25 Watts

Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll, 2001
Uruguay
Shot in 16 mm and upgraded to 35 mm
Fiction, black and white
Duration: 94 min
Production Company : Control Z films
Producers: Epstein / Rebella / Stoll
Coproducers: Taxi Films / Imagenes
Associate Producers : Ana Resnizky de Orimián / Ronaldz Meltzer / Patricia Boero
Executive Producer : Fernando Epstein

With financial support by : Hubert Bals Fund from the International Festival of Rotterdam / Fondo Capital of the Intendencia Municipal de Montevideo / Fundación Bank Boston. With institutional support by: Universidad Católica del Uruguay / Escuela de Cine del Uruguay / Instituto Nacional del Audiovisual / Fundación Universidad del Cine (Argentina)

Synopsis

Montevideo, Saturday, 7 in the morning. El Leche (Daniel Hendler), Javi (Jorge Temponi), and Seba (Alfonso Tort), have not gone to sleep yet. Tired and bored, they sit in the usual wall fence to have a beer. El Leche has just step on dog excrement and is convinced that, consequently, bad luck will follow him everywhere. On Tuesday he has to take the Italian language exam, the last one to finish high school. He has been preparing the exam with Beatriz (Carolina Presno), a young private teacher, but he fell in love with her and that is his only concern now. Javi has already finished high school, but he never got into any university. In a few hours he has to go to work. He drives a loudspeaker car and he hates it. His boss (Walter Reyno) is continuously preaching him about responsibility. However, Javi seems to be only interested in his girlfriend María (Valeria Mendieta), who wants to finish the relationship. Seba is a quiet guy, the youngest of the three. Despite his passivity, the strangest characters and situations seem to chase him.

A summer Saturday. A bunch of boys who do nothing. A bunch of boys who do not have anything to do but letting themselves being beaten by Sunday.

Cast and Crew

Story
Juan Pablo Rebella / Pablo Stoll / Arauco Hernandez

Screenplay
Juan Pablo Rebella / Pablo Stoll

Cinematography and Camera
Bárbara Álvarez

Art Direction
Gonzalo Delgado Galiana

Editing
Fernando Epstein

Sound
Daniel Yafalián / Sebastián Cerveñansky

Music
Los Mockers / Exilio Psíquico / Motivos Navideños Zero / El Peyote Asesino / Buenos Muchachos

Assistant Director
Manolo Nieto

Production Manager
Inés Peñagaricano

Poster Design
Luis Bellagamba

Cast
Daniel Hendler / Jorge Temponi / Alfonso Tort Valentín Rivero / Federico Veiroj / Valeria Mendieta / Roberto Suárez / Gonzalo Eyherabide / Robert Moré/ Ignacio Mendy

International awards
  • VPRO Tiger Award (Best Film) and Moviezone Award (Young Jury Award) in the 30th International Film Festival of Rotterdam. Netherlands, February 2001.
  • Best Male Performance Award for Daniel Hendler, Alfonso Tort and Jorge Temponi / FIRESCI III Award International Independent Film Festival of Buenos Aires
  • Best Script and award "La Gran Ilusión Magazine" Latin American Film Festival. Lima, Perú 2001
  • Special Jury Mention International Film Festival Cinema Jove Valencia
  • Special Jury Mention International Film Festival of Bogotá, Colombia
  • Best Film VIII Independent Film Festival of Barcelona L'Alternativa. Spain, 2001
  • Best Opera Prima Festival of New American Cinema of La Habana, Cuba 2001