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The Snail's Strategy (1993)
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Original name: La estrategia del caracol
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Colombia, Italy, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A group of tenants living in an old house are confronted with having to move out due to a renovation project the city has undertaken. The tenants decide to unite and come up with a strategy, but in the process—while the landlord and his aggressive attorney are chasing them—the tenants transform into the opposite of who they once were.
Style:
political, humorous, realistic, semi serious, offbeat
Plot:
anarchist, lawyer, anarchism, justice, chaos, miraculous event, house, revolutionary, pastor, settler, roommate, life is a bitch, farm, injustice, vengeance, rivalry, social differences, society, social misfits, estate, eviction, against the odds, revenge, police officer, police ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
colombia, latin america
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Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Duration: 92 min.
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Story:
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