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''The Strategy of the Snail'' ((スペイン語:La Estrategia del Caracol)) is a 1993 Colombian comedy-drama film directed and produced by Colombian filmmaker and director Sergio Cabrera.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Strategy of the Snail )〕 The film is starred by Frank Ramírez, Florina Lemaitre, Humberto Dorado, Fausto Cabrera and Carlos Vives. The film is a winner of the Berlin International Film Festival and the Biarritz Film Cinema Festival of Latin America. The film deals with the hardships of low income class families in Bogotá. The breach between rich and poor and their interactions in a highly stratified social system. The film was selected as the Colombian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.〔Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences〕 ==Plot== The film starts with news reporter Jose Antonio Pupo (played by Carlos Vives) interviewing a man after the movie events had taken place. This gentleman who is also a tenant reveals to the journalist how the material house where the tenants lived for so many years was taken to a different place by rudimentary but ingenious means.The man's story entangles with the depiction of the events. The house is an old one and it is home of different kinds of people. All of them are humble and from a diverse background. They are told to leave the house because its owner, a rich obnoxious man from Bogotá's exclusive area, has new plans with it. The tenants are confronted with the authorities who are trying to kick everyone out of the house. The tenants decide to take a stand by locking doors and shooting the policemen that try to carry out their orders. After this confrontation the tenants are given more time so everyone in the house has enough time to find a new place to live. The tenants are legally represented by "Perro" Romero (Frank Ramirez)(who is extremely annoyed by anyone using the nickname "Perro" meaning dog). Romero is a man with some academic background and has the means to deal with the authorities and Dr. Holguin's (the house owner) lawyers. Dr. Holguin uses dirty tricks to create pressure on Romero to the extent that he is kidnapped and beaten by Dr. Holguin's men. Meanwhile at the house Jacinto (played by Fausto Cabrera) an intellectual and rebellious Spaniard devices a way to remove everything inside the house (walls, windows, bathtubs, kitchens, toilets, roofs, etc.) and have all that moved to a piece of land located at the hills in western Bogotá. Jacinto shows "Perro" Romero how it can be done by the use of a rope and pulley, he does it by demonstrating him how the pulleys and ropes are used in theatrical stages to lift very heavy weights, he does this at the stage of the Colon theater. Jacinto is able to convince the rest of the tenants so everyone becomes a team player and helps in the construction of a tall wooden tower that would help move everything to another house couple of blocks away. As the house is being dismantled by the tenants Misia Triana (played by actress Delfina Guido) accidentally finds the silhouette of virgin Mary in a wall. Misia Triana a very religious lady who was the fiercest opponent of Jacinto's project finally agrees by conditioning him to have the virgin moved first. After going through a series of events and hazards the tenants are able to remove all the insides of the house, but in order to gain more time Romero tells Dr. Holguin's lawyer Victor Honorio Mosquera (played by Humberto Dorado) that the tenants wanted to paint the house as a way to apologize for any inconvenience they might have caused, to which Mosquera agrees. As the deadline approaches the tenants have removed everything inside the house and had moved it to the hills by using animal traction vehicles, informally known in Bogotá as ''zorras''. By the time lawyers, policemen and Dr. Holguin himself eagerly approach the house to witness that the tenants have actually left they are surprised by a huge explosion and the collapsing of the house's facade. After the dust and debris have dissipated they find a house painted in a wall with a graffiti style writing superimposed that reads "AHÍ TIENEN SU HIJUEPUTA CASA PINTADA" -- "Here's your motherfucking painted house." The movie goes back again to news reporter Jose interviewing the man who is finally upset by a reporter's question and so he leaves the scene. Finally the tenants are shown gathered in one of the hills with a panoramic view of Bogotá and a Colombian flag can be seen waving. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Strategy of the Snail」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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