In This Tricky Life  In This Tricky Life () is a 2001 Uruguayan film directed by Beatriz Flores Silva. It was Uruguay's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film was awarded the "Colón de Oro" at the Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva. It is based on the novel "El huevo de la serpiente" by journalist María Urruzola, whose investigations exposed an Uruguayan sex trafficking network in 1992.