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Director:
Sergio Cabrera
Writers:
Santiago Gamboa (novel)
Jorge Goldenberg (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
1 April 2005 (Colombia) more
Genre:
Thriller more
Plot:
A body is discovered impaled on a stake near a scenic lake near Bogota. A journalist try to find what happened... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Hottest thing since Selma Hayek more (6 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Daniel Giménez Cacho ... Víctor Silanpa

Martina García ... Quica
César Mora ... Estupiñán
Víctor Mallarino ... Esquilache
Sain Castro ... Emilio Barragán
Jairo Camargo ... Engineer Vargas Vicuña
Humberto Dorado ... Tiflis
Mimí Lazo ... Susan
Gustavo Angarita ... Guzmán
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
María Eugenia Arboleda ... Mayler
Carlos Benjumea ... Colonel Moya
John Bolívar ... Cunado
Alejandro Buonaventura ... Solergano
Fausto Cabrera ... Priest at the Funeral
Marianella Cabrera ... Hemanas Barragas
Valentina Cabrera ... Hemanas Barragas
Constanza Camelo ... Enfermesa
Nicolas Cardona ... Commandant Teusa
Genoveva Caro ... Secretaria Esquilache

Patricia Castañeda ... Secretaria Consejo
Gladis Helena Chola ... Chicas de Lolita's
Maria Rosa Coello ... Monja 2
Tiberio Cruz
Jaime Davila ... Juancho
Paola De Gretty ... Chicas de Lolita's
Dorian Diaz ... Policia 2

María Lucía Díaz ... Sigurny
Raffaelo Di Sauro ... Condredor
Marcela Gallego
Maria Cristina Galvis ... Barman
Ruth Garcia ... Dolores
Angela Patricia Garzon ... Chicas de Lolita's
Miguel Angel Giraldo ... Mocho
Juan Pablo Granado ... Periodista
Olga Lucia Gutierrez ... Chicas de Lolita's
Walter Henker ... Alberto
Vicky Hernández
Jorge Herrera ... Leproso
Carlos Hurtado ... Figueras
Juan Jaramillo ... Jugador de billar 1
Herbert King ... Guardaspaldas 1
Lilibeth Lenis ... Secretaria
Ignacio Londono ... Periodista
Matias Maldonado ... Sordomundo
Adolfo Marquez ... Secretario
Dario Martinez ... Vandador ambulante
Pablo Martinez ... Periodista
Ramiro Menenses ... Agent Comisaria
Ramiro Meneses
Catherine Mira ... Tini
Lina Molina ... Chicas de Lolita's
Lina Maria Molina ... Chicas de Lolita's
Herbert Montaro ... Baquetica
Alexandra Morales ... Chicas de Lolita's
Luz Adriana Morales ... Ballerina
Elianeth Mowry ... Chicas de Lolita's
Paula Andrea Moya ... Chicas de Lolita's
Luis Fernando Munera
Lina Navarro ... Chicas de Lolita's
Alfonso Ortiz
David Padilla Rojas ... Policia 1
Wendy Padilla ... Chicas de Lolita's
Alexander Palacio ... Offinel comisaria
Paola Patino ... Chicas de Lolita's
Liliana Piedranta ... Chicas de Lolita's
Maria Cristina Pimiento ... Patty
Claude Pimont ... Jugador de billar 2
Ana Maria Ramirez ... Catalina
Gilberto Ramirez ... Concejal entierro
Ramses Ramos ... Bayo
Guillermo Restrepo ... Oler
Nicolas Reyes ... Guardaspaldas
Moisés Rivillas ... Taxista Silanpa
Álvaro Rodríguez
Claudia Roman ... Chicas de Lolita's
Kathy Sáenz
Elizabeth Sanchez ... Chicas de Lolita's
Jaime Santos Concegal ... Retorica
Mauricio Santos ... Guardaspaldas 3
Admeth Scaff ... Policia
Bibinia Serna ... Chicas de Lolita's
Tatiana Serna ... Chicas de Lolita's
Alexandra Serrano ... Chicas de Lolita's
Fernando Solórzano
Horacio Tabera ... Wilber
Jorge Alí Triana ... Pescador

Paola Turbay ... Nacha
Rafael Uribe ... Hombreton
Jimmy Vasquez ... Guardaspaldas 2
Lorena Velasquez ... Chicas de Lolita's
Tatiana Velasquez ... Chicas de Lolita's
Diego Velez ... Piedrahita
Diana Covio Pina West ... Chicas de Lolita's
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Art of Losing (Canada: English title)
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Runtime:
105 min | Argentina:105 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
Country:
Colombia | Spain
Language:
Spanish
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Bogotá, Colombia

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Hottest thing since Selma Hayek, 8 August 2008
7/10
Author: lastliberal from Florida

Not all good movies managed to get US distribution. This one, only played in Columbia and France, but it is still worth the time to explore.

Victor (Daniel Giménez Cacho) is a bum journalist who drinks too much and mourns the fact that his wife left him. He gets a deal from the Police Chief. In exchange for writing a speech, he can investigate a man who was impaled.

He teams up with Estupiñán (César Mora), who is trying to find out where his brother is. Their investigation is reminiscent of Chinatown, in that they are having great difficulty, as we the viewer are, in sorting out the good guys from the bad, as gangsters and politicians and civil servants all appear to be involved in a crooked land deal.

Along the way, he is joined by Quica (Martina García), a prostitute, and just about the hottest think out of South America since Selma Hayek. Their adventures take them through a nudist colony, and, before it is all over, crawling over many dead bodies.

The ending should be surprising, but it is to be expected in this climate of corruption.

Well worth viewing, and not just for Senorita Garcia.

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