| Uptown | |
| Director: | Jose Luis Garcia Berlanga |
| Producer: | Alfredo Matas Helena Matas |
| Starring: | Victoria Abril |
| Music: | Bernardo Bonezzi |
| Cinematography: | Jose Maria Civit |
| Editing: | Luis Manuel Del Valle |
| Studio: | In-Cine Compañia Industrial Cinematografica, S.A Jet Films |
| Distributor: | In-Cine Compañia Industrial Cinematografica, S.A Warner Bros. |
| Runtime: | 87 minutes |
| Country: | Spain |
| Language: | Spanish |
Uptown (Spanish; Castilian: link=no|'''Barrios altos''') is a 1987 Spanish comedy-drama film by Jose Luis Garcia Berlanga.[1] The film stars Victoria Abril as a Barcelonian divorcee caught up in a mystery regarding the disappearance and possible murder of one her closet friends.
Verónica, recently divorced, begins to reorganize her life and adapt herself to life as a single woman. Her problems are relegated to the background when she believes Carlos, her masseur, is killed. Knowing himself in danger, Carlos left Verónica with a message on the answering machine stating that she had to pick up a package hidden in the sinks of a railway station.[2] Veronica's predicament is complicated by her ex-husband Edmundo and her boyfriend Luis, who are business partners.