The Strategy of the Snail
1993 · 116 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 2,926 VOTES · DIR. Sergio Cabrera
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,532 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:06 THE STRATEGY OF THE SNAIL
00:06:04 Hello, Headquarters?
00:09:12 Tenants of La Pajarera!
00:13:43 notjust in the law.
00:18:22 You screwed up the whole business
00:21:44 May it please the Court, I beg to speak.
00:25:50 They'll never get me out of here.
00:29:25 They'd hold up?
00:34:02 Justo, moving at night
00:38:54 and thus commit ourselves
00:42:57 Oh my God!
00:49:57 And where does this go?
00:54:15 in Bogota on the 12th of ... "
01:00:18 That's not what I mean.
01:05:33 Will it be over soon?
01:09:30 to get your houses back?
01:12:53 No more extensions. Absolutely not.
01:16:55 This is Don Jacinto.
01:20:53 on the east side
01:26:10 Ready, Zorro.
01:31:00 Where is that idiot?
01:34:18 Later we'll go to Paipa.
01:38:08 As I said
01:43:39 working on a documentary film.
Cast & Characters
Fausto Cabrera
Don Jacinto
Frank Ramírez
'Perro' Romero
Delfina Guido
Misia Triana, the housekeeper
Vicky Hernández
Doña Eulalia, the pious murderess
Humberto Dorado
Víctor Honorio Mosquera, the owner's lawyer
Gustavo Angarita
Father Luis, the accomplice priest
Antonio Aparicio
Dimas, the thief
Eduardo Arias
Treasure buyer
Jaime Azcárate
Bodyguard #2
Salvatore Basile
Matatigres, the bully
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,532
Dialogue density13.2 lines / min
First line00:01:06
Final line01:43:39
Production Record
DirectorSergio Cabrera
LanguageSpanish
IMDb votes2,926