The Strategy of the Snail (1993)

Original title

La estrategia del caracol

Directed by

Sergio Cabrera

Genre

comedy film, comedy drama

Country

Colombia

Runtime

1h 56m

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 96 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Tenants in an old Bogota house team up to fight an illegal eviction by a wealthy banker. A lawyer and a Spanish anarchist lead the group in a clever plan to outsmart the owner.

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What happens

The Strategy of the Snail (Spanish: La estrategia del caracol) is a 1993 Colombian comedy-drama film written by Humberto Dorado based on a story written by Ramon Jimeno, directed and produced by Colombian filmmaker and director Sergio Cabrera. The film stars Frank Ramírez, Florina Lemaitre, Humberto Dorado, Fausto Cabrera and Carlos Vives. The film is a winner of the Berlin International Film Festival and the Biarritz Film Cinema Festival of Latin America. The film is about a group of tenants of an old house in the center of Bogotá who face an illegal eviction by the owner, an arrogant banker. The tenants are led by an untitled lawyer and a Spanish anarchist exile. The film was selected as the Colombian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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