The Art of Losing (2004)
- Original title
- Perder es cuestión de método
- Directed by
- Sergio Cabrera
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country
- Colombia
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Rated
- 14A
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 30 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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How it feels
A journalist investigates a murder and uncovers a web of corruption linking politicians, land developers, the mafia, and police in Colombia. The story balances a grim look at crime with moments of human warmth and dark humor.
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What happens
The Art of Losing (Spanish: Perder es cuestión de método) is a 2004 Spanish-Colombian thriller film directed by Sergio Cabrera from a screenplay by Jorge Goldenberg based on the novel by Santiago Gamboa. It stars Daniel Giménez Cacho, César Mora, Martina García, and Víctor Mallarino. A grim history, but also human and fun, led by Colombian Sergio Cabrera (Golpe de estadio, La Estrategia del Caracol), the movie exposes the corruption rampant in the South American country - and the unholy nexus between politicians, land developers, the mafia and the military police. The film is a Tornasol Films and Latinia PC production. Based on the novel "Method of Losing" by Santiago Gamboa ( the quote is from Juan Sepulveda : "Defeat is often a Question of Method," which in the movie is put into the mouth of the ageing and psychotic mentor of the journalist, Guzman ). The novel was adapted by screenwriter Jorge Goldenberg (Ilona Arrives with the Rain), we are shown a Colombia from a very particular angle: through the daily struggle between the romantic and the nihilistic . Daniel Jiménez Cacho (La Mala Educación) plays the journalist Victor Silampa and Martina Garcia (Golpe de Estadio) plays the 16-year-old prostitute Quica, while Cesar Mora, in a role worthy of an Oscar-nomination, plays Sancho Panza to the journalist's Don Quixote, as Estupinan - probably the most human and sympathetic of all the characters - representing the Colombian "Everyman". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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