'Silent House' is Uruguay entry

Uruguay is posting helmer Gustavo Hernandez's low-budget horror pic "La casa muda" (The Quiet House) to vie for any foreign-language film Oscar nomination. A committee created by Uruguay's film institute, producers organization and stars union find the chiller over Alejandro Pi's "Reus," Cesar Charlone's "Artigas" and Daniel Hendler's "Norberto." "La casa muda," recommended because the first horror pic shot in a single take, tracks Laura (Florencia Colucci) and her father Wilson (Abel Tripaldi), who get to what works out to become a haunted country house to repair it for resale. The final 78 minutes follow, instantly, Laura's tries to escape the home after Wilson dies. The $six million pic unspooled in Directors' Week in the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Elle Driver handles worldwide sales. "Open Water" helmers Chris Kentis and Lara Lau made an British-language version, "Quiet House," starring Elizabeth Olsen, which tested at Sundance this season. The deadline for nations to transmit within their Oscar distribution is Monday. The 84th Oscars is going to be held February. 26 in the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com