Virtual Cinema Club: The Snail's Strategy
We start this year’s sessions of the virtual Cinema-Club of Spanish and Latin American Movies, with a debate about the Colombian film The Snail's Strategy by director Sergio Cabrera. All the film lovers are invited to participate in this online debate!
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. The thief becomes an honorable man, the priest falls in love… and all of the tenants take ownership towards a common goal...
The meeting will be carried out by Colombian film critic, Juan Carlos Lemus Polania, who will make a brief presentation of the director of the film of the day, the cinematography that supports him and the history of the Spanish cinematography, and, afterwards, he will hold a panel discussion with the registered participants through the «zoom» platform.
Juan Carlos Lemus Polania is a Colombian film critic, editor and blogger. Bachelor in electronic engineering, with an MBA in Marketing, Creative Writing from the Escuela de Escritores de Madrid and Masters studies in Practical Philosophy. He has been working for several years as a freelance covering festivals such as Berlin, Cannes, and Venice. He also does films and documentaries reviews and criticisms for the media: Cero en conducta, El Tiempo, Rolling Stone, Playboy, Bakánica, Kinetoscopio, CineVista and The End. Arcadia, Colombia; Cinéfilos Frustrados, Spain; Deus ex magnifica, Mexico; Desistfilm, La ventana indiscreta, Peru; among others. He has also been jury member at the Jaffna International Festival (SL) and the Short Film Festival in Colombo (SL). He is currently living in Amman with Regula, Elena and Damián with whom he shares some of his passions - movies, music, coffee and travelling - and who support him in other ones - philosophy and triathlon.
