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The Method

Marcelo Piñeyro

Spain2005 112min 35mm Color

Synopsis

Set in a corporate HQ that's meant to be in Madrid but could be anywhere, this slick adaptation of a popular play finds seven applicants for a top position in a room where they are forced to undergo a bizarre range of psychological tests. As in reality TV and contemporary game shows, the contestants are encouraged to turn against each other - told there is a mole, and so on. Taking defensive position by instinct, the applicants face a dilemma. The company tries to find the perfect fit by using all kinds of evil methods, the interviewees are quite offended.

Diretor

Marcelo Piñeyro

Born 1953, Argentina. Directed El Método (2005), Kamchatka (2002), Historias de Argentina en Vivo (2001), Burnt Money (2000), and Ashes from Paradise (1997) and played a role in Sidoglio Smithee (1998).