (educational center), since it is summer the students and the staff are not there, she talks to a friend on the phone that she does not see very often, she eats alone and does everything alone. Laura is not happy but she has a list of five steps to follow to help her feel better when she is down. The first is to make a mate and take a bus to Piriápolis, once in Piriápolis she takes the opportunity to walk through its streets and its boardwalk, visit stores, ice cream shops, listen to music all this while completing many steps on her list; the second is to buy her favorite pastries; the third is to the beach to smoke, to think and to feel connected with nature; then the fourth step is to talk to her best friend, a step that she does not do since her friend Mica recently became a mother and does not have much time, the fifth and last step is to make the 80 slap cake, which has the peculiarity that the more you slap the dough, the more it becomes richer and it serves to combat stress too.
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Rodrigo SchäfferDirector
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Rodrigo SchäfferWriter
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Kristina TomicKey Cast"Laura"
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Project Title (Original Language):Torta 80 Golpes
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:6 minutes 37 seconds
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Country of Origin:Uruguay
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Country of Filming:Uruguay
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Language:Spanish
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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CineMareaPiriapolis
Uruguay
December 11, 2023 -
Detour Film FestivalMontevideo
Uruguay
October 13, 2024
Emerging Talents
Rodrigo Schäffer, from Montevideo, Uruguay. Graduated from the Audiovisual Technician's Degree at the Latu Technological Pole, where he directed two shorts: One, “El Borro”, a documentary that participated in the “Tenemos que ver” festival that won first prize in the Cinema category. And he co-directed one of the graduation shorts, “Joya”. He specialised in audiovisuals and directed “Té con Romi” to conclude his studies. In 2023 he wrote and directed two shorts, “Torta 80 golpes” and “Montevideo de ellos dos”, both of which entered the Official Selection of the "Detour Film Festival", making him the only young talent with two movies being selected and screened at the festival.