THE METHOD
synopsis
While the streets of Madrid are filled with anti-globalization demonstrators, some candidates are assembled to be put through the final selection process for a single high-level position at a multinational corporation. From the outset, there is a palpably tense, competitive atmosphere among the group. Feelings of distrust increase when they realize they are aspiring for the same position, and that the Grönholm Method (a human resources strategy supposedly imported from the United States) is being used to assess their respective merits. They find themselves pitted against one another in a contest that elicits fear, suspicion, paranoia and betrayal. The humiliation these people are willing to endure or inflict on others for the sake of the job is chilling to witness.
international title: | The Method |
original title: | El método |
country: | Spain, Argentina, Italy |
year: | 2005 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Marcelo Piñeyro |
film run: | 120' |
release date: | ES 23/09/2005, FR 20/09/2006 |
screenplay: | Marcelo Piñeyro, Mateo Gil |
cast: | Eduardo Noriega, Najwa Nimri, Eduard Fernández, Pablo Echarri, Ernesto Alterio, Carmelo Gómez, Adriana Ozores, Natalia Verbeke |
cinematography by: | Alfredo Mayo |
art director: | Verónica Toledo |
costumes designer: | Verónica Toledo |
producer: | Gerardo Herrero, Francisco Ramos |
production: | Alquimia Cinema, Tornasol Films, Arena Films, Cattleya (IT) |
distributor: | On Pictures: Zeta Audiovisual, CTV International (FR) |