Miss Tacuarembó

Miss Tacuarembó
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMartín Sastre
Written by
Based onMiss Tacuarembó
by Dani Umpi
Produced by
  • Oscar Marcos Azar
  • Jesús Corredera
  • Carlos Mentasti
  • Diego Robino
  • María Zanocchi
Starring
CinematographyPedro Luque
Edited bySebastián Dubé
Music byIgnacio Pérez Marín
Production
companies
  • Oriental Films
  • Royal Cinema Group
  • CoolShot Films
Release date
  • July 1, 2010 (2010-07-01) (Uruguay)
Running time
92 minutes
Countries
  • Uruguay
  • Spain
  • Argentina
LanguageSpanish

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.