The Snail's Strategy ( La estrategia del caracol ) ( La strategia della lumaca )

The Snail's Strategy (DVD) (*)

$34.99

Original Title: La estrategia del caracol
Alternate Title: La strategia della lumaca
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
107 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1993 and produced in:
Colombia ( Latin America, Mexico )
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Sergio Cabrera

Written By:
Sergio Cabrera
Humberto Dorado

Actors:
Gustavo Angarita ..... Father Luis, the accomplice priest
Eduardo Arias ..... Treasure buyer
Jaime Azcárate ..... Bodyguard #2
Salvatore Basile ..... Matatigres, the bully
Rosa Virginia Bonilla ..... Court secretary
Fausto Cabrera ..... Don Jacinto
Jairo Camargo ..... Lieutenant
Ivan Castano ..... News operator B
Mauricio Castano ..... Justo, the left-wing militant
Sain Castro ..... Diógenes
Luis Chiape ..... Víctor Honorio Mosquera, the owner's lawyer
Humberto Dorado ..... Small boy
Yesid Ferrara ..... Truck driver #1
Armando Floyd ..... Truck driver #2
José Garzón ..... Neighbour
Edilberto Gómez ..... Journalist
Clemencia Gregory ..... Misia Triana, the housekeeper
Delfina Guido ..... Doña Eulalia, the pious murderess
Vicky Hernández ..... Car washer
Jorge Herrera ..... News cameraman B
Alejandro Junca ..... Gabriel / Gabriela
Florina Lemaitre ..... Lázaro, the disabled husband
Ernesto Malbran ..... Doctor Holguín, the house owner
Víctor Mallarino ..... Dead boy
Larry Guillermo Mejía ..... Gustavo Calle Isaza, the narrator
Luis Fernando Munera ..... Court secretary
Alberto Palacios ..... 'Perro' Romero
Frank Ramírez ..... Díaz, the judge
Edgardo Román ..... Bodyguard #1
Alberto Sánchez Figueroa ..... News cameraman A
Rafael Uribe ..... Sergeant
Miguel Ignacio Vanegas ..... Butcher
Diego Vélez ..... José Antonio Samper Pupo, the reporter
Carlos Vives

Synopsis:

The Strategy of the Snail
This Colombian ensemble comedy, scathingly examines violence and official corruption in the tumultuous Latin American country. The story is told in flashback. In Colombia there is a law that states if an abandoned estate is occupied by squatters for a certain period of time, the land becomes theirs by default ( at the turn of the century, many wealthy landowners left their farms as the country became urbanized). The law becomes the basis of conflict when the original owners of the 48 room mansion the Olive House, aka 'The Coop' by the squatters, come to reclaim it. The squatters there resist. A lawyer delays the eviction. Meanwhile a former theatrical stage manager devises an ingenious plot. The tenants, using pulleys and levers, take apart the house leaving only the facade. As they work, the personal quirks of each squatter and his or her relationship with the others are revealed.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 04 December, 2009.

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