Verónica Perrotta
Birthday: 1976-01-29 Place of Birth: Montevideo, Uruguay
Synopsis
Verónica Noel Perrotta González (Montevideo, January 29, 1976) is a Uruguayan actress, director, playwright, and screenwriter. She studied Dramaturgy in Argentina. She starred in the films The Wait (2002) and Mean and Lean Cows (2012). In 2016 she directed her first feature film, Las toninas van al Este.
Acting
The Broken Glass Theory
Claudio is promoted to policy coordinator in his insurance company, but he has to move to a remote small town for the position, and after arriving numerous cars begin to be set on fire. Claudio is pressured to cover the cars' insurance in a hostile environment, and as he tries to do so he will discover that many things are not what they appear to be.
A Moonless Night
A divorced taxi driver shows up with a black eye at the home of his ex-wife’s new family; he’s been invited to dinner and he desperately wants to reconnect with his young daughter. A professional magician’s car breaks down and he ends up spending an emotionally intense night with a young, widowed toll booth worker. A singer songwriter serving a lengthy prison sentence is released for one night to perform at a local community centre. These three deeply engaging stories about yearning for connection unfold in parallel, one New Year’s Eve in a small town in central Uruguay, balancing the universality of human suffering with a powerful sense of hope.
