Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine explained

Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine (Spanish: Chico ventana también quisiera tener un submarino) is a 2020 internationally co-produced experimental fantasy romantic comedy film written and directed by Alex Piperno in his directorial debut.^[1]

It stars Daniel Quiroga and Inés Bortagaray.^[2] The film was named on the shortlist for Uruguayan's entry for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards,^[3] but it was not selected.^[4]

Synopsis

On board a cruise ship that runs through southern Latin America, a young sailor discovers a door that mysteriously leads to an apartment in Montevideo. Meanwhile, thousands of kilometers away, in the outskirts of a small rural town in the Philippine rice terraces, a group of peasants seem to have found an old abandoned hut on top of a hill, to which they attribute causes. supernatural.^{[5] [6]}

Cast

The actors participating in this film are:^{[7] [8] [9]}

• Daniel Quiroga as Window Boy
• Inés Bortagaray as Elsa
• Noli Tobol as Noli

Release

It had its world premiere on February 23, 2020, at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival.^[10] It was commercially released on December 10, 2020, in Uruguayan theaters.^[11]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2020	Berlin International Film Festival	Tagesspiegel Readers' Award	Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine		[12]
		Best First Feature Film			[13]
	Jeonju International Film Festival	International competition - Grand Prix			[14]
	Taipei International Film Festival	International New Talent Competition - Grand Prix			[15]
	Istanbul International Film Festival	Golden Tulip			[16]
		International Competition - Special Jury Prize
	Mar del Plata International Film Festival	Latin American Competition			[17]

Notes and References

1. Web site: "Chico ventana también quisiera tener un submarino" – DW – 25/02/2020 . 2023-07-15 . dw.com . es.
2. Web site: 2023-07-14 . Chico ventana también quisiera tener un submarino . 2023-07-15 . Programa Ibermedia . es-ES.
3. Web site: Preselección por Uruguay al Oscar . 2023-07-15 . icau.mec.gub.uy.
4. Web site: "Alelí", de Leticia Jorge, seleccionada para representar a Uruguay en los Óscar . 2023-07-15 . Pantallazo . es.
5. Web site: Chico ventana también quisiera tener un submarino . 2023-07-15 . Sodre . es.
6. Web site: FICHA-TECNICA-Chico-ventana-también-quisiera-tener-un-submarino . 2023-07-15 . cinelatinoamericano.org.
7. Web site: 2023-07-15 . Chico ventana también quisiera tener un submarino (película 2020) - Tráiler. resumen, reparto y dónde ver. Dirigida por Alex Piperno . 2023-07-15 . La Vanguardia . es.
8. Web site: Reparto Completo de Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine (Cine.com) . 2023-07-15 . cine.com . es.
9. Web site: Window boy would also like to have a submarine - La pobladora cine - English version . 2023-07-15 . cargocollective.com.
10. Web site: Uribe, el asesino que nos puso la mafia . 2023-07-15 . www.lanuevaprensa.com.co . es-es.
11. Web site: Estreno - La ópera prima de Alex Piperno, Chico ventana también quisiera tener un submarino llega a las salas de Uruguay. . 2023-07-15 . www.mna.gub.uy.
12. Web site: 2020-02-29 . Berlinale's Tagesspiegel Readers' Award goes to Alex Piperno's Window Boy Would also Like to Have a Submarine . 2023-07-15 . www.filmfestivals.com . en.
13. Web site: Meza . Ed . 2020-02-29 . 'There Is No Evil' Wins Golden Bear at Berlin Film Festival . 2023-07-15 . Variety . en-US.
14. Web site: JEONJU Intl. Film Festival . 2023-07-15 . eng-archive.jeonjufest.kr.
15. Web site: Shackleton . Liz . Taipei Film Festival to go ahead as physical event without overseas guests . 2023-07-15 . Screen . en.
16. Web site: 2021-04-11 . 39th Istanbul Film Festival . 2023-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210411083233/https://film.iksv.org/en/festival-awards/39th-istanbul-film-festival . 2021-04-11 .
17. Web site: Todo listo para el Festival de Cine de Mar del Plata: películas, homenajes y lo que hay que saber para participar . 2023-07-15 . infobae . es-ES.