The Strategy of the Snail

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1993 / 116min.

Rating7.335

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Synopsis

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.

Directors

Sergio Cabrera

Actors

Carlos Vives

Florina Lemaitre

Salvatore Basile

Rodrigo Obregón

Humberto Dorado

Vicky Hernández

Frank Ramírez

Marcela Gallego

Gustavo Angarita

Víctor Mallarino

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