Miss Tacuarembó
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| Directed by | Martín Sastre |
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| Based on | Miss Tacuarembó by Dani Umpi |
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| Cinematography | Pedro Luque |
| Edited by | Sebastián Dubé |
| Music by | Ignacio Pérez Marín |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
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| Language | Spanish |
Miss Tacuarembó is a 2010 musical comedy film directed by Martín Sastre and based on the novel of the same name by Uruguayan author Dani Umpi. Starring Natalia Oreiro, it follows a young woman from a small Uruguayan town who dreams of becoming a pop star, as she participates in a local beauty pageant, works as a singer in a theme park, and eventually gets a real chance through a reality show audition.
Released on 1 July 2010, Miss Tacuarembó received mixed reviews and six nominations at the 59th Silver Condor Awards, and earned Oreiro an Iris Award for Best Film Actress. The film, a co-production between Uruguay, Spain, and Argentina, also won Best Picture in the Zonazine section of the Málaga Film Festival.