Onetti, retrato de un escritor Filming Locations
Onetti, retrato de un escritor Filming Locations
Montevideo, Uruguay’s capital, is a major city along Montevideo Bay. It revolves around the Plaza de la Independencia, once home to a Spanish citadel. This plaza leads to Ciudad Vieja (the old town), with art deco buildings, colonial homes and landmarks including the towering Palacio Salvo and neoclassical performance hall Solís Theatre. Mercado del Puerto is an old port market filled with many steakhouses.
Madrid, Spain's central capital, is a city of elegant boulevards and expansive, manicured parks such as the Buen Retiro. It’s renowned for its rich repositories of European art, including the Prado Museum’s works by Goya, Velázquez and other Spanish masters. The heart of old Hapsburg Madrid is the portico-lined Plaza Mayor, and nearby is the baroque Royal Palace and Armory, displaying historic weaponry.
Onetti, retrato de un escritor (1990)
Documentary about the writer Juan Carlos Onetti, with a long interview with him in Madrid, five years before his death. Meanwhile in Montevideo, other writers like Idea Vilariño and Mario Benedetti talk about his life and significance. Onetti speaks from his bed, the place where he spent his late years, drinking police novels and reading newspapers.
